A private tour to enjoy Setouchi in winter, limited to one group per day, accompanied by an oyster concierge, an interpreter guide familiar with oysters.
After enjoying a drive to Akinada Ohashi in a private hire car, you will enjoy cruising to the oyster production site on a light fishing boat while gazing at the beauty of the many islands of the Seto Inland Sea.
At the oyster production site, you can see the landing work up close, and enjoy the experience of making oysters and freshly grilled oysters.
Afterwards, enjoy an explanation and tasting of ginjo sake by the chief brewer in the Japanese garden of a historic sake brewery in Akitsu, the birthplace of ginjo sake, before enjoying a full course of oysters using plenty of local oysters.
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Hiroshima’s winter delicacies are oysters, which boast the largest production volume in Japan, and freshly-squeezed ginjo sake, the birthplace of which is Hiroshima. It is a tour where you can experience the ultimate terroir that combines these two “Hiroshima products”.
Rather than the “cleanly processed oysters” sold in stores, the oysters are natural and rough, fresh from the Seto Inland Sea. At the sake brewery in Akitsu, where Ginjo sake was produced, participants of this tour will be guided specially to the Japanese garden of the private residence of the sake brewery, where they can enjoy tasting Akitsu oysters and Japanese sake while listening to stories about the brewing of Ginjo sake by the chief brewer (landlord). You can enjoy the ultimate terroir marriage.
A private tour to enjoy Setouchi in winter, limited to one group per day, accompanied by an oyster concierge, an interpreter guide familiar with oysters.
After enjoying a drive to Akinada Ohashi in a private hire car, you will enjoy cruising to the oyster production site on a light fishing boat while gazing at the beauty of the many islands of the Seto Inland Sea.
At the oyster production site, you can see the landing work up close, and enjoy the experience of making oysters and freshly grilled oysters.
Afterwards, enjoy an explanation and tasting of ginjo sake by the chief brewer in the Japanese garden of a historic sake brewery in Akitsu, the birthplace of ginjo sake, before enjoying a full course of oysters using plenty of local oysters.
point
Hiroshima’s winter delicacies are oysters, which boast the largest production volume in Japan, and freshly-squeezed ginjo sake, the birthplace of which is Hiroshima. It is a tour where you can experience the ultimate terroir that combines these two “Hiroshima products”.
Rather than the “cleanly processed oysters” sold in stores, the oysters are natural and rough, fresh from the Seto Inland Sea. At the sake brewery in Akitsu, where Ginjo sake was produced, participants of this tour will be guided specially to the Japanese garden of the private residence of the sake brewery, where they can enjoy tasting Akitsu oysters and Japanese sake while listening to stories about the brewing of Ginjo sake by the chief brewer (landlord). You can enjoy the ultimate terroir marriage.
“Private tour with pick-up hire & oyster concierge for wealthy visitors to Japan”
This tour is a rare experience for the wealthy overseas, where you can experience catching and pounding oysters at an oyster farm, and enjoying freshly squeezed new sake at a local sake brewery near the harvest area. with a premium feel.
12:00
Pick up and drop off at Hiroshima Station (or city hotel). A dedicated guide (oyster concierge) will explain Hiroshima’s specialty oysters and the Seto Inland Sea where oysters are raised. Please expand the image of the trip in Setouchi that will start from now on in the car.
13:00〜13:45
Via the Clear Line (Hiroshima Kure Road) to Tobishima Kaido. You can feel the beauty of the many islands of the Seto Inland Sea from the two bridges, Akinada Ohashi and Kamagari Ohashi. Get off at Kamikamagari Island “Deai no Yakata” and take a break before the next cruise. At “Deai no Yakata”, you can enjoy shopping for Tobishima’s specialty products such as citrus fruits and seafood products brought in directly by farmers on the island.
13:45〜14:30
Transfer to a cruise ship from Sannose Port on Shimokamagari Island and enjoy cruising while gazing at the beauty of the many islands of the Seto Inland Sea with calm waves. If you’re lucky, you may spot the small finless whale that lives in the Seto Inland Sea.
14:30〜15:40
As you approach the oyster farm off the coast of Yasuura Town, Kure City, you will be able to observe the exciting oyster landing work site by Yasuura’s oyster producers while on board the cruiser. After getting off the cruiser at the pier of an oyster producer in Yasuura, we listened to explanations from producers about oyster farming methods and the characteristics of Hiroshima oysters. You can experience the work of removing the The rich flavor of charcoal-grilled oysters that have just been landed in front of you is, needless to say, amazingly delicious! (Ah, I want to drink sake soon!)
16:00〜17:00
We took a private car and arrived at Kara Sake Brewery in Akitsu-cho, Higashi-Hiroshima City, where ginjo sake originated. In a sake brewery that has inherited the soft water brewing method of Senzaburo Miura, the father of ginjo sake, guests will be treated to a special treat of freshly squeezed ginjo sake before bottling (perhaps before burning?). In the Japanese-style room surrounding the courtyard of Kara Sake Brewery, which was also the setting for the movie, while listening to the toji talk about the secret story of the origin of ginjo sake, which was born in this area, and a simple hors d’oeuvre using oysters grown in Mitsu Bay in front of you. Enjoy the pairing of ginjo sake.
[Sake gift] We will present your favorite sake from the selection selected by the chief brewer! (1 bottle for 2 people)
17:10〜18:30
Enjoy Hiroshima’s unique oyster dishes and local sake to your heart’s content at “Fujitaya”, a seafood restaurant. We have prepared only original oyster dishes that overturn the notion that “oyster dishes are all about fried, hot pot, and rice with oysters…”. Enjoy Akitsu oysters and Akitsu sake, the ultimate marriage of terroir.
20:00
Transfer to Hiroshima Station by private car
<What is included>
・Private tour limited to 1 group per day
・Pick-up service included
・Charter a private cruise to enjoy the beauty of the islands
・Accompanied by an interpreter guide (oyster concierge) living in Hiroshima who can talk about oysters and ginjo sake
・Oyster farm tour, oyster landing, oyster making experience
・Mariage experience of sake and oysters using local unique venues such as local sake breweries
Photo gallery of tour highlights 》
