Professional Japanese Gardener Experience
OVERVIEW
Professional Japanese Gardener Experience
Walking around Onoe area of Hirakawa City, you can feel a sense of the freshness and warmth from the combination of lively green hedges and well-maintained trees. It all started in Meiji Era, when Moriyoshi Seito, the head of the Seito family, built Seibien began to hire the local farmers who were suffering from a poor harvest as daily laborers to help with his garden. Farmers acquiring the landscaping skills started to approach the techniques at their home, and landscape gardening became locally popular all over in the region. This idea to save farmers created a thriving gardening culture that has been passed down to the present day and flourished many professional gardeners in this neighborhood.
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Traditional technique from the professional
In our hands-on program, you will enjoy gardening with using special tools while learning from a professional gardener.
SCHEDULE
00:00
Gather at the Shiki no Kura Motenashi Romankan
00:05
Experience being a gardener at the back of the Romankan
Introduction of tools, charm of the garden, the essentials of garden construction
Trimming Activity
01:00
End
※With our optional tours of “the farmer's pride, Kura and Farmhouse Gardens” and “National Place of Scenic Beauty, Seito Family Study Cottage Garden and Seibien Villa” , you could enhance a deeper understanding of the gardening culture in Onoe region.
PLAN
Fee
2,500 yen per adult
Fees include
Gardening experience, guide fee and consumption tax
Minimum number
10 people
Duration
approximately 1 hour
Period
May-October
Special Note
Please be aware of handling large mowing shears and other cutting tools and be cautious with your surroundings while working.
INFORMATION
〒036-0242 Ishibayashi, 10-1, Saruka, Hirakawa-shi, Aomori, Japan
Tohoku Expressway: 20min from Owani-Hirosaki Interchange 15min Kuroishi Interchange
RECOMMENDATION
Interactive stay at a farmhouse
Fresh apple picking at Japan's apple capital
Tour of the farmer's pride,"Kura" and "Farmhouse Gardens"
National Place of Scenic Beauty, Seito Family Study Cottage Garden and Seibien Villa
Visit "Crazy Cider Brewery" with a cider using the best apples in Japan
