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TOKUSHIMAKyoto Prefecture is famousfor Uji-cha, the pre-eminent brand of Japanesetea. The north of theprefecture, home to one
of Japan's Three Scenic
Views, the great sandbarof Amanohashidate, is also
famous for its plentiful seafood and marine products.

For more than 1,000 years the Kansai region was home to the capital of Japan, andcontinues to be at the heart of Japanese culture. Traditions like Washoku cuisine and thetea ceremony were refined here in Kansai and continue to thrive to this day. Combinedwith new food culture like sweets, desserts, and ramen, the region is bursting withflavours and gives visitors the chance to savour a wide variety of Japanese cuisine.
This booklet introduces a variety of fun experiences related to tasty Japanese food,and we hope that it will help you embark on a journey full of delicious discoveries andexperiences in Japan.

KYOTO
City

© Kyoto Hanatoro Promotion Council

Osaka Prefecture is
the industrial centero f w e s t e r n Japan,
where the Kansai International Airport islocated. It is also famous for a wide variety of tasty foods.

Prefec

KYOTO

KOBE
City

Prefec

City

KYOTO

HYOGO

Prefectu

KOBE

Kobe boasts Arima Onsen, theoldest hot spring in Japan.The
world famous Kobe Beef andKobe Sweets are representativeof Western-Japanese blended
culture of the international port
city.

SHIGA
SAKAI

OSAKA

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Tokushima Prefecture isrich in nature, including
Naruto no Uzushio (Strait),ºgreatest whirlpools, andOboke Koboke.

OSAKA

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HYOGOreTOKUSHtuIMreA

OSAKA

Prefecture

TOTTOtuRreI

Himeji-jyo Castle (World Heritage Site) is in Hyogo Prefecture, which is famous as one of
the best production areas ofsake. Enjoy sake and its side
dishes made from high-quality
ingredients of Hyogo Prefecture.

Shiga has Lake Biwa, thelargest lake in Japan.
Blessed with its abundant
water, Shiga has beenwell-known as a rice-producing district from oldtimes.

A historic city repres enti ng J apan. The
food culture of Kyoto
has developed along
its history as the capitalof 1,000 years.

TOTTORI

Tottori Prefecture boasts
the largest annual catch of
crabs in all of Japan. Also,
it is home to the only museum in Japan focusing on
pears.

SHIGA

Prefecture

KansaiInternational
Airport(KIX)

City

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The mausoleum of Emperor Nintoku is located in
Sakai City, the birthplace of
Sen-no-Rikyu, the tea master who perfected the Wabi-cha, a simple tea ceremony. Tea ceremonies are
popular in Sakai.

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SAKAI

OSAKA

©Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau

Osaka City has so many
tasty foods that it iscalled Kuidaore (where
people spend all theirmoney on food) or the
Kitchen of the Country.

NARA

NARA

Prefecture

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WAKAYAM
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PrefecTOKUSHIMA
WAKAYAMA

The tallest waterfall in Japan,
Nachi-no-taki is in Wakayama Prefecture. Being "a landof water," it is rich in nature
and agricultural products.

Nara Prefecture is where
Japan's oldest capital wasplaced. Nara is also thebirthplace of Japanese sakeand somen (Japanese vermicelli).

Int rodu ction

KYOTO

Prefecture

5 AJIWAI-KAN

FUSHIMI SAKE
6 BREWERS ASSOCIATION

7 MIYOSHIYA

Traditional Food
CultureThe Kansai region has flourished as the geographical andcultural heart of Japan for over a millenium, its long history

Brewery tour

Museum tour: Kyoto Food Culture

Brewery tour/Tasting of sake, etc.

Hand-kneaded udon noodles making

having developed many of Japan's traditions. Here in Kansai

Enjoy tasting of homemade delicious sake that was brewed bysake brewers from Noto (Ishikawa Prefecture) with their best
craftsmanship, using underground aquifer water of the Echi River,which rises in the Suzuka mountain system on the east side of
Lake Biwa in Omi (Shiga Prefecture), and Omi rice, cultivar whichis perfect for sake brewing including Tamasakae brand rice.

This is the museum where you can learn about
the food culture of Kyoto. In the exhibition
room, you can enjoy the exhibits and image
display, tasting of Dashi (broth), juice madefrom fresh fruit and other ingredients from themarket, as well as shopping for souvenirs.

