Miyagi Sendai Private Tour: Lacquering Experience & Sake Brewery

This temple is said to grant blessings for matchmaking, fertility, and safe childbirth. Its charm lies in its quiet environment surrounded by beautiful nature. After visiting together with the guide, you can take an unguided stroll and purchase your own lunch. Sendai's local specialties include sankaku-age (deep-fried triangular tofu) and yakimeshi (toasted rice ball with miso paste).

Kumanodo is a workshop specializing in Sendai tansu, a designated traditional craft of Miyagi Prefecture where artisans handcraft traditional Japanese chests using wood and iron fittings. The lacquer painting techniques used in the process of making Sendai tansu can be tried firsthand by customers during the chopsticks lacquering experience under the direct supervision of artisans. Customers will receive the chopsticks they made by post at a later date. *As it takes time for the lacquer to dry, the chopsticks made at Sendai Tansu Kumanodo cannot be brought home on the day. Delivery is available only within Japan. Please pay JPY 820 in cash at the location. The lacquer has to have dried before delivery, so it will take around 4 days until arrival. Because of this, delivery is possible only for customers who will be staying in Japan for at least 5 more days. The chopsticks lacquering experience at Sendai Tansu Kumanodo is available for customers 6 years of age and older.

well as innovative techniques at Nakayu Sake Brewery, which was established in 1906. Together with an expert guide, take a tour inside a sake brewery, which is not usually open to the public; learn in depth about the process by which rice, water, and zeal of the master brewer create Japanese sake; and look forward to tasting a variety of sake. The taste testing experience is not included for customers under 20 years of age. During the sake brewery tour, as there will be slippery areas and shoe disinfection, please do not wear high heels or other similar footwear. Thank you for your cooperation.