Overview

Starting from the Kusunoki Learning Forest, the cultural center of the Kusunoki area, this program includes a walk around Okazaki Hachimangu Shrine, one of only four shrines in Japan licensed to brew sake, and Funaki Shukuba, which flourished in the Edo period, and a visit to the Tamashige Koto Factory.

The tour will also visit the Tamashige Koto Factory while walking around Okazaki Hachimangu Shrine, which has a license to brew sake from four companies in Japan, and Funaki Shukuba, which flourished in the Edo period (1603-1868). At the final destination, “Tamashige Koto Factory,” Akihiko Tamashige, the fourth generation koto player, will carefully explain the history and manufacturing process of the koto. You can also tour the workshop and try your hand at playing a koto.

Experience Details

• Lecture on Funaki area, area walk (Okazaki Hachimangu Shrine to the post town), Tamashige Koto Workshop (factory tour, performance experience)

Price Per Person

15,000 JPY / group

Notes

This program includes outdoor activities. It is a local assembly and disbandment program. If the experience spans lunchtime, please pay 1,000 yen to the sightseeing guide volunteer as a lunch fee.

Application Deadline

4 weeks before the tour date

Agent Name

Liberta inc.

Included in the fee

• Sightseeing guide fee
• Interpretation fee
• Tamashige Koto Workshop tour experience fee

Language

• English

Event Duration

2 hours 20 minutes
(Funaki-juku walk 80 minutes, Tamashige Koto Workshop 60 minutes)

Meeting Point

Funaki Ube Yamaguchi

Program Availability

Year-Round

Participants

4 – 6 people