Seishu (refined sake) is made in the rich natureand climate of Fushimi, and then refined by
Kyoto culture. In Fushimi, a sake producing
region representing Japan, there are many sakebreweries where you can enjoy tours, sampling,and shopping, and sake museums as well.

Enjoy making Udon which has supported thehealth of Japanese people, listening to theinteresting talk of the popular owner of theshop, that was founded in 1987.
Two kinds of dipping broth (bonito/curry) areavailable.

you will find that refined cuisine such as Washoku, thetraditional cuisine designated as a UNESCO World Intangible
Cultural Heritage, the tea ceremony, sake, and classic wagashi
sweets still exist as normally as they have ever done.

KANOU SHOJUAN
2 SUNAI NO SATO

SHIGA
 793 Nagano Aisho-cho Echi-gun, Shiga
Prefecture  9:00-17:00  Daily  Free
admission  Reservations required 2 daysin advance  http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/
spot/detail/207

Uji City municipal tea house

3 AYUYA NO SATO

4 TAIHO-AN

KYOTO

KYOTO

OSAKA

 Kyoto Seika Center 3F, 130 Chudojiminamimachi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City 
8:30-17:00  Closed on: Wednesdays(unless it is a national holiday) , December
31-January 4  Admission free  No
reservations required  http://kir021606.kir.
jp/pdf/english.pdf

1/ Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum  247 Minamihamacho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City  9:30-16:30 (check in by
16:15) Closed: August 13-16, year-end and New Yearholidays  Adults: 300 yen Junior/senior high school
students: 100 yen *Souvenir: Junmai-shu (180ml sakewithout added alcohol ) or a picture card  Reservations
required depending on the course http://www.gekkeikan.
co.jp/english/kyotofushimi/museum.html 2/ Kizakura
Fushimi-gura 53 Kajiwara-cho Shimomisu Yokooji, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City 10:00-16:00  Closed:
During the year-end and New Year holidays Admission free Reservations required. Call 075644-4488. http://www.fushimi.or.jp/sake_guide/

Washoku
8 Home Cooking

DOGUYA SUJI
9 MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE 10 SAKAI RISHO NO MORI

 9-17 Sennichimae, Namba, Chuo-ku,
Osaka City  15:00-/16:00-  Available:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays Closed on:
Thursdays and January 1  1,5-hour course:
4,800 yen (with tax) 3-hour course: 6,800
yen (with tax)  Reservations required 2
days in advance  https://miyoshiya.osaka/
experience/udon.php

Making Japanese sweets

Factory tour, tastingTea ceremony experience

Japanese home cooking and table manners

Sushi chef experience

Tea ceremony experience

A genuine wagashi (Japanese sweets)
making experience at Kanou Shojuan, a longestablished wagashi shop in Shiga Prefecture.
Kanou Shojuan is located by the Seta-gawaRiver flowing out of Lake Biwa. Enjoy the tea
ceremony, meals and a walk around the facility.

At the factory, you can enjoy watching the manufacturing
process of the products including Tsukudani (foodsimmered in sweetened soy sauce) of fish from Lake
Biwa, one of the local dishes of Shiga Prefecture, as well
as tasting them. Foods are handmade by craftsmen withcarefully selected ingredients using modern procedures.

At Taihoan, an authentic tea house near
Byodoin Temple (World Heritage Site), a bowlof green tea from Uji, the home of tea, is madeand served together with seasonal Japanese
sweets, following the tea ceremony procedures.
All visitors are welcome, including beginners.

Enjoy the tea ceremony, Japanese homecooking, making Sushi, Okonomiyaki and
Takoyaki with Machiko sensei. Machiko sensei
has Japanese teaching experience overseas
and will instruct you kindly and thoroughly at
her home school.

Enjoy learning how to make genuine Sushi at TOKISUSHI,
a very popular sushi bar in Sennichimae. After the sushi
chef, owner of a kitchen knife shop in Doguya-suji
explains about Japanese kitchen knives at his shop,
you change into a sushi craftsman uniform at a uniform
shop, then you are ready to make sushi yourself.

Sakai Risho no Mori, or Sakai Plaza of Rikyu and Akiko, is acultural tourist facility that introduces Sen-no-Rikyu, a tea
master and a poet Yosano Akiko, both from Sakai City. Enjoy
matcha green tea and Japanese sweets sitting on the stool.
You can also experience making green tea yourself under
instruction from one of the three Sen-family experts.

