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Kagoshima Nature and Food Culture Private Tour
Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
$1156.88
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Embark on this experiential tour visiting places related to food, sake, and tableware, and trace the natural and cultural roots that gave birth to Kagoshima's food culture. With well-drained soil made of volcanic ash from Sakurajima and the Kirishima Mountains, rich seas including Kinko Bay, and a history as an important maritime trade hub through which various cultures from around the world have been introduced, Kagoshima is a land where a unique and rich food culture has been nurtured. First, enjoy interacting with local farmers in a field at the foot of Sakurajima, where regional circular farming method utilizing the natural environment is used. Afterwards, visit a distillery that makes shochu, a specialty of Kagoshima, and experience blending an original shochu. The last leg of the tour is a visit to a Satsuma ware shop right next to a pottery studio.
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Kagoshima Nature and Food Culture Private Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 9 hours
- National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter fee
- Other admission fees, experience fees, and transportation costs included in the tour
- Fees other than those listed in Includes
- Lunch
Meeting point
Meet in front of Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Tourist Information Center.
Immediately accessible from Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Station Square.
Customers who are late for the departure time will have their reservations canceled. Please give yourself plenty of time.
Return details
Meet in front of Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Tourist Information Center.
Immediately accessible from Kagoshima-chuo Station East Exit Station Square.
Customers who are late for the departure time will have their reservations canceled. Please give yourself plenty of time.
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Departure for Sakurajima Ferry Terminal
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Farmland Sakurajima is a rare farm located at the foot of an active volcano. As part of initiatives to coexist with nature, a variety of crops are grown here using a regional circular farming method that utilizes nature, in which seaweed grown in Kinko Bay is used as fertilizer and clean water is returned to the sea. On this tour, sit on the field with a magnificent view of Sakurajima towering right before your eyes and enjoy sweets made with field-grown crops while listening to stories from farmers.
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The tour will stop at Tarumizu Roadside Station located in Tarumi, an area which became connected to Sakurajima due to a past major eruption, and is surrounded by the natural beauty of Kagoshima, including Sakurajima, Kinko Bay, and the Kirishima Mountains. Customers can purchase their own lunch here. Meal charges not included in the tour. *Credit cards cannot be used for payment at Roadside Station Tarumizu Yuttarikan, so please be sure to bring cash.
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Kagoshima is known as the kingdom of shochu, with over 100 breweries and more than 2,000 brands in the prefecture. Shochu, produced in the blessed nature of Kagoshima, is one Japan's most popular distilled beverages. At Wakashio Distillery, after a tour of the distillery where shochu is actually made, customers can enjoy a shochu blending experience where they can mix various shochu according to their own taste to create their own original shochu. Shochu that customers blended can be taken home in a bottle. *Customers under 20 years of age cannot join the shochu blending experience.
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At the end of this culinary tour of Kagoshima, visit a direct sales shop of a pottery studio where tableware that goes well with food is made. Kagoshima is famous for its Satsuma ware pottery. There are two types: Shiromon (White Satsuma), which is primarily used for ornaments and figurines, and Kuromon (Black Satsuma), which is often used for items such as sake utensils for drinking shochu and other beverages. Ryumonjiyaki is a school of Satsuma ware that continues the tradition of Kuromon. Touring the pottery studio is not included. Only the shop next to the pottery studio will be visited.
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Kagoshima Nature and Food Culture Private Tour
Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
$1156.88
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!