Small-Group Walking Tour with Udon Cooking Class in Hino

5.0 (1 reviews) Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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Duration2h 45m
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LanguagesArabic, English, French
Group sizeUp to 4 travelers

Overview

After picking up from the meeting place at Hino Station, we will head to Hosenji (Zenji) while walking, introducing ourselves and talking about Hino City. Inside, you can tour the garden while enjoying the atmosphere of a local Zen temple. The photo is okay. Next, we will walk to Yasaka Shrine while, and then I will introduce a little about the shrine's manners inside. After that, head to Honjin and go sightseeing inside, you can see the rooms, gardens, and daily necessities that the old samurai of the Edo period used to spend. After that, we will go to the, the handmade udon shop we experience, and actually experience and enjoy the meal.
I want you to feel and enjoy all of our experience resources of making traditional Japanese food in a private space, not just a cooking class.
Participants will be pleased with the face-to-face experience.
If you can make your own original noodles at this shop, it will be one of the world's flour arts.

What's included

  • Apron, cooking utensils
  • food and drinks (udon noodles, tempura, snacks and tea)
  • Admission ticket
  • Private transportation

What to expect

  1. Hinojuku Honjin
    15m
    Only Hino remains in Honjin (Accommodation for high class people) the only one left in Tokyo. I can show you the rooms and tableware where the old people lived, the architecture of the Edo period, the garden, and feel the remnants of the old days.

    ・Honjin (本陣) is the Japanese word for an inn for government officials, generally located in post stations (shukuba) during the later part of the Edo period.
  2. Hosenji Temple
    10m
    Zen temples in Japan are thought to be Kyoto for tourists, but they also exist in the city where I live, and they are quieter and can be seen more slowly than any other Zen temple. Let's walk the Zen temple together.

    Hosenji is a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect Kenchoji school. The founder was Kenchoji Kamakura, and it was founded in the Mototoku era (around 1330).
  3. Yasaka Shrine
    5m
    I would like to introduce you to a local shrine. It's a very quiet shrine, and you can feel it as an oasis in the city. By telling tourists that there is such a culture, you can understand the difference between a shrine that has become a tourist destination and a local shrine.
    I will introduce How to practice a shrine manner.
    Visit a local shrine, the date of its foundation is unknown, but according to the company's biography, Fumonji Temple was built in 1398, and became a Betto of Gozu Tenno Shrine, and became Yasaka Shrine in 1869.
  4. Hino
    2h
    This tour is practiced in a real shop, so you will actually cook in the shop. In actual real, cuisine, shops, tableware, people, you can feel the Japanese culture from here.
    we make udon from
    ・ Knead (crush)
    ・ Stretch (stretch with a stick)
    ・ Cut (cut with a special cutter)
    ・ boiling

    The shop is a small space like a Japanese private shop. There is a sanctuary for making udon noodles called Teuchi-ba(a hand-made place)

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meeting point is at Hino station (Tokyo JR Chuo Line ）

＊ it takes 30 minutes by JR special express to get Hino station from Shinjuku station .

End point

Meeting point is at Hino station (Tokyo JR Chuo Line ）

＊ it takes 30 minutes by JR special express to get Hino station from Shinjuku station .

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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