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Yamanashi Dyeing Experience with Patterns Using Ink and Indigo
Our plan's highlight is letting customers create unique items using indigo and ink, embracing the differences in patterns and color intensity. There's no single correct approach to dyeing; each piece reflects the individual's uniqueness. Instructors offer guidance, but the best results come from customers' personal styles. "Indigo" and "ink" are significant Japanese dyes featured in our activities. Indigo dyeing, a centuries-old Japanese method, uses the indigo plant to produce "Japan Blue," a unique blue cherished worldwide. Its history dates back to about 1500 years, gaining popularity in the Edo period and international acclaim in the Meiji era. Ink is central to Japanese culture and is associated with calligraphy and ink painting. While "ink dyeing" might suggest monastic robes or pure black, it actually results in a deep gray, illustrating the nuanced outcomes of dyeing with ink, which never achieves a true black but a rich gray tone.
Oshinohakkai Soba Making and Cooking Class from Yamanashi
About the Soba Cooking Class Discover Yamanashi by making Oshino Hakkai Soba with Mount Fuji's snowmelt. Enjoy crafting a traditional Japanese dish steeped in history. Oshino Hakkai, featuring eight clear ponds from Mount Fuji's springs, is celebrated for its quality water, ideal for soba. It's a unique spot to savor soba from these waters. The class welcomes all, including beginners and kids, making it a fun activity for families and groups. Noodle-making here is a special experience shared across ages. Recommended for Those Who Wish to taste Yamanashi's famous cuisine? Are you interested in making Yamanashi's local dishes? Seek activities near Lake Kawaguchi.Desire a family-friendly cooking experience.Look for unique experience plans. Need rainy day activities? Want English-guided tours?
A class on Making Hoto, Yamanashi's Traditional Dish
Learn to make "Hoto," a Yamanashi specialty, with local guides. This unique dish differs from udon in preparation and taste. Start with wheat flour and water for the dough, ensuring even moisture distribution. Adding potato starch thickens the soup, enhancing warmth. Next, flatten the dough and slice it. Hoto's distinctiveness comes from cooking noodles with ingredients, thickening the soup without needing salt, making it straightforward to prepare. The primarily miso-based soup, traditionally made from homemade Koshu miso, incorporates various vegetables, offering a hearty and healthy meal.
Mount Fuji Five Lakes Tour from Kawaguchiko with Guide & Vehicle
This value-packed trip with a government-licensed guide and private car is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Mt. Fuji area! Mt. Fuji is about 100 km away from Tokyo, and it’s one of the most popular destinations for a day trip from Tokyo throughout the year. Numbers of tourist attractions are available in and around Mt. Fuji offering visitors unforgettable experiences with the stunning scenery. Your guide will start your day with a morning pickup at your hotel or your preferred places near Kawaguchiko Station. Let us know what special requests you have for the day and we will customize your itinerary in advance! Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary. Note*2: The National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.
Mt Fuji Half-Day Tour By Car
Discover the spectacular beauty of Mt Fuji, Lake Kawaguchiko and the Fuji Five Lakes region with the help of our team of guides who bring you by private car to a curated selection of the area's most sublime locations. See magnificent seasonal attractions like corridors of cherry trees in bloom, hillside groves of snow-dusted evergreens, tunnels of maple branches dressed in fiery colors and fields of flowers that foreground Fuji's silhouette. You'll visit a wide variety of extraordinary sites that show off Mount Fuji or juxtapose the region's impressive cultural and architectural features with natural environments of incredible beauty. Stops on the journey include Mt Fuji's 5th Station, Chureito Pagoda and picturesque Lake Kawaguchiko, where the iconic mountain can often be seen towering over its reflection on the surface of the water. Whether you're a a casual sightseer or a serious photographer, this tour offers you an excellent way to experience the best attractions in the region.
Lake Kawaguchiko Bike Tour
Fuji Bike Tour's guide leads you in exploring a lakeshore with outstanding views of Mt Fuji where the mountain's reflection can often be seen on the surface of the lake. You'll bike through picturesque countryside and forests, visit an atmospheric shrine and walk in fields of flowers that foreground Mt Fuji. In spring, our cycling route passes under rows of cherry trees in bloom. In autumn, we'll bike past maples whose leaves have turned bright orange and red. This tour takes place on an easy, mostly-flat bike course. It enables you to experience one of the most beautiful landscapes in Japan at your own pace. Your guide will be a native English speaker. We can provide bikes in a full range of adult sizes and some child sizes to accommodate riders of 120 cm to 196 cm in height.
Mt. Fuji Highlight Private tour from Kawaguchiko (public transportation)
If you want enjoy Mt Fuji without climbing, visit the Fuji Five Lake area which is developed as a resort area and provides a breathtaking view of the mountain on clear days. This is private 7-hour tour is led by a local professional guide, and is able to be customized to your liking, based on your interests and the weather to make the most of your day. Up to 8 guests can experience the view, culture, history and food around Mt Fuji. Meet at Kawaguchiko station, where you will board the bus that will take you on your full-day guided adventure.
Aokigahara Nature Conservation Full-Day Hiking Tour
Explore lush woodlands and discover magnificent views of Mt Fuji while helping restore the environment. A local guide leads you in a half hour of easy litter pick up where the forest is most severely marred. Then we'll hike on relatively-flat paths that wind through enchanting groves and across emerald moss-covered lava beds in the Aokigahara Forest. Next, we visit a crystal-clear lake where Mt Fuji towers above the shore. After a lunch break, your guide will lead you in whichever of the following you prefer: a) hike gently-sloping wilderness trails where it’s possible to explore little-known lava caves, if you like b) hike uphill to a mountain ridge with a breathtaking view of Mt Fuji Your guide, a native English speaker, is knowledgeable about Japan and the local area and will share fascinating info and insights. This experience is ideal for visitors who want to contribute to the beauty of the land, go where tourists seldom go and see what only the lucky few see.
Mt Fuji Full-Day Tour By Car
Discover the spectacular beauty of Mt Fuji and the Fuji Five Lakes region with the help of our team of guides who bring you by private car to a curated selection of the area's most sublime locations. See magnificent seasonal attractions like corridors of cherry trees in bloom, hillside groves of snow-dusted evergreens, tunnels of maple branches dressed in fiery colors and fields of flowers that foreground Fuji's silhouette. You'll visit a wide variety of extraordinary sites that show off Mount Fuji or juxtapose the region's impressive cultural and architectural features with natural environments of incredible beauty. Stops on the journey include Mt Fuji's 5th Station, Chureito Pagoda and the picturesque shores of Lakes Kawaguchi, Yamanako and Saiko. You'll also explore a beautifully-preserved ancient village in the countryside where local artisans display their work in thatched-roof houses. This tour offers you an excellent way to experience the best attractions in the region.
Bike Down Mount Fuji Tour
Fuji Bike Tour's private car takes you up Mt Fuji's slope to the "Fifth Station", the highest point to which vehicles can go. There you'll take in spectacular views of the mountain's peak and the landscape below. Then you'll bike down the mountain through beautiful forests on paved roads. You can choose to take a fast, exhilarating ride or a calm, leisurely spin. The guide is a native English speaker who bikes at the head of the group and leads you to the best roadside vista points. He is knowledgeable about Japan and the local area and will share fascinating info and insights. Since the bike ride is almost entirely downhill, people of any fitness level can participate. We can provide bikes for adults and children 120 cm to 210 cm tall. This tour is not designed to be suitable for children under age 12. The road we bike down varies with time of year and may be the Subaru Line or the Gotemba Line.