Recommendable for the foodie and family who likes hands-on learning!

The four proposals of experience tours of which the Kurume City, 

Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, is proud are presented.

The prayer services for pregnancy in Suitengu Shrine, the  stories about  Wagyu beef at Hakatat and tasty Sukiyaki dishes using it, making Udon noodles,weaving the Japanese cloth, Indigo dyeing and so on- these special programs you can get only in this place are available!    

A Shinto priest explores the grounds with a pair who needs to be blessed with children and tells the history about Suitengu Shrine. The Shinto priest also introduces ’Rubbed Guardian Dog'- your pain has gone when you rub the same body parts of dog you have ache- and Sui Shrine,where the God of easy delivery is enshrined.Afterwards, the pair gets the special prayer services and  how to have 'Itumoji',rice crackers with some meaning of amule, finally. 

Nakatsuru, the meat shop, has got together with stock farmers and created the Hakata Wagyu beef raised in Kurume. The owner of Nakatsuru gives you his special knowledge about how to select Wagyu beef and tasty parts of meat. In the variety of Hakata Wagyu beef made in Kurume, skilled professianl chefs cook Sukiyaki dishes with the most selected parts of beef in front of your eyes.  

You learn the culture of Chikugo Udon noodles taking roots in Kurume. They are diffrent from Hakata and Sanuki Udon noodles-gentle and sticky, but chewy.Why? Through your experience to produce Uson noodles by your hands, you can get the tips and secrets of 'chewy but soft' noodles practically.And eating the Udon noodled made by yourself in the shop is available. For the people to make Undon noodles in earnest, instructors gives you practical suggestion and advice. 

Let's spend a day to be fascinated by the Indigo at the studio of Sayoko Komatsu who has skills to make handweaving Kurume Kasuria and authorized as the holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property (Living National Treasure), and Takahiro, her son.  

You can enjoy 'Namaha dyeing',dyeing by using raw leaves of an indigo plants,'Indigo dyeing', dying by using genuine natural indigo plants, and 'Handweaving' using Hanbata, the old-style weaving machine.