Fishery / Farming Experience Spots in Japan

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Experience / Training / Vehicle

Fishery / Farming Experience

Nakaminato Fishing Wharf

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachinakashi Minatohonchou

This large port, constructed at the mouth of the Naka River, provides many spots for sea fishing within its confines. It is famous for a large variety of fishes such as horse mackerel, goby, sardines, whiting, and greenling. Beginners to accomplished fishers, including families with children, can be seen enjoying this area. Many visitors from out of the prefecture visit the port for the eateries and the open fish market.
Ueda no Sato

3.5

4 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Nagasaki 2970-1

At this facility in Minamiuonuma, one of the top producing areas for Koshihikari rice, you can experience the countryside life. To reach the facility by car head east about 10-minutes from the Shiozawa-Ishiuchi Interchange on the Kan-Etsu Expressway. There are different courses offered year-round giving you the chance to experience a variety of countryside activities, from planting rice in the spring, to harvesting crops in the summer, picking rice in the fall, and building igloos in the winter. There are also 10 indoor courses offered year-round including making soba noodles and mochi rice-cake pounding. Try the Countryside Cafeteria where you can taste the local koshihikari rice and vegetables as well as soba noodles. Come experience the flavor of Minamiuonuma's countryside.

We loved this experience. You can have hands on experience making this families Soba recipe. Our kids loved it and, though we do not speak Japanese, it was so amazing and easy to follow along...
Otsu Fishing Port

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Kitaibarakishi Otsuchou In the ground

A 15 minute drive from the Kita-Ibaraki Interchange. The top net fishing port in the prefecture, each year tens of thousands of tons are brought in here. Beautiful Cape Matsugasaki sprawls to the east of the port, and visitors can enjoy watching boats come in and go out, as well as enjoy a fantastic sunrise or sunset. This area is also connected with the famous Sakuradamon Incident when the chief minister was assassinated in 1860, and records from that time in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate government note the disembarkation of travelers from other countries. The docks are well-maintained, making the port a great place for families to do a little fishing; the most common fish you can catch here include fat greenlings and black rockfish. There’s a direct sale shop offering fresh fish just brought into port, as well as a cafeteria, and visitors can enjoy shopping or a meal while exploring the area.
Ama Hut Hachiman

Travel / Tourism

Mie Pref. Tobashi Ousatsuchou 819

At Amagoya Hachimankamado & Asari Beach, you can enjoy the luxuriant natural scenery and fresh seafood while learning about the real lifestyles and culture of Ama skin divers directly from veteran divers. Free shuttle bus service from Toba Station to the diver’s hut started in April of 2017 for those who have reserved one of the various sessions available.
Hobikibune Sailboat Cruises

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiurashi Kawaguchi 2

Hobikibune are traditional fishing vessels which operate on Lake Kasumigaura close to JR Tsuchiura Station in Ibaraki Prefecture. Visitors can watch the boats plying their trade from cruise ships which depart from and return to the Port of Tsuchiura. This style of fishing was invented in Dejima Village in 1880. With the emergence of trawling boats around 1965, hobikibune disappeared, but today they have been brought back for tourists to watch as an important cultural legacy. Powered by a billowing white sail nine meters tall and 16 meters wide, the sight of these boats traveling crosswise to the wind is stirring. Note that the boats are operated from summer through fall.
Hyogo Rakuno Seikatsu Center

Travel / Tourism

Hyogo Kobe-shi Nishi-ku Kandecho Kosokuno 30-17

"This facility complex themed on agriculture is located in the Kosokuno, Kande-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe City. It consists of facilities such as the restaurant ""Kande Kande"", the agricultural product market ""Kirameki Kande"" and a processing facility building called ""Kuchina Kande,"" that holds events for experiencing the processing of agricultural products. Besides events such as a farm work experience and orchard and fungus bed cultivation experience in the mushroom building, the farm equipment storehouse also exhibits and rents farm equipment."
Cormorant capture ground

Travel / Tourism

Ibaraki Pref. Hitachishi Juouchouishi 640

An eight minute drive from the Hitachikita Interchange. Located on “Cape Cormorant” in Juo-cho, Hitachi City, this area is the only location in the country where cormorants are captured for provision to other parts of Japan. The captured cormorants are provided to 11 cormorant fishing areas in the country such as the Nagara River in Gifu. The area is only open to the general public from January to March and from July to September, times when visitors will not obstruct the capturing of cormorants. A dedicated tunnel, containing informational panels on cormorants, provides passage to the cliffs where the cormorants are captured. Visitors can also learn about the ecology of cormorants and how they are captured by one of the capturers.
Sea urchin picking experience