SHIGA
 4-2-1 Oishiryumon, Otsu City 
10:45-12:15*Schedule may change
according to the season. (For an application
with over 15 people, other days of the week
are negotiable.)  2,700 yen (with tax) Reservations required 4 days in advance 
http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/spot/detail/85

SHIGA
 4187 Yoshikawa, Yasu City  9:00-17:00
Available: Daily (except January 1, January
29-31) * Factory tours are available on theweekday daytime (except 12:00-13:00) Free of charge  No reservations required http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/spot/detail/43

KYOTO
 2 Ujitogawa, Uji City  10:00-16:00
 Available: Everyday from January 10
to December 20  From 500 yen 
Reservations required depending on thecourse  http://www.kyoto-uji-kankou.or.jp/

…Locations of the shops and the facilities …Operating hours of the shops and the facilities …Price/Fees …Reservations …URL

OSAKA
 Sakaisuji-honmachi station, Subway
Sakai-suji Line or Chuo Line  11:00-18:00
 Closed: Irregularly, and from December
28 to January 4  8,100 yen or 5,400 (withtax) Free for one child (Age: 6 and under) Reservations required 2 days in advance http://washoku-hc.com/

OSAKA 10-11 Sennichimae, Namba, Chuo-ku,
Osaka City  10:00-/11:30-  Available:
Daily except on each shop's holidays (twice amonth)  Adults (Age: 10 and over ): 4,980
yen (with tax) Children (Age: 6-9): 3,240 yen(with tax)  Reservations required 7 days inadvanc e  http://designpocket.net/tourism/
osakataiken/osakataiken_syokunin/

SAKAI 2-1-1 Shukuin-cho, Nishi Sakai-ku, Sakai City
 10:00-17:00  Closed on: The 3rd Tuesdays (ifa national holiday falls on Tuesday, it is closed on
Wednesday), year-end and New Year holidays 
Ryurei Teicha: Adults 500 yen -  No reservations
required for Ryurei Teicha/Reservations required
1 month in advance for the tea ceremony
experience  http://www.sakai-rishonomori.com/
wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/leaflet-en.pdf*The information in this booklet is correct as of March 1st, 2017. Please check the websites of the shops and facilities before you visit them for the most up-to-date information.

T r a di t ional F ood Culture 1

Kyoto Food Culture Museum:

1 FUJII HONKE

IBONOITO MUSEUM

12 SOMEN-NO-SATO

13 IZUSHI-SOBA

17 KISSAKO AN

18 IMANISHI SAKE BREWERY 19 YUASA SOY SAUCE Co., Ltd.

Watching Japanese sweets making

Demonstration: sorting process of somen noodles

Soba making experience

Tea ceremony

Sake tasting

Factory tour, tasting

The museum displays and sells traditional crafts
related to Sakai City. You can watch and feel theexpert techniques of craftsmen of cutting tools,
incense, rugs and Japanese sweets shown rightin front of you. Demonstrations of kitchen knife
grinding and resharpening are given regularly.

A facility where you can experience the traditional
techniques of making "Tenobe Somen Ibonoito" (handkneaded somen noodles), which is well known andeaten all over Japan, as well as the taste of Ibonoito.
After learning about the methods and procedures,
enjoy delicious somen dishes at the restaurant.

The soba served on a small, beautiful white
Izushi porcelain plate represents Izushi. The
Soba Dojo (workshop) was opened in the hopeof having you enjoy soba making and the tasteof the Izushi sara-soba (soba on a plate) you
have just made.

You can experience the formal tea ceremony at avery reasonable price here. The owner of Kissako
An is serious about the water, green tea powder,and the tea bowl he uses to attentively serve eachof you one bowl of green tea at a time, so that you
can enjoy the genuine taste and flavor of matcha.

Imanishi Sake Brewery is a long-establishedand the last remaining brewery adjacent to
Omiwa Jinja, which is the oldest shrine inJapan and has been devoutly worshipped as adeity of sake brewing. After explanation of sakebrewing, enjoy tasting several types of sake.

At this soy sauce brewery in Yuasa, Kishu(Wakayama Prefecture), which has been said
to be the birthplace of soy sauce, the product ismade with the utmost care. Enjoy tasting andshopping for soy sauce, Kinzanji miso (fermented
soy beans), and even a soy sauce icecream cone.

