Fruit Auction and Bamboo Fruit Basket Making Tour
- 4h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Private tour
Highlights
On this tour you can experience Kochi’s food culture and traditional craftsmanship at the Kochi City Central Wholesale Market. We will gather early in the morning to visit the fresh fish section, and then continue on to the produce area. With the guidance of a local vendor you’ll observe the lively fruit auction. After breakfast at a restaurant within the market, you’ll try your hand at making a bamboo basket using Torafudake, a type of bamboo native to Kochi. Your instructor is a bamboo artist who is also involved in bamboo forest preservation. To wrap up the experience, you’ll fill your handmade basket with seasonal fruits, creating your own unique fruit basket. The fruits provided can also be eaten on the spot. The Kochi City central market is a compact market with just over 20 shops in the fresh fish and produce sections. It boasts the second-longest history of any wholesale market in Japan.
Inclusions
What's included
- Tour guide
- A donation to the instructor’s bamboo forest conservation efforts in Kochi is included
- English speaking guide
- seasonal fruit
- Travel accident insurance
- Materials for bamboo crafts (1 set)
Itinerary
Details of Tour / Activity [ 7:00 ] Gather and tour the fresh fish section [ 7:30 ] Visit the fruit auction area [ 8:00 ] Breakfast at a market restaurant (individual payment) [ 9:15 ] Create your own fruit basket using Torafudake, a specialty bamboo from Kochi [ 11:30 ] Tour ends
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Your guide will be waiting for you in the entrance gate of the Kochi City Central Wholesale Market, holding a board with the logo of "Kochi Escapes".
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Kochi Escapes
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Availability : Saturdays
- There may be days when the tour cannot be held due to market or shop events, or the instructor’s work schedule.
- At the fresh fish section, you may witness large fish such as tuna and bonito (30–50 cm or larger) being filleted. Please be aware that you might see blood or other aspects of raw fish processing.
- Breakfast will be at a restaurant within the market. Please note that payment for breakfast is not included and should be made individually.
- Since bamboo is a natural material, there may be minor mud stains or splinters. Please wear clothing that you don’t mind getting slightly dirty or snagged during the basket-making workshop.
How it compares in Kochi
- Its from-price is 15% below the median of the 34 experiences we list in Kochi.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Kochi
Kochi, on the Pacific coast of Shikoku, is a castle town known for seared bonito, a long Sunday market and its ties to the hero Sakamoto Ryoma.
Kochi stands on the southern coast of Shikoku, facing the Pacific, with mountains rising immediately behind. Kochi Castle, in the middle of the city, keeps its original wooden keep from the 18th century, one of the few left in Japan, and from the top there are views over the rooftops. Sakamoto Ryoma, a samurai who helped bring down the shogunate in the 1860s, was born here, and his statue looks out over the ocean at Katsurahama beach.
Special offers in Kochi
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