Experience Hall / Accommodation Experience (Training) Facility Spots in Awaji Island Area

  • Awaji-shima Kawaraya
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    Hyogo Minami-awaji-shi Matsuhowakida Ko 105-2
    "This experience facility is located in Matsuhowakitako, Minamiawaji City. Visitors can try Awaji tile clay sculpting with clay used in making Awaji tiles, one of Japan's top three types of traditional roof tile. Choose from six different shapes of clay to sculpt and create your very own one-of-a-kind tile. In addition, try Awaji boar-pig and local vegetables cooked directly on hot tiles known as ""Kawarayaki."" Depending on the season, you may also be able to enjoy harvesting local produce such as onions."

    父の卒寿に引き続き、母の卒寿の旅行。先回は和歌山で蒔絵のお盆を作ったので、今回も何かを作りたいと探します。淡路島は昔から瓦で有名です。洲本市五色町出身で江戸時代の豪商・高田屋嘉兵衛を描いた司馬遼太郎の「菜の花の沖」でも、主人公は大阪へ瓦を運ぶ船員で操船術を覚えて、北前船を所有して財を成していくというストーリーです。さて、このかわらやさんは、この淡州瓦作成を観光体験させてくれます。形は角版、半円筒...

  • Awaji Janohire Dolphin Farm
    Travel / Tourism
    Hyougo Pref. Minamiawajishi Amashioyamachi 2660
    Part of the Awaji Janohire Outdoor Resort in Amashioya-machi, Minami Awaji City, this facility gives visitors the chance to interact with dolphins. The program starts off with a lecture followed by time getting close to the dolphins from their viewing raft floating on the sea. Their Swim Course lets you get in the water with them, while the Fureai Course lets you interact with the dolphins from the raft. Their Trainer Course gives you the chance to use hand signs and other techniques to see what it's like training them.
  • Awaji City Pottery Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Hyogo Awaji Shiura 668-1
    This hands-on pottery studio is located inside Higashiura Terminal Park a five-minute drive from Higashiura Interchange on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway. It offers a wide variety of pottery experiences such as clay work and making tableware on a pottery's wheel. The electric potter's wheel course, which is intended for people aged 12 and above, is beginner-friendly thanks to the careful instruction provided by the staff. There is also kid-friendly pottery decorating courses in which participants can decorate bisque plates and other items any way they like using pastel crayons.

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Hyogo prefecture stretches from the north coast to the south coast on the western end of the popular Kansai region, encompassing verdant mountains, urban beaches, and fantastic historical sights. The prefecture’s main attractions lie along the south coast at Kobe, the prefectural capital, a pretty harbor city best known for its production of the renowned Kobe beef, and Himeji, the home of Himeji Castle, one of the country’s most beautifully preserved feudal castles, perched magically atop a hill.

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