SAKAI 1-30 Nishi 1-cho, Zaimoku-cho, Sakaiku, Sakai City  13:30-15:00 Available:
The1st and 4th Sundays  Closed: During
the year-end and New Year holidays andon irregular holidays  Free of charge No reservations required  http://www.
sakaidensan.jp/en/

HYOGO

HYOGO

 56 Okumura Kamioka-cho, Tatsuno City Sorting demonstrations (5 to 10 minutes/5
times a day): 11:00-/12:00-/13:00-/14:00/15:00 - Closed: Mondays and during theyear-end and New Year holidays  Adults:
300 yen, Junior/senior high school students:
200 yen, Children: 100 yen  No reservations
required *Reservations (by phone) required forgroups  http://www.ibonoito.or.jp/english/

 Izushi-cho, Toyooka City   Differs
depending on the shop  1,600-3,000 yen/person  Reservations required  http://
www.izushi.co.jp/en/makingsoba/

NARA
 6 Kunodo-cho, Nara City  10:00-17:30
 Closed on: Wednesdays  900 yen/person + tax -  No reservations required https://www.visitnara.jp/venues/A00185/

NARA

WAKAYAMA

 510 Miwa Sakurai City  10:00-17:00
Available: Weekdays except between
October and March (brewery period) 
Closed: Irregularly  500 yen/person 
Reservations required by the day before https://www.visitnara.jp/venues/S01138/

 1464 Yuasa, Yuasa-cho, Arida-gun 
9:00-16:00  Closed: During the yearend and New Year holidays  Free Reser vations required  http://www.
yuasasyouyu.co.jp/multilang/en/

Neiraku Kashitsukasa

14 NADA NO SAKE

15 JIKOIN ZEN TEMPLE 16 NAKANISHI YOSABURO

20 NAKANO BC Co., Ltd. 21 NAKATA FOODS CO., LTD. 22 Oboke Iya Hot Springs

Brewery tour, tasting of sake, shopping for sake

Tea Ceremony

Making Wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets)

Umeshu (plum liquor) making, factory tour

Factory tour, tasting

Cooking local dishes

Nada no Sake is produced thanks to a good combinationof Yamada Nishiki (rice), Miyamizu (water from Mt.Rokko).
In addition to the natural blessing of the environment,
continued efforts of brewers has improved the quality of
Nada no Sake year by year. Visit many breweries where
you can enjoy brewery tours and free tasting.

Jikoin is a Zen temple where you canexperience the integrated presentation of tea
ceremony in Nara, the birthplace of Wabi-cha(a simple tea ceremony). Green tea is served
as you sit in the Shoin drawing room (National
Important Cultural Property).

At the Wagashi shop in a 130-year old housein Naramachi, which is lined with the similar
kind of traditional Machiya townhouses, you
can make original sweets which entertains
your five senses, and eat them with green tea.
You can take away the sweets.

You can experience making Umeshu andUme syrup using big and high quality Nankoume, a specialty of Wakayama Prefecture.
Enjoy tasting and shopping, as well as strollingaround our beautiful Japanese garden.

NAKATA FOODS manufactures and sells Umeboshi(pickled plum) and Umeshu (plum liquor) in Kishu(Wakayama Prefecture), a major production areaof ume. Enjoy tasting Umeboshi and Umeshu,
shopping for various kinds of ume processed
products as well as viewing 15 kinds of ume trees.

You can enjoy tasting dishes such as Iya soba
(buckwheat noodles) and Dekomawashi (roasted
skewered tofu and vegetables glazed with miso),both of which are local dishes of Oboke Iya.
Facilities are available where you can experience
cooking local dishes and soba making.

