Implementation of a local experience program at Nakasendo "Magojuku" in Gifu Prefecture|Making half-lodging, gohei mochi, etc.
On weekends until Sunday, January 28, 2024, the souvenir shop in Mago-juku, a post town in Gifu Prefecture, is offering the "Mago-juku Experience Program". Elementary and junior high school students are eligible, and accompanying parents can participate.
| "Hangoroshi" means to crush half of the rice in the gohei mochi or ohagi making. |
The program offers five hands-on programs, such as local food and craftsmanship. After receiving a lecture from a craftsman, there is also a local food making experience such as gohei mochi and soba noodles, bamboo lantern making using bamboo from Magoro, pottery making using Magoro soil, and dressing and tea ceremony experiences for mother-daughter trips. It takes about 1~3 hours.
The participation fee is set at a low price of 550 yen ~ 1760 yen per person depending on the program. To apply, Dedicated site We accept from.
Magojuku is located in Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, and is the 43rd post town of the Nakasendo Highway, which opened in the early Edo period. At the end of Magojuku, you will enter Kiso Road (Nagano Prefecture), which is about 80 km away, and after that, it will continue to Tokyo.
Magomura, a non-profit organization that operates Magokan, says, "You can feel the atmosphere of the inn during the time when the tourists leave, and we hope that you will stay at an inn in the vicinity after the program and enjoy the atmosphere."
