6 Cooking Classes in Niigata Prefecture That You Shouldn't Miss

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We provide landing content for foreign visitors to Japan. A guide will carefully explain the traditions and culture of Niigata. We provide Niigata-like experiences such as sake tasting lectures, izakaya hopping tours, and high-quality sushi hand-holding experiences.

Ueda-no-Sato is a place where you can experience the country side.Our region is located southeast of Uonuma Region's basin, where its huge snowfall makes it a top visitor's attraction. The most famous thing in our area is the brand of rice Koshihikari. Apart from rice, you can enjoy beautiful countryside scenery, Cheerful people,local cuisine. experience the countryside and make many fun memories!

There is a legend that Kobo Daishi erupted a long time ago, and this hot spring is also called "Kobo no Kakeyu". Nearby is Kobo's twisted cedar, which has the simplicity and ease that cannot be found in famous hot springs. As the name suggests, you can see many fireflies flying around the rice fields. You can enjoy countryside cuisine using satoyama ingredients at the hearth.  

The hot spring inn "HATAGO Isen" in front of Echigo Yuzawa Station is the gateway to the snowy country and serves as a local showroom that offers a variety of ways to live, not limited to inns such as coffee shops, shops, and restaurants. I am. In addition, as a snow country gastronomy, we convey to everyone the food culture and wisdom of snow countries through food. Among them, we offer snow country culture experiences such as mountain vegetables tours such as snow country gastronomy tours, mushroom tours, fermented food tours, and so on. In addition, we have succeeded the management of the long-established inn “Ryogen” in Minami Uonuma City, and renewed in the summer of 2019, “ryugon” offers various ways of spending as a base where you can experience the original snowy country. Experience the local culture such as cooking classes for a grandmother in the snowy country, exercise your body in the nature through a bicycle, or stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city and spend your time in Zazen or the garden lounge to face yourself. An old folk house hotel where you can feel the snowy country throughout the four seasons, with a gradual mixture of diversity and regional characteristics. That is the new ryugon.