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Rishiri-gun Rishiricho Kutsugata Kamui 149-2
Rishiri kelp souvenir making experience

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Rishiri-gun Rishiricho Kutsugata Kamui 149-2
Kita Furusato Farmer Experience

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Kita-ku
Tsubaki Experience Workshop

Travel / Tourism

Nagasaki Minamimatsuura-gun Shinkamigoto Cho Kogushigo 1071-2
Omagari Lakeside Park (Tomato harvesting experience)

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Abashiri-shi Sancho 24
Honmaguro Tuna Farming Experience

Travel / Tourism

Wakayama Higashimuro-gun Kushimotocho

This facility is located approximately three-minute walk from Tashiro-guchi bus stop. The experience service begins at the meeting point in Tashiro Fishing Port, in Kii-Oshima Island. Hundreds of fish swim in the cages set up around the area, their powerful forms ranging from 20 kilograms to 40 kilograms in weight. It is also pleasant because children can enjoy casual fishing by throwing bait and scooping up with nets. It is necessary for visitors to come in clothing that they do not mind getting wet. The experience is open all year round, except around the Obon Festival, the end-of-year and New Year holidays and around the regular festival that is held in February.
Konan Agream

Travel / Tourism

Kagawa Takamatsu-shi Konancho Oka 1270-13

This hands-on agricultural exchange center is right across from Takamatsu Airport. This five-hectar area has multiple hands-on experience areas such as farming, orchards, and machining, or cooking. For the agricultural experience, visitors can harvest such produce as chestnuts, persimmons, sweet potatoes or green peppers, by to the season. Pricing varies according to the type of produce, Reservations are recommended, as some preparation is require. (Reservations are accepted from only one person and up). From the cafe on the second floor one can enjoy a view of the surrounding greenery while enjoying a meal of the fresh vegetable and seafood.
Kaminokae Fishery Experience Wakashiya

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Takaoka-gun Nakatosacho Kaminokae 2574

A facility where you can experience fishing and rope work. Workshops are safe and secure, and held under the guidance of fishermen who have lived at sea. For fishing experiences, participants choose between inshore gillnet fishing, marbled rockfish net fishing, and crab, octopus, and squid trap fishing. Japanese spiny lobster fishing is available from September to April. There is also a seafood cooking workshop which is very popular with everyone from children to adults.
Kenken & Octopus Trap Fishing

Travel / Tourism

Mie Kumano-shi Yukicho

"Kenken and octopus trap fishing activities are held in Kumano City's Yuki-cho and Nigishima-cho districts. Participants can try catching octopi using octopus traps; and kenken fishing, which involves pulling a ""kenken"" lure behind a boat to catch skipjack tuna, mackerel, and hamachi (young Japanese amberjack). From July through September, activity boats leave twice a day at 5:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. In order to participate, you must make an application to the Kumanoshi Kanko Kosha tour company at least seven days in advance."
Tsuzurao So

4.5

32 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shiga Nagahama-shi Nishiazaicho Sugaura 580

和洋室の4人部屋で、ベッド2つ、布団2つでした。畳の部屋でゆっくりくつろいだ後は、布団をひけるので、広くて使い勝手の良い部屋でした。お風呂は温泉ではないのが残念ですが、広くてゆったりとしています。お料理は、季節のものや、近江牛や地産料理もあり、バラエティにとんでいました。連休中日なのに安くで泊まれて大満足です。駅からは遠いですが、送迎もあるので、車がなくても安心です。
Maisaka Fishing Port

4.0

15 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shizuoka Hamamatsu-shi Chuo-ku Maisakacho Maisaka 2119-38

弁天島駅から徒歩１０分程、多くの漁船が係留されている舞阪漁港に到着です。朝早くから網の手入れをしている漁師さんもいました。大変なお仕事と感じます。
Private lodging Miyano

5.0

12 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Shimokita-gun Saimura Sai Nukamori 33-4

お料理の美味しい宿です。海の幸に山の幸と品数が多く、煮物などの味付けもとても良いです。泊まった日は雲丹祭りの前日で、新鮮な雲丹もいただきました。女将さんも素敵な方で、お薦めの宿です。
Private lodging To Ono

4.0

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Iwate Tono-shi Zaimokucho 2-16

I find it difficult to give a rating for this place, as there were some highs and some lows during our two-night stay. First of all, I expected a small, friendly homestay, but in reality it felt more...