1 hour
2 languages
Mobile ticket

Highlights

Be amazed by the surprising background and history that makes Chino City the top producer of agar in Japan! Receive a guided tour through the workshop, with staff providing easy-to-understand explanations. Explore the rich water resources that contribute to delicious miso and sake in the Suwa-Chino area, embodying the wisdom of predecessors who shaped Japan's traditional cuisine. Conclude the experience with a tasting of agar, as Irise Co., Ltd. shares various ways to incorporate agar into different dishes, driven by the concept of promoting health and happiness for everyone.

Inclusions

What's included

Guide fee
Agar tasting fee

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Know before you go

Meeting point: Meeting Point：Irisen Agar Factory & Direct Sales Store Yugawa Branch 1253, Kitayama yugawa, Chino-shi, Nagano, 391-0301 Access： Approximately 30 minutes from Chino Station by Demand ransportation 'Noraza' to the meeting point.
Pickup: Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size: Up to 5 travellers
Operated by: Attractive JAPAN

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Participants must be 3 years old or older
Clothes：Since this tour will be outdoors, wearing a jacket is essential, especially during winter.

How it compares in Nagano

Its from-price is 88% below the median of the 179 experiences we list in Nagano.
It is shorter than most of them.

About Nagano

Nagano is a mountain city in central Japan, centred on the old Zenko-ji temple and ringed by ski slopes, hot springs and alpine valleys.

Nagano sits in a basin among the mountains of central Honshu, and Zenko-ji, a temple traditionally founded in the seventh century, is the heart of the city. Pilgrims have come to it for more than a thousand years, up a long approach lined with shops and lodgings to a great wooden hall. The city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998.

Top-ranked sights in Nagano: Jigokudani Monkey Park (Jigokudani Yaen-Koen), Zenkoji Temple, Yudanaka Onsen.

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