Sado Gokko special version

Reservation deadline is 5:00 p.m. 3 days prior to the experience date.Reservation by E-mail only.
Reservation form for Sado Gokko special version

Horiko Gokko is We will recreate the tunnels of the time and walk through difficult and narrow areas.
It is made to be difficult to walk on purpose. Please come in clothes that are easy to move in, such as trousers.
Omusubi Gokko is Soot may adhere to the salt factory during the tour and work experience. Please be careful not to burn yourself.

Smartphones are convenient to have.
It is an indispensable item for hearing-impaired people and foreign visitors to Japan who are not proficient in Japanese.You can confirm in writing what you will experience. Our staff who will guide you will also use it as a cheat sheet.

Reception is possible from 60 minutes before the reservation time.
Please allow plenty of time for your visit. Please inform the store staff of your visit when you arrive.
*Identification such as Alien Registration Certificate must be shown on arrival.(Passport or Resident’s Card)

Please pay the experience fee at the reception desk. Various coupons are also available.(Please contact the staff for details)
You can also use QR code payment (PayPay only) and various credit cards for payment.
(VISA、MasterCard、JCB、AMEX、Diners、DISCOVER、銀嶺)

We will inform you of the QR code of the experience-only website that has undergone multilingual processing so that you can understand and check the contents of the experience in text and the password for WiFi connection.
You will be asked to download a dedicated page for the experience on your smartphone or other device.
(Download is not required)

Only available for this program’s participants, this rice bowl is inspired by the tunnel carpenter depicted on the picture scroll, Genshiro.
“Gen-san Don”
A) Sado wild yellowtail cutlet served over rice
    The cutlets represent the gold mine open-cut.
B) Takuan (pickled daikon radish)
     while the takuan represents koban coins.
C) Squid Sashimi
D) Sliced Nori
E) Gold Leaf
    The white squid represents white quartz, while the black nori and gold leaf represent gold veins.
F) Nagamo (Seaweed)
   *to be poured over the squid sashimiG) Sado Wakame　H) Soy sauce 　I) Wasabi

TWe will guide you to the venue when all the participants are ready.

To start off, we’ll take a look at the picture scroll and learn more about it how miners carried gold and silver ores out of the mine.

Wearing waraji (straw sandals) and carrying a kamasu(cloth bag), which weighs the same as a gold ore, visitors will challenge themselves in an athletic activity that simulates a mine shaft.

We will provide kimono and chonmage costumes and help you press the button to take pictures.

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If you complete all the missions, you will receive a Horiko Certificate and a lucky ore souvenir.

We will guide you to the venue when all the participants are ready.

Ignite the pot for one person and start to cook the special brand Sado Rice

We have bamboo peels about 60cm long and 12cm wide for wrapping our omusubi.
Tear off about 5mm of both ends of the bamboo bark to make two long, thin pieces of string.
Fold the wide bamboo peels in three and set aside.

We have 30 minutes until the rice is done cookng! Use the time to go to the salt factory and get an item specially made for onigiri called “anyshio.” The sea of Sado island is where cold and warm currents meet. Salt made in the factory is handmade by collecting seawater from the area near the Meoto Iwa rocks and boiling it down for about 15 hours. We also collect turban shells and abalone on these shores.

It takes a lot of time and effort to make the salt, so the salt workshop workers will not give it to you easily. Please help the salt workers to get “Anyshio”.(Two people can get one bag of Anyshio.)

*The salt workshop be depending on the weather, you may not be able to fetch seawater or chop wood.

Use the plastic gloves. Wear inflammable gloves over top of the plastic gloves Open the lid to your rice Enjoy the freshly-cooked aromas.

Transfer the rice from your pot into the tarai.

Take off the inflammable gloves and mix the “anyshio” special salt you got from the salt factory into the cooked rice. Usually salt for making onigiri is added only to coat the surface of the rice ball, but this anyshio tastes much better when mixed in!

*Taste the rice and adjust the amount of salt accordingly. The saltiness of the rice will decrease as it cools down, so a slightly stronger taste is recommended.

Separate the rice into two portions. We each get to make two rice balls.
Place a piece of plastic wrap over a rice bowl, put in enough rice for one ball, wrap in plastic wrap

We are going to wrap our onigiri the way they did in the olden days. Spread out your folded bamboo strips and wrap the two onigiri up.
2. Using a piece of bamboo bark string, tie it into a boy knot so that it faces vertically. Your wrapping is complete!

Sado Koshihikari rice tastes best after it has cooled down. Enjoy it outdoors with a nice view!
(Please consume as soon as possible.)

Tie one of the remaining bamboo bark strings to the frame at the outdoor enmusubi-basho (match-making) site, while thinking of the match you wish to make.

As the folklore goes, it is said that when the bamboo cord is naturally untied by the power of the rocks, your dreams of an ideal mate will be fulfilled!

Finally, we will help you take some photos with your smartphone, camera or other device of the Meoto Iwa rocks in the background. This concludes the program.