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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.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
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.
Itinerary
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Departure for Sakurajima Ferry Terminal
20 minutes • Admission ticket included -
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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.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
3
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.
45 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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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.
1 hour • Admission ticket included -
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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.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that participants may not join partway through the tour. Also, participants may join only from the meeting location specified in advance.
- While transportation will be by private vehicle for each group, each experience included in the itinerary may be shared with other customers.
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Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that participants may not join partway through the tour. Also, participants may join only from the meeting location specified in advance.
- While transportation will be by private vehicle for each group, each experience included in the itinerary may be shared with other customers.
- The order of activities and arrival times may differ on the day depending on reasons such as road conditions and congestion at destinations.
- The experience activity in Farmland Sakurajima may be held in the indoor cafe on the premises due to reasons such as inclement weather.
- Shochu made by customers during the shochu blending experience may be taken home in a 720 ml bottle per person. Please be aware that restrictions on bringing alcoholic beverages vary by country.
- Children up to 5 years old may join free of charge, but will not be provided with vehicle seats or experience activities. If vehicle seats or experience activities are required, please make a booking under the child rate.
- Customers are free to have lunch at the Tarumizu Roadside Station. Customers are to pay for their own lunch as it is not included in the tour booking charge.
- As suitcases cannot be brought during the tour, please leave them in a locker or at your hotel before participating.
- Parental permission in writing is necessary for all tour participants under the age of eighteen. Any participant under the age of fifteen or not yet enrolled in middle school must be joined by a parent or guardian on the tour.
- Tour's total duration is 9 hours, though, the total duration listed in the itinerary is 3 hours 30 minutes. The remaining hours are allotted for the travel time
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Rating
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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