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Using local soba flour to make noodles. The amount and type of binder, such as Japanese yam, funori (glue plant), or pokeweed, varies by region and person.
Different kneading styles also change the taste, which is another way to enjoy soba-making.
Learn from experts in making country-style soba noodles using a mountain yam binder. How will yours turn out? Why not try it and see?
Making soba with your children is sure to be one of your most lasting memories.
*Time required: about 2 hours
*Reservations required
Cost: 2,160 yen
Anpo’s a rather fun word, isn’t it?
Anbo is a traditional and tasty food from Matsudai made by shaping rice flour into balls.
It’s mixed with yomogi (mugwort), and stuffed with red bean paste or pickles.
Create your own fun shapes.
Do your best to make good ones, as if you were a born and bred Matsudai local.
*Time required: about 2 hours
*Reservations required
Cost: 2,160 yen
In this pressed-flowers class, you’ll use wild mountain flowers.
Come and create your own unique, one-of-a-kind postcard or key holder using pressed flowers.
*Time required: about 2 hours
*Reservations required
Cost: 2,160 yen
Create mascots or flowers from silkworm cocoons.
You can make your own hand-made keepsake to remember your time at Shibatouge Onsen.
*Time required: about 2 hours
*Reservations required
Cost: 2,160 yen
Walking through the forest, across the landscape, is popular with people from all generations.
Stop and breathe deeply, letting the forest air percolate deep within you.
*Time required: about 2 hours
*Reservations required
Cost: 2,160 yen
The rice terraces in the Higashikubiki district are naturally-irrigated paddies, using rainwater and snow melt. They have been carefully protected by the locals over many years.
Through experiencing the rice terraces, working in them, you can learn how important protecting nature is to our future.
This tour is for our overnight guests, and requires an early start.
*Reservations required
Cost: Inquire for cost
From mid June to early July, we offer tours to see fireflies for any interested overnight guests.
Feel free to ask us about joining one.
Cost: free (overnight guests only)