KOBE Nada-ku/Higashinada-ku, Kobe City    Differs depending on the brewery 
http://www.nadagogo.ne.jp/

NARA 865 Koizumi-cho Yamato-koriyama City
 9:00.-17:00  Available: Daily 
Entrance fee: 1,000 yen (including greentea) for elementary school children and over
 No reservations required  http://www1.
kcn.ne.jp/~jikoin/English-top.html

NARA 23 Wakido-cho, Nara City  From 11:00
a.m.-  Closed: Irregularly  2,160 yen/person  Reservations required 2 days inadvance  https://www.visitnara.jp/venues/
S01120/…Locations of the shops and the facilities …Operating hours of the shops and the facilities …Price/Fees …Reservations …URL

WAKAYAMA

WAKAYAMATOKUSHIMA 758-45 Fujishiro, Kainan City  1/ 11:002/ 13:00- 3/ 15:00-  Closed: During theyear-end and New Year holidays  Factory
tour & tasting: free of charge Plum liquor/
Plum syrup making: 1,620 yen - 2,160 yen(with tax)  Reservations required 
http://www.nakano-group.co.jp/en/

 1475 Shimomisu, Tanabe City  Shop: 8:30-17:00
Factory tour: 8:30-16:00 (not available during an-hour
lunch time/15 minutes after 15:00) Available: Daily*Though the factory is not operating on Sundays, national
holidays, and one Saturday a month, factory tour is possible.
Closed: During the year-end and New Year holidays.
*The business hours may be shortened.  Factory
tour & tasting: Free of charge  For reservation, call0739222858  http://www.nakatafoods.co.jp/global/

 In Miyoshi City   Holidays differ
depending on the facility. Please check thewebsite etc.  Reservations required 
http://www.oboke-iya.jp/en/*The information in this booklet is correct as of March 1st, 2017. Please check the websites of the shops and facilities before you visit them for the most up-to-date information.

T r a di t ional F ood Culture 2

SAKAI CITY TRADITIONAL
11 CRAFTS MUSEUM

Kansai is not just a region of historical tradition though, and has a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit that hasdeveloped new forms of culture from these traditions of old. Instant ramen noodles, loved across the world,
were first born here in Kansai, and a wide variety of foods such as steak, sweets, okonomiyaki and takoyaki
can be enjoyed here too.

Michi-no-Eki (roadside rest area)

The Instant Ramen
24 Museum

Making bread and other foods/Harvesting farm products

ORIGINAL CUPNOODLES MAKING

A food theme park in the Tango Area including
a hotel with a hot spring spa. A market and apetting zoo are also available. Please contact us inadvance if you want to experience making sushi
or other dishes for lunch.

At the museum of instant ramen, which originatedin Osaka in 1958, you can design your cup,choose your favorite soup out of four types, andfour toppings out of twelve ingredients to makeyour own CUPNOODLES.

KYOTO  123 Tottori Yasaka-cho, Kyotango City  Workshops on making bread,cookies and ice cream are held regularly. Available: Everyday between April and November 
Closed: Tuesdays between December and mid-March  Free admission *1,000 yen for baking
experience, etc.  Those with reservations given priority  http://tango-kingdom-howto.com/en/

OSAKA  8-25 Masumi-cho, Ikeda City  9:30-16:00  Closed on: Tuesdays (ifa national holiday falls on Tuesday, it is closed on the next day), year-end and New Yearholidays  1 CUPNOODLES: 300yen (with tax)  No reservations required  http://
www.instantramen-museum.jp/en/

Kingdom
23 Tango
SHOKU-NO-MIYAKO

JA Ohmifuji Farmer's Market

29 OHMINCHIWAKAYAMA

Shopping/Dining

Kobe Beef as the symbol of Kobe cuisine has
established its world-wide brand of Wagyu. It
has been satisfying visitors both mentally andphysically every day. Enjoy the well-rounded
texture and the sweet flavor, continuing fascinatinggroumet celeblities from all over the world.

The savor and techniques brought into Japan
from Europe after the opening of Kobe Port have
led to the development of Kobe Sweets, thanks
to the originality and ingenuity added by Kobe
confectioners. The streets in Kobe are dotted withdelicious cake shops.

 At various restaurants in Kobe City     Differs depending on
the shop  http://www.kobe-niku.jp/en/contents/about/legend.html

KOBE At various shops in Kobe City     Differs depending on the
shop  http://www.feel-kobe.jp/lp/kobe-sweets/

27 WAKAYAMA CHUKASOBA AND RAMEN

28 SHIKOKU NO MIGISHITA (Migiagari)

Visiting Ramen shops

Minamiawa-don/Farm-fresh market

Ramen in Wakayama is also called Chukasoba.
Please come and visit the Ramen shops, eachof which is serious about creating unique andoriginal Ramen. Enjoy different tastes at different
Ramen shops.

