1-4-1 Minato-machi, Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture
Tel: +81-(0)22-361-1500
Open everyday
54 Uehara, Akiumachi Yumoto, Taihaku Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Tel: +81-(0)22-398-2770
Address: 2-1 Kasugamachi, Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Hours: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Closed every fourth Thursday each month, except December; Dec. 29 to Jan. 3.
Different hours, closing days apply for respective facilities.
Tel: +81-(0)22-714-3033
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Closed every fourth Thursday each month, except December; December 29 to January 3.
1-7-1 Toba, Toba, Mie Prefecture
Phone: +81-(0)599-25-2028
http://www.mikimoto-pearl-museum.co.jp/eng/index.html
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Open daily
Admission: 1,500 yen for adults, 750 yen for elementary and junior high school students.
Access: Five minutes on foot from JR/ Kintetsu Toba Station
239-2 Kamada-cho, Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture
Tel. +81-(0)598-51-2240
http://www.matsusakaushi.co.jp/top.php (Japanese only)
Open 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. except Wednesdays
10-minute walk from Matsusaka Station
508 Kyo-machi, Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture
Tel. +81-(0)598-21-0109
Open daily 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
1-minute walk from Matsusaka Station
569 Marubashira, Iga, Mie Prefecture
Tel. +81-(0)595-44-1511
Open daily 8:30-17:00
It takes one hour and 20 minutes from Kintetsu Nagoya Station to Iga Kanbe Station. Change to the Iga Line. It takes about 40 minutes to Iga Ueno Station. Nagatanien is a 20-minute ride from Iga Ueno Station.
It is a street that stretches 800 meters from just before the Uji Bridge found in the Inner Shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine.
For details, contact the tourism planning section of Ise City Office at +81-(0)596-21-5565.
26 Ujinakanokiri-cho, Ise, Mie Prefecture (Oharai-machi)
Tel. +81-(0)596-22-7000
Open daily 5 a.m.-5 p.m.
35 Ujiimazaike-cho, Ise, Mie Prefecture (Oharai-machi)
Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
1607 Yasuda-ko, Shodoshima-cho, Kagawa Prefecture
Tel: +81-(0)879-82-0666
Visitors are allowed inside the storehouse. Reservations are not necessary.
Puddings and ice cream containing soy sauce are served at the cafe.
http://yama-roku.net/ (Japanese only)
(Ayakiku Sake Brewing Co.)
3393-1, Yamadashimo, Ayagawacho, Kagawa Prefecture
The brewery offers Kunishige and other lines including Ayakiku.
When the first sake of the new brewing season comes around, the brewery puts out some special limited edition sake such as “muroka nama genshu,” unfiltered, unpasteurized, undiluted sake. It is sake strictly for sake aficionados. Ayakiku also produces shochu and various fruit liqueurs, including umeshu plum liqueur.
http://www.ayakiku.com/ (Japanese only)
Imamikadocho 30-1, Nara
Tel: +81-742-22-0866
Fax: +81-742-22-2719
Minamiichicho 23-1, Nara
Tel: +81-742-20-1210
Fax: +81-742-20-1215
17 Shogoin Entomicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto
Tel: +81- 75-761-7000
Fax: +81- 75-761-2684
Mukkuri is a jaw harp of the Ainu, made from bamboo. The small instrument is held firmly against the mouth. The stings are pulled and plucked using the fingers to make a resonating note inside the mouth, making sounds like a stringed instrument. 500 yen ($6).
Ainu Museum: http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/en/
Seafood delivery is available for domestic destinations. Red king crabs and horsehair crabs are sold at going rates, but an order for two or three people was available for between 10,000 yen and 15,000 yen.
Sapporo Central Wholesale Market: http://www.sapporo-market.gr.jp/english/index.htm
Official stuffed toys of animals kept at Asahiyama Zoo. Two types each of the penguin, polar bear and seal are available at 3,900-4,200 yen ($46-50).
URL: http://www5.city.asahikawa.hokkaido.jp/asahiyamazoo/zoo/english/top.html
1-33, 2-jo 7-chome Nagayama, Asahikawa, Hokkaido
About 6 km from JR Asahikawa Station
19 km from Asahikawa Airport
Open except for year-end and New Year’s
Admission free
Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
URL: http://www.otokoyama.com/english/otoko_b/otoko_b2/index.html
“Tokubetsu junmai otokoyama genshu” (1,560 yen for a 720-ml bottle) only available at the sake museum
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