Samurai Food Walk Tour / A Culinary Stroll Through Kakunodate’s Merchant and Samurai Districts
A Culinary Stroll Through Kakunodate's Merchant and Samurai Districts
Tour Duration
9:30 or 13:30
2.5HStarting From
15,400 yen
Tour Availability
Monday to Saturday
Size
1-8 people (private/group). No age limit.
Highlights
- Sample sake, soy sauce, miso, and traditional sweets on a guided walk through Kakunodate.
- Visit century-old shops including Fujita Sake, Ando Soy Sauce and Miso Brewery, and a historic sweet shop.
- Enter one of Kakunodate's nationally protected samurai residences.
- Small-group or private walking tour for 1-8 people, starting at Co-Working Space ORENCHI.
- A relaxed 2.5-hour walk through Kakunodate's historic merchant and samurai districts.
Stroll through Kakunodate’s historic merchant and samurai districts on this 2.5-hour culinary walking tour. Starting at Co-Working Space ORENCHI, you’ll taste three types of Japanese sake unique to Akita at Fujita Sake, sample manju, dorayaki, and other local sweets at a shop over 100 years old, and compare soy sauce and miso at the Ando Soy Sauce and Miso Brewery. The walk concludes with a visit to one of Kakunodate’s nationally protected samurai residences on the historic Bukeyashiki street.
15,400 JPY per pax, tax included
OUTLINE
What’s Included
2.5-hour guide fee, sake tasting, Japanese sweets, local gourmet food, one samurai residence admission fee, Ando Brewery tour and tasting, and insurance fee.Not included
Additional food and drinks, transportation to the meeting point, and anything not listed above.MEETING PLACE
TOUR COURSE
- 9:30
Meet and introduction at Co-Working Space ORENCHI.
- 9:45
Fujita Sake – taste 3 different types of Japanese sake unique to Akita Prefecture (20 min).
- 10:15
Japanese Sweet Shop – try manju, dorayaki and other local mochi sweets at a shop over 100 years old (20 min).
- 10:45
Ando Soy Sauce and Miso Brewery – taste and compare three types of soy sauce, plus other soy-related products and miso (30 min).
- 11:30
Visit Bukeyashiki (Samurai Street) – enter one of the nationally protected samurai residences (30 min).
- 12:00
Tour ends at the Samurai Street.
TOUR DETAILS
- Where
- Meet at Co-Working Space ORENCHI (pick-up from Kakunodate Station available). Drop-off: Bukeyashiki (Samurai Street).
- Time
- 9:30 or 13:30
2.5H
- Size
- 1-8 people (private/group). No age limit.
- Price
- 15,400 yen
- Sign-up Deadline
- 2 weeks before the event.
- Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation up to 18 days before / 30% from 17-11 days before / 50% from 10-9 days before / 80% on 8 days before / 100% from 7 days before (and after).
- Note
- If the minimum number of participants is not met the event will be cancelled.