Southern Tokushima Prefecture has a rich variety
of foodstuffs. There are many direct sales shops
where you can enjoy eating and shopping for
Tokushima specialties, including Minamiawa-don(rice in a bowl topped with specialties nurtured inabundant nature).

 Around stations and tourist facilities     Differs dependingon the shop  http://www.wakayamakanko.com/eng/

TOKUSHIMA  Southern Tokushima Prefecture     Holidays differ dependingon the facility. Please check the website.  http://shikokunomigishita.jp/
docs/2016062200010/

34 DAISEN HOME OF MILK

35 SAKAI FISHING PORT

Vegetable harvesting/Cooking class

Making ice cream and other dairy treats

Shopping for marine products/Dining

At Ohminchi, one of the biggest farmer's markets

Mt. Daisen is the highest peak in the Chugoku region. The
entire area surrounding Mt. Daisen is designated as a nationalpark. At Daisen Home of Milk, you can make ice cream andother foods using milk fresh from Daisen ranch cows. There isalso a restaurant that serves dishes using local farm produce.

Take a tour of the fishing port where seasonal
catches including crab and tuna are landed. You
can purchase and enjoy fresh seafood directlyfrom one of the many seafood vendors in the area.

TOTTORI  2-11 Kobayashi Hoki-cho, Saihaku-gun  10:30-/14:00-  Closed:
2nd and 4th Tuesdays  About 500 yen  Reservations required a week in advance http://www.tottori-tour.jp/en/sightseeing/850/

TOTTORI  9-7 Showa-machi, Sakaiminato City  8:00-16:00  Closed:
Tuesdays  Free admission  No reservations required  http://www.tottori-guide.
jp/tourism/tour/view/768

Thanks to the rich nature and advanced cultivationin Shiga Prefecture, you can enjoy cooking safe andfresh vegetables harvested from the farm inside thetechniques in Kansai, the region benefits from thefacility, where an all-you-can-eat buffet that serves
mountains, fields, and the sea in all four seasons.
dishes of local ingredients is also available.
SHIGA  2785 Sumoto-cho, Moriyama City  Available: During vegetable harvesting seasons
Tasting fresh crops you helped harvest at a farm or(available throughout the year, as long as there are enough crops that can be harvested)  1/ Agricultural
getting to know the locals is one of the joys unique to experience: 500 yen - (varies depending on the crop yield) 2/ Cooking class + A bento (boxed lunch)making: 2,000 yen - (Bento can be eaten at the facility.)  Reservations required in advance (can betravelling.
accepted even on the day before if there are sufficient crops)  http://en.biwako-visitors.jp/spot/detail/19

Tottori Harbour Seafood Market

30 FRUITS OUKOKU YASAKA

31 Miyama Fureai Hiroba

RoadsideStation

36 TOTTORI NIJISSEIKI PEAR MUSEUM

Fruit harvesting (peaches, grapes and others)

Shopping for local productLearning more about pears/Pear samples

Shopping for marine products/Dining

A sight-seeing orchard located on the Tango Peninsulathat is rich in nature. Enjoy all-you-can-eat harvestingof fruit from summer through autumn. Juice, gelato,and other food are also available at the cafe area.

Miyama is famous for Kayabuki-no-sato, the quaint village of thatchedroof houses. This is one of the best spots for shopping in Miyama, withtasty seasonal foods and locally grown ingredients lining the shelvesof the local store, Furatto Miyama. Miyama Milk gelato with variety offlavours and fresh local milk are available at Miyama Milk Studio.

Worthy of the number one producer of 20th Century Pears
in Japan, Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Museum is Japan’s only
museum focused on pears. Several kinds of pears can be
sampled all throughout the year. There is also an exhibit on
pears from around the world as well as a pear garden.

A fish market with a wide variety of marine
products freshly landed at the Karo harbour in
Tottori. Not only can you enjoy fresh seafood
dishes but also local-brand beef and farm produce
at the adjacent produce stands.

