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"Knotting Bito-Making Fermented Foods that Touch the Lives of Lovely Fermented Okan-"

Kinomoto, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, is a region where brewing and fermented foods are historically popular due to its rich nature, clean groundwater, and weather conditions. (*) In this program, Fermentation Okan, a fermentation legend group that carries out activities to pass on fermented foods in the region, welcomes customers to spend time with family and friends at home. You can make fermented foods together while enjoying the conversation, or enjoy a lunch with the affection of Okan. Touch the culture unique to the area and enjoy the experience of being healed by the heartwarming smile of Okan.
※ Reference: https://mediart-llc.com/service/hakkookan/

 

[Program Overview]

◆Reservation period Saturday, February 1, 2025
◆Experience period    February 10, 2025-Every month, Wednesday, Friday ※There are exclusion dates
◆Implementation time    10:30～
◆Approximately 2 hours
◆Number of people 　　   2-5 people
◆Age 6 years or older
◆5,500 yen per person (including tax) ※Packaging and shipping costs for fermented foods are separate
◆Contents included in the experience
・Experience of making fermented foods
・Fermented lunch
◆Reservation required at least 11 days prior to the date of the reservation
◆Remarks
・All-inclusive accommodation reservations and fees are required separately.
・About 40 minutes by car from the hotel and about 15 minutes by JR (JR Nagahama Station-JR Kinomoto Station)

Click here for the application form.

Fermentation Legend Group "Hamentation Okan" warmly welcomes you.

Book cafe Sukuramu's "Fermentation Okan" is active in Kinohonmachi, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture for the purpose of passing on local fermented foods. In order to pass on the fermentation culture of Kinomoto, we continue to pour great affection into homes, towns, and society through fermented foods. There are a total of nine members, not only those from Kinomoto, but also those who live in this area due to immigration and marriage.

Okan, who is full of affection and gentle smiles, serves lunch for customers and makes fermented foods together in the same way as when family and friends come to play. In addition, you can have a special time with Okan, which makes you feel like having a fun conversation about the fermented foods that Okan incorporates into your daily life, and you will feel nostalgic for meeting for the first time.

Making fermented foods that also bounce conversations with Okan

Kinomoto-cho, where the Okans live, is an area where traditional pickles are thriving. In this program, fermented foods will be made using locally grown vegetables, ingredients made by Okan, Kinomoto sake, soy sauce, and koji. For example, in the spring, there are Za Work Laut made with spring cabbage and real pepper, in the summer, cucumbers and ginger fermented ginger caught in the Okan field, and in the winter there are Yuzu Shiouji using Kinomoto Yuzu.

Okan and others value the culture of making fermented foods on a daily basis, and use the local seasonal ingredients caught at that time to make fermented foods, so what kind of ingredients to use is fun until the day. The Okan, which is guided by the timing, also changes, so you may be able to enjoy a different experience no matter how many times you visit.

Okan will teach you how to make it, so even first-time people can participate with confidence. The fermented foods you make can also be fermented in Nagahama and Kinomoto and delivered to your home when it is ready to eat.

[Example of Experience]

■Spring
・Kohoku's The Work Laut made from spring cabbage
・Soy sauce koji made by choosing your favorite soy sauce

■Summer
・Cucumbers using red Shiso in Yogo town and fermented ginger pickled in Shibazuke

■Autumn
・Fermented red kabura pickles

■Winter
・Pickled Chinese cabbage
・Japanese koji pickle
(It depends on the timing and arrival status.)

"Fermentation lunch" with the love of Okan

After the experience of making fermented foods, enjoy the fermented lunch made by Okan with affection. The content varies depending on the time, such as the traditional content of this area and the ideas of Okan.

There are plenty of variations such as "fermentation sandwich" made with red kabura pickles and zawork laut, and "Sengoku-yaki rice balls" using Sansho miso.

[Example of 3 days and 2 nights skajoule]

<Day 1>
11:00 Chikubushima Cruise
13:00 Lunch at Tsubasakaro
15:30 Check-in at the hotel
16:30 Relaxing at Social Evening (Ragu)
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Hot Spring
22:00 Enjoy a drink in the lounge

<Day 2>
Breakfast at 08:00
10:30 Participate in the “Knotting Bito” program
13:00 Walk around Lake Yogoko
15:00 Enjoy gourmet food around Kurokabe Square
(Kurokabe Gokan, Hikiyama Museum, Nagahama City, etc.)
17:00 Hotel return
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Hot Spring
21:30 Relax with amazake in one hand at the hot spring lounge

<3rd>
07:00 Morning Hot Spring
Breakfast at 08:00
09:30 Hotel Checkout
10:00 Walk around Lakeside and Toyo Park (Nagahama Castle)
11:00 Yanmar Museum
12:00 lunch
13:00 Lausanberry Tawada

"What is Knotbito?"

Considering urban areas and tourist centers in various parts of Japan as "Omoya" and a beautiful area that is not well known one step further, "Grand Mercure Lake Biwa Resort & Spa" is a hotel located in an area that can be said to be "hare". "#Hanare Journey" is a style of travel where you can enjoy superb views of nature, traditions and culture rooted in the region, and interact with local people. As one of the ways to enjoy this "#Hanare Journey", we are proposing the original experience program "Katsubito". In this program, people who are familiar with the region and continue to preserve traditions and culture are called "Knotbito" and play a role in connecting customers and their communities. In Grand Mercure in Japan, we offer programs at various hotels such as the source hunter in Beppu Bay, the salt craftsman in Awajishima, and the Kumano Kodo Guide in Minabe.
※About "#Hanare Journey": https://accor-resorts-japan.jp/hanaretabi/

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