Workshops and Special Events
Making Kamaboko Experience at Yasuda Kamaboko Dojo
Using fresh ingredients, one will have the opportunity to make kamaboko (steamed fish paste), fried kamaboko, and chikuwa (grilled fish paste). Naturally, making food is an enjoyable experience, but freshly made kamaboko and chikuwa is truly delicious!
- 【Address】
- 1-2512 Takayanagi, Fukui City
- 【Time】
- Session 1 - 10:00, Session 2 - 13:30
- 【Holiday】
- Closed every Wednesday and from Dec. 16th until Jan. 15th
- 【Fee】
- 540 yen +, depending on the activity
*Reservation is required. One must reserve up to 3 days prior to one’s visit on their website*
- 【phone】
- 0776-53-2251
Rakugo Performanc by the Owner of Houei Ryokan
Hoei Ryokan is an inn adjacent to Yokokan Garden. Here one can enjoy the Okami (service manager)’s rakugo and comedic dialogue, which she performs in English. Also, one can have yukata be put on, and, while sitting on the platform for rakugo perfromances, have a commemorative picture taken with the Okami.
- 【Address】
- 3-7-16 Hoei, Fukui City
- 【Time】
- 13:00
- 【Holiday】
- N/A
- 【Cost】
- 1,400 yen
*Reservation is required in order to set up a date, which must be done up to 3 days prior to one’s visit*
- 【phone】
- 0776-22-5204
Kajika-no-Satoyama Denga: Leaf-wrapped Sushi and Gojiru Soup Making Experience
The slow food restaurant, Kajika-no-Satoyama Denga, located in the middle of the mountains in Fukui City, provides hand-made meals from the local grannies of the nature-rich district of Denga and the opportunity to make leaf-wrapped sushi and gojiru (soy bean soup) using traditional recipes.
- 【Address】
- 28-24-1 Hatakenakacho, Fukui City
- 【Time】
- 11:00 to 14:00
- 【Holiday】
- Mondays (Business will run if Monday is a national holiday, so the restaurant will be closed the following Tuesday instead)
- 【Cost】
- 3000-3500 yen
*Reservation is required*
- 【phone】
- 0776-97-2622
Daianzenji Temple Zazen Experience
This Buddhist temple of Myoshinji Lineage, Rinzai Sect., was built by the fourth generational feudal lord, Mitsumichi Matsudaira, in 1658. It is known as the family temple of the feudal lords kept for generations. To this day, the temple has remained intact. Beginners and up can partake in Zazen mediation and shakyo (copying of sutra).
- 【Address】
- 21-4 Tanotanicho, Fukui City
- 【Time】
- Friday Zazen (every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month) – 18:00
Early Morning Shakyo (every 2nd Monday of the month) – 9:00
Shakyo Gathering (every 4th Thursday of the month) – 11:30
- 【Holiday】
- Check prior to your visit
- 【Fee】
- Friday Zazen – 400 yen
Early Morning Shakyo – 1,000 yen
Shakyo Gathering – 1,500 yen
*Reservation is required.
- 【phone】
- 0776-59-1014
Sengoku-style Dressing Experience and Virtual Guide Experience
You may visit Ichijodani Asakura Clan Ruins, a.k.a. "Pompei in Japan" in Samurai or Princess costume. You could also use the virtual guide with a tablet device to see a reproduction of the buildings of the past.
- 【Address】
- 28-37 Kidonouchi-cho, Fukui City
- 【Time】
- 9:00-16:30
- 【Holiday】
- During the New Year holiday (from Dec.28th until Jan.4th )
- 【Fee】
- 210 yen; Dressing experience: 500 yen; VR: 500 yen
- 【phone】
- 0776-41-2330
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