 23-2 Miyama-cho Agake-shita, Nantan City  8:30-18:00 (AprilSeptember); 8:30-17:00 (October-March)  Closed: The 2nd and 4th
Wednesdays in January & February; 12/31-1/3  Free admission  No reservations
required  http://www.miyamanavi.net/kan0005/

TOTTORI  198-4 Dakyoji-cho, Kurayoshi City  9:00-17:00  Closed:
1st/3rd/5th Mondays each month (if a national holiday falls on a Monday, closed thenext day that is not a holiday), during year-end and New Year holidays (December
29-January 3)  Adults: 300 yen Elementary/junior high school students: 150 yen
 No reservations required  http://www.tottori-tour.jp/en/sightseeing/1128/

TOTTORI  3-chome 27-1, Karo-cho Nishi, Tottori City  8:00-17:00 
Holidays differ depending on the shop.  Free admission  No reservations
required  http://www.tottori-tour.jp/en/sightseeing/774/

KYOTO  2194 Kibashi Yasaka-cho, Kyotango City  9:00-17:00  Available:
Every day (From August until November)  Adults: 1,990 yen (incl. tax); Children:
1,500 yen (incl. tax) *All-you-can-eat while inside the orchard. No time limit. 
Reservations required. Can make same-day reservations.  http://www.fruits-oukoku.
jp

KYOTO

Michi-no-Eki (roadside rest area)

32 Fruit picking

33 TAJIMA-NO-MAHOROBA

37 KAROICHI

38 AWA GIBIERNORINGYOKAMINSHUKU
39 TOKUSHIMA(guest houses run by families engaged in agriculture, forestry, or fishery)

Harvesting fruit (grapes, pears and others)

Shopping for local products/Dining

GIBIER cuisine

Harvesting the bounty of the land and sea, etc.

Experiencing farming in Kobe is unique in a way oftasting high quality fruit in the 30min drive away
suburbs of the sophisticated and fashionable urban
city. Enjoy the delicious and fresh Kobe Fruit, grownwith much care and love.

The "Tajima-no-Mahoroba" building, styled after an ancient
government office in the tumulus period, is located near the
Asago Archaeological Center "Acient Asago Museum". With anabundant variety of local specialties, "Tajima-no-Mahoroba" waschosen Japan's 2nd best Michi-no-Eki by TripAdvisor travelers.

The meat and products of hunted wild boar anddeer, nurtured by the nature of Tokushima, arenamed "AWA GIBIER," which you can savor atvarious places in Tokushima Prefecture.

You can experience the food culture that has been
handed down in the area, through the dishes
served at Minshuku (guest houses) of friendly
families of farmers, forest workers or fishermen.

 92-6 Otsuki Santo-cho, Asago City  8:30-20:00  Open: Daily Admission Free  No reservations required  http://green-wind.co.jp/

TOKUSHIMA  Throughout Tokushima Prefecture     Holidays differ
depending on the facility. Please check the website.  http://www.pref.tokushima.jp/
chouju/awa-gibier/english/

TOKUSHIMA  37 facilities in Tokushima Prefecture    Holidays differ
depending on the facility. Please check the website.  Reservations required 
http://www.pref.tokushima.jp/docs/2014091000250/

 In Kobe City     Differs depending on the facility  http://
harvestkobe.jp/en/

HYOGO

…Locations of the shops and the facilities …Operating hours of the shops and the facilities …Price/Fees …Reservations …URL*The information in this booklet is correct as of March 1st, 2017. Please check the websites of the shops and facilities before you visit them for the most up-to-date information.

H ands-on Food E xp eri ences

Hands-on Food
Experiences

KOBE

DiningNew F ood Culture

New Food Culture

KOBE

26 KOBE SWEETS

25 KOBE BEEF

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ACCESS to/from KIX Kansai International Airport
To/From

Transportation*Times are guidelines only and do not include transfer time.

Private railway

KYOTO 31

Time Required

JR
35min
A WAKAYAMA
Nankai35min
Airport Bus
40min
JR
65min
B OSAKA
Nankai(Namba)
43min
Airport Bus
50min
JR
42min
C SAKAI
Nankai
32min
JR
80min
Nankai + Kintetsu
85min
D NARA
Airport Bus
85min
JR(HARUKA)
75min
E KYOTO
Airport Bus
85min
F AMANOHASHIDATE JR + JR(KONOTORI) + TANTETSU 195min
G OTSU
JR(HARUKA) + JR
85min
JR
85min
H KOBE
Airport Bus
65min
BAY SHUTTLE(Jet Ferry)
30min
I KINOSAKIONSEN JR + JR(KONOTORI・HAMAKAZE) 230min
J TOTTORI
JR + JR(SUPER-HAKUTO)
204minK TOKUSHIMA
Airport Bus
165min

