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東京から約 1 時間、埼玉県の南西部にある飯能。市全体の 4 分の 3 を森林が占めており、源流や渓谷などの美しい風景を楽しめます。
こうした自然と共生しながら、飯能市では林業、織物、陶芸といった産業が育っていきました。
特に、林業については、「西川材」として江戸のころから有名です。よく火事の起きる江戸の町に、材木でいかだを作って川に流して運んでいたため、江戸の西からくる材木ということから、「西川材」と呼ばれるようになったのだとか。
江戸時代に思いを馳せながら、西川材でマイ箸を作ってみましょう。
令和元年に創業したやまね酒造は、この西川材で作られた伝統の木桶でのお酒造りに取り組んでいます。伝統を未来へ引き継ぐため、通常は見学・体験をお断りする、お酒造りの全工程を体験可能です。
疲れたら、渓流を眺めたり、1,000年の歴史を持つ竹寺で精進料理を楽しんだりして、リラックスしたひとときを楽しみましょう。
このツアーでは、お酒造りの基本について体験しながら学びつつ、伝統の西川材や豊かな自然に触れる機会をご提供します。
-やまね酒造での日本酒造り体験
-西川材の伐採体験、マイ箸づくり体験
-陶芸「飯能焼」の窯元見学、渓流を楽しむ
-1,000年の歴史を持つ寺院で精進料理を楽しむ
-森や川の希少生物を観察
-茶摘み体験（5月～11月）
-ダム湖でのカヌー体験
オリジナル日本酒造りもできます。（要相談）
旅程を短くしたい、長くしたい、カスタマイズしたいなどのご希望についてはご相談ください。
Hanno is located in the southwestern part of Saitama Prefecture, about an hour from Tokyo. Three-quarters of the city is covered by forest, and you can enjoy beautiful scenery such as headwaters and valleys.
While coexisting with nature, industries such as forestry, textiles, and ceramics have grown in Hanno City.
Especially for forestry, it has been famous since the Edo period as "Nishikawa lumber". In the town of Edo, where fires often break out, rafts were made from timber and transported by river, so it is said that the timber came from the west of Edo, so it came to be called "Nishikawa timber".
While thinking about the Edo period, let's make your own chopsticks with Nishikawa materials.
Yamane Sake Brewery, which was founded in 2019, is working on sake brewing in traditional wooden barrels made of this Nishikawa material. In order to pass on the tradition to the future, you can experience the entire process of sake brewing, which is usually not allowed.
If you get tired, you can enjoy a relaxing time watching the mountain stream or enjoying Shojin cuisine at the 1,000-year-old bamboo temple.
On this tour, you will learn about the basics of sake brewing through hands-on experience, while also being exposed to traditional Nishikawa materials and the rich nature.
-Sake brewing experience at Yamane Sake Brewery
-Experience logging Nishikawa wood, experience making your own chopsticks
- Visit the pottery "Hanno ware" pottery and enjoy the mountain stream
-Enjoy vegetarian cuisine at a temple with 1,000 years of history
-Observe rare creatures in forests and rivers
-Tea picking experience (May to November)
- Canoe experience on the dam lake
You can also make original sake. (consultation required)
Please contact us if you would like to shorten, lengthen or customize your itinerary.
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