TAKIGAHARA STONE TOURISM

Experience the history, culture, and craftsmanship of Takigahara through this immersive craft tour.
Enjoy a variety of unique activities, including a guided tour of historical sites by locals, hands-on workshops to create aroma stones and pottery using Takigahara stone, and a special stone-oven dinner.
Join us for an unforgettable two-day journey where you can engage all five senses and fully immerse yourself in the charm of Takigahara.

Highlights 1

Guided Quarry Visit

With Yutaka Yamashita from the Satoyama Nature School as your guide, explore the landmarks related to Takigahara's stone culture and learn about their history and background.

After checking in at Takigahara Craft & Stay, the first program will be a tour of the landmarks where you can experience the stone culture of Takigahara.

Arch-shaped stone bridges built between the late Meiji period and the early Showa period. Of the 11 bridges that once existed, 5 still remain today.

We will guide you through the magnificent space where stone was once quarried by hand using pickaxes, from the Meiji period to the early Showa period.

We will take you on a tour of a quarry where stone extraction is still ongoing today. The large-scale space created by machine quarrying extends for several hundred meters.

[DAY 1]　Guided Quarry Visit

Schedule: March 8, 2025
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: TAKIGAHARA,Arayashoten
Instructour: Yutaka Yamashita

Highlights 2

Aroma Stone Crafting

You can break Takigahara stone with a hammer using your own hands, shaping it into your preferred form. After that, you can add your favorite fragrance oil to natural refined oil, creating your own original aroma stone with a personalized scent to take home.

Break Takigahara Stone with a hammer and shape it as you like.

Choose a base scent for the aroma liquid and soak it for about five minutes.

Add your favorite fragrance to create your own unique scent.

Once the scented stone is placed in a bottle, your Takigahara aroma stone is complete.

[DAY 1]　Aroma Stone Crafting

Schedule: March 8, 2025
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: TAKIGAHARA CRAFT & STAY
Instructour: Greenjob

Highlights 3

Takigahara-yaki Pottery Experience

In collaboration with Araya Stone Works, the only quarry still operating in Takigahara, we offer a pottery experience using crushed stone from the quarry mixed into clay. This creates the distinctive texture of "Takigahara-yaki" pottery.
You can freely shape your creation into bowls, flower objects, or any design you like, and finish it by applying your favorite glaze.
Once fired, your finished piece will be delivered to you at a later date.

Once the clay is kneaded to the right consistency, place it on the potter’s wheel and shape it into your desired form.

We carefully shape it while paying close attention to detail.

You can choose your preferred glaze to add color and texture.

The pieces you created will be fired at the Raku-yaki Experience Workshop, Suiun Kiln. Once completed, they will be shipped to you.

[DAY 2]　Takigahara-yaki Pottery Experience

Schedule: March 9, 2025
Duration: 2 hours
Location: TAKIGAHARA CRAFT & STAY
Instructour: Moeri Kameda

Highlights 4

Stone Oven Dinner

The Takigahara stone oven is a kiln carefully built using old local stones. Taking advantage of the far-infrared effect, we offer stone-oven dishes made with seasonal ingredients from the Hokuriku region, including seafood, game, and Takigahara's organic vegetables.
You can participate in the cooking process, such as kneading dough or cutting ingredients, and enjoy freshly cooked dishes paired with domestically produced natural wines.

Start by kneading dough for pizza or pita bread and preparing the ingredients.

We invite chefs connected to Takigahara to serve special dishes.

Adjusting the firewood's heat and perfectly roasting the ingredients to their optimal state is where the chef's skill truly shines.

Gather around the freshly cooked dishes and enjoy a moment of toasting together.

[DAY 1]　Stone Oven Dinner

Schedule: March 8, 2025
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: TAKIGAHARA Main House Courtyard
Chef: Tomohiro Sugaya