The egg sacks of wild blowfish contain a lethal dose of poison. The technique of pickling those egg sacks in rice bran in Mikawa, Hakusan City, removes the poison, making it a forbidden gourmet dish that goes well with sake and plain white rice.
After observing the production process, please join us to sample Shata Sake Brewery’s “Tengu Mai”, a yamahai sake.
For more information, please visit https://arayo.co.jp/
Travel Itinerary ツアー行程
(private limousine and interpreter will be provided for the entire tour)
Day 01
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JR Kanazawa Station (or 13:30 Komatsu Airport)
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Shata Sake Brewery Tour
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Check-in at the accommodation facility
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Dinner at Shata Sake Brewery with President Shata
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Ryokan Inn with Ryotei Cuisine in Kanazawa -
Sainoniwa Hotel
Kanazawa is known as Little Kyoto, and is home to a gorgeous teahouse district and luxurious ryotei restaurants. We will take you to a restaurant currently popular for its cuisine (to be announced soon) where you can enjoy delicate kaiseki cuisine featuring plenty of crab, Kaga vegetables, and other delicacies, along with Shata Brewery’s “Tengu Mai” and other rare sakes.
President Shata will give a passionate talk about sake brewing, “Tengu Mai” and local culture and history.
Optionally, guests can also enjoy a Kanazawa dance by Kanazawa Geigi performers as well as traditional Japanese games in a tatami room.It is possible to stay overnight at the ryokan inn, but we recommend staying at the Sainoniwa Hotel in Kanazawa City.
Sainoniwa Hotel also serves delicious breakfast!
For more information, please visit https://www.sainoniwa-hotel.jp/en-
Yamanaka and Yamashiro Onsen in Kaga Onsen-kyo -
On the southern side of Hakusan City, where Shata Sake Brewery is located, you will find Kaga Onsen-kyo, a famous hot spring resort. For guests who prefer hot springs, we recommend the luxury ryokans in Yamanaka and Yamashiro Onsen, located in Kaga Onsen-kyo.
We recommend “Kayotei” in Yamanaka Onsen and “Araya Totoan” in Yamashiro Onsen, which are luxury ryokans with private open-air baths.
“Similar to the ryotei restaurant in Kanazawa City, here you can also enjoy delicate kaiseki cuisine featuring plenty of crab, Kaga vegetables, and other delicacies, along with Shata Brewery’s “”Tengu Mai”” and other rare sakes. President Shata will give a passionate talk about sake brewing, “”Tengu Mai”” and local culture and history.
Optionally, guests can also enjoy a Kanazawa dance by Kanazawa Geigi performers as well as traditional Japanese games in a tatami room.” -
Day 02
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Breakfast
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Pickled blowfish eggs at Arayo Honten
加賀温泉郷山中・山代温泉 -
Hakusan Hime Shrine
For more than 2,000 years, Hakusan Hime Shrine has been the center of worship in Kaga (Ishikawa Prefecture), enshrining the deity of Mt. Hakusan, and is the main shrine of Hakusan Shrines throughout Japan. Take in the energy of the shrine surrounded by tranquil forests.
For more information, please visit
http://www.shirayama.or.jp/en/index.html -
Lunch: Freshwater Fish and Wild Vegetable Cuisine Wadaya
This long-established ryokan inn offering cuisine has been serving Irori cuisine of local freshwater fish, wild vegetables, and game meat in the precincts of Hakusan Hime Shrine for 150 years.
Enjoy your lunch in a traditional pavilion in a natural setting. You can also enjoy “Tengu-mai” lightly…
For more information, please visit https://www.tsurugi-wataya.co.jp/ -
Kenrokuen Garden
After lunch, we will return to Kanazawa and stop for tea at “Gyokusen-an” in Kanazawa Castle Park to relax and enjoy the afterglow of the trip and drinks. For those who wish to visit Kenrokuen Garden, we will guide you there.
For more information, please contact
https://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/e/gyokusen-an/
Kenrokuen Garden
https://kenrokuen.or.jp/?stt_lang=en
Ishikawa Prefecture is famous for its lacquerware, including Wajima-nuri.
A lacquer craftsman called Urushi Toki Sadaike will provide the lacquerware. How about ordering a personalized sake cup made of lacquerware, or a brooch or chopsticks as a souvenir?
You can also experience kintsugi (fixing broken porcelain with lacquer mixed with powdered and liquefied gold) and raden (embedding of mother-of-pearl in lacquer).
For more information, please visit https://sadaike.com/ -
JR Kanazawa Station (or Komatsu Airport or other location of your choice)
After lunch, we will return to Kanazawa and stop for tea at “”Gyokusen-an”” in Kanazawa Castle Park to relax and enjoy the afterglow of the trip and drinks. For those who wish to visit Kenrokuen Garden, we will guide you there.
For more information, please contact
https://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/e/gyokusen-an/Kenrokuen Garden
https://kenrokuen.or.jp/?stt_lang=en
Ishikawa Prefecture is famous for its lacquerware, including Wajima-nuri.
A lacquer craftsman called Urushi Toki Sadaike will provide the lacquerware. How about ordering a personalized sake cup made of lacquerware, or a brooch or chopsticks as a souvenir?
You can also experience kintsugi (fixing broken porcelain with lacquer mixed with powdered and liquefied gold) and raden (embedding of mother-of-pearl in lacquer).
For more information, please visit https://sadaike.com/ -
JR Kanazawa Station (or Komatsu Airport or other location of your choice)
Oct. 2024 to Apr. 2025 Scheduled to be implemented 4 times, once for each applicable week on a first-come, first-served basis.
