Ise-Shima National Park

Learn to Cook Local, Healthy Food on a Forest Retreat

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Enjoy a healthy lunch of local ingredients in a traditional folk house

Walk through Shirataki Forest with a guide, who will show you how to cook local dishes to enhance the circulation of "qi" energy in the body. A pleasant forest walk leads to Shirataki Donguri Hut, a traditional house in the forest. Cook local seafood over charcoal and rice in a kamado, a traditional firewood oven with retreat coordinator Kyoko Hanai, who is well versed in Eastern Medicine. The program is designed to suit each participant's wellness goals, and takes around 3 hours. The forest is about 10 minutes by car from Toba City, or a 15-minute walk from Kintetsu Funatsu Station.

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Details
Available Spring (Mar-May), Autumn (Sep-Nov), Winter (Dec-Feb)
Duration 3 hr
Cost 6,800 yen
Foreign Languages English (Thai with advance notice)
Contact Shirataki Donguri Koya no Kai
Address 635-3 Funatsu, Toba, Mie
Phone (+81) 090-3382-7079
Email info@shiratakisan.jp
Website https://shiratakisan.jp/activity/

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