JR

30 23
1
AMANOHASHIDATE

37

35

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KANSAIKINOSAKIONSEN

HYOGO

KYOTO

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6
12

24

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KOBE
14

OSAKA

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11
10

B 7

8 9

C SAKAI

29 3

1
SHIGA

G OTSU

4

2

16
17
15

D NARA

18

OSAKA

KansaiInternational
Airport(KIX)

NARA

27

A WAKAYAMA

20

TOKUSHIMA K

19
22

38 39

WAKAYAMATOKUSHIMA

28

21

Airports Bus…Traditional Food Culture…New Food Culture…Hands-on Food Experiences*The information in this booklet is correct as of March 1st, 2017. Please check the websites of the shops and facilities before you visit them for the most up-to-date information.

Main Tourist Information Centers
Kansai Tourist Information Center Kansai International Airport
 07:00-22:00Open daily 11:30-19:30Open daily

Central 1F, Terminal 1 Building,Kansai International Airport
1F(International), Terminal 2 Building,Kansai International Airport

Phone. +81-(0)72-456-6160
Phone. +81-(0)72-456-8630

A

B

C

Wakayama City
Tourist Information

Opens in March 2017

Tourist Information OSAKA

Sakai Station
Tourist Information Center

Take a bus from Nankai Wakayama-shi station or
JR Wakayama station,then get off at "Shiyakusho-mae".
08:30-17:15 Closed from 29 Dec. to 3 Jan.

Travel Service Center Osaka, Chuo concourse,
1st floor, inside JR Osaka Station
07:00-23:00 Open daily

Sakai Station on the Nankai Line
(Nankai Sakai Station Bldg.)
09:00-18:00 Closed Year End/New Year

Phone. +81-(0)73-435-1185

Phone. +81-(0)6-6345-2189

Phone. +81-(0)72-232-0331

D

E

L

Nara Visitor Center &Inn

Kyoto Tourist
Information Center (Kyo Navi)"Sanjyo Tourist Information Corner"in Kawaramachi-Sanjo, Kyoto City

10 min walk from nara station on Kintetsu Railways.
15 min walk from nara station on JR Railways.
08:00-21:00 Open daily

JR Kyoto Station 2F
08:30-19:00 /Open daily

1st floor of Kyoto Asahi Kaikan, 427 Ebisu-cho,
Kawaramachi-Sanjo Agaru, Nakagyo-ku
10:00-18:00 Closed Year End/New Year

Phone. +81-(0)742-81-7461

Phone. +81-(0)75-343-0548

Phone. +81-(0)75-213-1717

F

G

H

Amanohashidate Tourist
Information Center

Otsu Station Visitor'sInformation Center

TANTETSU Amanohashidate Sta.
09:00-18:00
Open daily

1min walk from Otsu Station
09:00-18:00
Open daily

Phone. +81-(0)77-522-3830

Phone. +81-(0)78-322-0220

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Kinosaki Onsen
Tourist Information(SOZORO)

Tottori City International
Tourist Support Center

Tokushima Prefectural International
Exchange Association (TOPIA）

10 second walk from
JR Kinosaki Onsen station.
 09:00-18:00 Open daily

Go out the north exit the Tottori Station,
1 min walk to the east
08:30-17:30 Close on 31 Dec. and 1 Jan.

Clement Plaza 6F,
JR Tokushima Station Building10:00-18:00 Closed Year End/New Year

Phone. +81-(0)772-22-8030

Phone. +81-(0)796-32-0013

Phone. +81-(0)857-22-7935

Union of kansai
Governments

www.kouiki-kansai.jp/tourist_info/food_tourism/

Kobe Information Center

The South of JR Sannomiya Station East Gate,and downstairs of Port Liner Sannomiya Station
 09:00-19:00 (Dec.31-Jan.2 09:00-15:00)
Available: Daily (Shorter business hours during
year-end and New Year holidays)

Phone. +81-(0)88-656-3303

FREE!!
KANSAI Free Wi-Fi
KFW, or Kansai Free Wi-Fi (official),
is an application that enables
connection to free Wi-Fi provided
by municipalities in the Kansai area,
after a simple registration.

*The information in this booklet is correct as of March 1st, 2017. Please check the websites of the shops and facilities before you visit them for themost up-to-date information.

Kansai International Tourism Year 2017