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HOKUTO KOMERU Lunch Gourmet & Culture Tour
HOKUTO KOMERU Lunch Gourmet & Culture Tour
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~Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture~ The world's only OSAKE tourism
Hokuto City in Yamanashi Prefecture overlooks the Yatsugatake Mountains in the Southern Alps and is blessed with abundant water, food and history.
It is also a rare area in the world where you can taste the world's finest wine, whiskey, and sake.
We have prepared a tour that will allow you to experience this area, which can be reached in 90 minutes from Tokyo, to the fullest.
This is a casual, day-trip lunch tour packed with content.
＜Experience HIGHLIGHTS＞
Enjoy the Grace Wine vineyards from the comfort
In 2010, Grace Wine brews wines made from grapes that were the first indigenous to Japan to be registered on the International Organization for Vine and Wine (OIV) list, and whose labels display the varietal name. In addition, at the Decanter World Wine Awards, the world's largest wine competition, their "Cuvée Misawa Akeno Koshu 2013" was the first Japanese wine to win a gold medal and regional trophy. For the six years since then, Grace Wine's Koshu has won gold medals.
GASBON METABOLISM
In 2022, a new facility for artists to stay and create will be built on the site of a huge former factory,
This facility was built on the site of a huge former factory with an area of more than 1,000 square meters, in an ideal location with a view of the Southern Alps and Yatsugatake Mountains and a countryside landscape, where artists can create while staying.
The site has various viewpoints, including an antique shop and biotope, and the adjacent “MANGOSTEEN HOKUTO” features a craft beer brewery, Manchin Brewery, a taproom where you can drink draft beer, and Manchin Bao, which serves dumplings made from malted barley, the main ingredient of beer, after production. Manchin Bao, which serves dumplings made from malted barley after production, the main ingredient of beer, will welcome you.
Tour of the "Shichiken" storehouses
Shichiken is a Japanese sake that has been produced in Hokuto City for about 300 years since 1750.
We have formed a producer group with local farmers to grow the rice used as our raw material.
You can enjoy sake tasting as you tour "Densogura," a space that displays valuable materials such as calligraphy, artwork, and ancient documents handed down by the Kitahara family, the brewer.
Kyogen Workshop
Kyogen workshop by Mr. Tanro Ishida, a Noh performer of the Izumi school of Kyogen.
Enjoy traditional Japanese culture.
＜LUNCH DINING＞
Kobuchizawa Izutsuya
“Aged eel” is rare in Japan.
The best eel is carefully prepped and laid down to concentrate its flavor.
The best eel is grilled over binchotan charcoal with crispy skin and fluffy meat, and served with our famous “bamboo rice” style.
The bamboo is cut by the owner in the bamboo grove at the foot of Mt. Yatsugatake.
【schedule】
10:00｜Gather at Kofu Station
10:45｜Vineyard tour at Grace Wine
11:00｜Enjoy art and craft beer at GASBON METABOLISM
12:25｜Lunch at Izutsuya in Kobuchizawa
14:00｜Lunch over, move on
14:30｜Visit Nanaken and enjoy tasting
16:00｜Kyogen workshop (location to be announced)
19:00｜Dismissal at Kofu Station
Included in the tour price
・Tour transportation fee from Kofu station (please make your own way to Kofu station)
・Meal fee
・Kyogen workshop
・GASBON METABOLISM tour fee
・Shichiken tour fee
・Interpreter (for those who are eligible, English speaking)
Travel conditions :
■Trip fee: 68,000 yen per person (tax included)
■Date of departure: January 10, 2025 or later
■Meal conditions: 0 breakfast, 1 lunch, 0 dinner
■Tour conductor: No tour conductor, but an event coordinator will accompany the tour.
■Minimum number of participants: 6
Event planning: RICE ENTERTAINMENTS Co., Ltd.
Travel planning/implementation/application/inquiries: Oriental Co., Ltd. General travel business manager: Yoshida Makoto
Regular member of the All Japan Travel Agents Association / Travel agency registered with the Japan Tourism Agency No. 2037 16th Okabe Building 1103, 8-27 Hakataeki Chuo-gai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
Domestic Travel Application Information ■This trip is planned and implemented by Oriental Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "our company"), and customers will enter into a package tour contract (hereinafter referred to as "contract") with our company. In addition, the contents and conditions of the contract will be governed by the conditions listed for each course, as well as these travel conditions, the confirmation document (itinerary guide) provided before departure, and the section on package tour contracts in our travel agency terms and conditions.
■Travel application and contract conclusion: The contract will be concluded when you fill in the required information on the application form above and our company receives the travel fee.
■Cancellation fee: If you cancel the trip for your own reasons after the trip contract has been concluded, we will charge you a cancellation fee for each person based on the trip price at the following rate. If multiple people are participating and some of them cancel, we will charge each of the participants the difference in price for the change in the number of people using one room.
■Notes: ①Please note that the tour may be canceled if the number of participants is less than the minimum number. In this case, we will notify you of the cancellation of the tour at least 10 days before the tour date. ②Smoking is prohibited on the buses for all tours.
■What is included in the travel price: This includes transportation fares, fees, meals, experience fees, accommodation fees, travel handling fees and various taxes such as consumption tax as specified in the travel itinerary.
■Regarding domestic travel insurance: If you are injured during your trip, you may incur large medical expenses, transportation costs, etc. Furthermore, in the event of an accident, it may be very difficult to seek compensation from the perpetrator or to recover compensation. In order to cover these costs, we recommend that you purchase sufficient domestic travel insurance yourself. If you would like to purchase optional insurance, please contact us separately.
■Trip conditions Reference date: As of September 1, 2024 <Handling of personal information> We will use the personal information written on the application form submitted when applying for a trip to contact the customer, and to the extent necessary to arrange for services provided by transportation, accommodation, etc. for the trip you have applied for, and to process the receipt of those services. In addition, we may use your personal information to: 1. Inform you about events and campaigns; 2. Request for opinions and impressions after participating in the trip; 3. Request for questionnaires; 4. Create statistical data; 5. Photographs and videos taken of the tour and impressions of participants we have collected may be used to post on our website and in print media.
Cancellation fee : Counting back from the day before the trip start date
Up to 21 days in advance: Free,
20 days to 8 days before: 20%
7 to 2 days before: 30%
The day before: 40%
On the day: 50%
After the trip has started or no contact or no participation: 100%
*The photo is for illustrative purposes only.
*Tour content may change without notice.
