Inuyama Castle Tour & Karakuri Doll-Making with Hatcho Miso Cooking and Miso French Cuisine Tasting

Explore Inuyama's living traditions with a guided visit and hands-on Hacho Miso or Karakuri doll craftsmanship in a single curated experience.

Getting started

Meet your expert foreign-language-speaking guide at the designated starting point and confirm your chosen itinerary. After a brief outline of the schedule, you begin with a traditional tea ceremony that sets the pace for the day. Your guide then leads you to the first main stop of your selected option, where all necessary materials for the workshop or visit are provided.

What to expect

Karakuri doll-making experience

This option focuses on the region's festival culture through Karakuri dolls and hands-on traditional craftsmanship. The focus is on seeing how craft, performance, and tradition connect in Inuyama.

Features

• Your guide shares context about Inuyama Festival floats and local traditions as you explore the world of Karakuri craftsmanship.
• Learn directly from the ninth-generation Tamaya Shobei during a dedicated instruction session, hearing how Karakuri dolls are designed for use on Inuyama Festival floats.
• During the Karakuri doll-making workshop, you create your own Karakuri doll using simple traditional mechanisms, with all materials for the workshop included so you can focus on the hands-on process.
• Lunch and the earlier tea ceremony are part of this option, and tax is already covered in the price, so you can follow your foreign-language guide through the experience without handling extra logistics.

Hacho Miso brewery visit

Choosing the Hacho Miso Experience & Miso French Cuisine Tasting shifts the focus to Aichi's fermented food culture, starting with a Hacho Miso brewery visit. You see how this regional specialty is crafted before tasting it in unexpected ways.

Features

• The Hacho Miso brewery visit lets you explore production areas and observe how Hacho Miso is made, while your guide explains why it is considered one of Aichi's signature fermented foods.
• A Hacho Miso cooking experience shows you practical uses of miso in the kitchen, giving you a closer look at techniques that highlight flavor and texture.
• Sit down to French-style miso cuisine with spirits pairing, where dishes are prepared with Hacho Miso and matched with spirits to demonstrate different taste profiles.
• For this itinerary, lunch incorporates the French-style miso cuisine, and the tea ceremony, guidance from your foreign-language guide, and tax are all included in the overall experience.