Eat Amagi! Travel Amagi!

Amagi Gastronomy Tourism

To let you experience the charms of the Amagi Yugashima area, we will hold Amagi Gastronomy Tourism, Where you can enjoy special food and special experiences in special places.
(The photo is from the previous event)

2024 Eat Amagi! Travel Amagi!

Date and time: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 11:00 am - 2:30 pm

①Mini tour (visit to Joren Falls and wasabi fields: travel by chartered bus) 11:00-12:00

②Meditation experience (held at Kodo-ji Temple main hall) 12:00-12:10

③Eat Amagi! (Enjoy dishes made with local ingredients.) 12:10 - 14:30

*Please refrain from applying if you have soy or wheat allergies.

Capacity: 40 people ※Minimum number of participants required to operate the event: 20 people

Participation fee: 30,000 yen/person (Participation fee includes: meals, mini tour, meditation experience, and consumption tax)

※Wine, sake, and beer will be provided as aperitifs. Additional drinks will be charged.

※Participation fee must be paid in advance by bank transfer. The secretariat will contact you with more information after receiving your application.

Venue: Kodo-ji Temple (30 minutes by Tokai Bus from Shuzenji Station, get off at "Kodoji iriguchi", 1- minute walk from there)

Inquiries and applications: Izu City Tourism Association Amagi Branch, Tel: 0558-85-1056

Application deadline: Thursday, January 9, 2025

※Applications will close when the maximum number of applicants is reached.

Inquiries by email

【By email】 Please use the inquiry form on the homepage.

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Participation application

If you would like to participate in "Eat Amagi! Travel Amagi!", please apply using the participation form.

Please note that the secretariat will send you a reply email after receiving your application email.

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Special food and a special experience in a special place for you

Eat Amagi

①The venue is inside the main hall of Kodo-ji Temple, where US Consul General Harris and his party stayed overnight on their visit to Edo in 1857.

②Guests will enjoy dishes prepared by local chefs using local ingredients grown in the spring waters of Mt. Amagi and the region's climate and environment.

Travel Amagi

You will visit the wasabi field at Joren Falls to see the traditional wasabi cultivation in Shizuoka recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.

Meditation experience

Before eating,you will have a meditation experience to prepare your mind and body.

Ingredients

Wasabi

We use wasabi grown using the traditional method of wasabi cultivation in Shizuoka, which was recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and Japanese Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems in March of 2018.

Benihime Amago

Benihime Amago was certified as a Shizuoka Food Selection in 2011. Its flesh is a light salmon pink in color, has a moderate amount of fat, and has no unpleasant odor.

Shiitake mushrooms

The Izu region has a warm climate with plenty of rainfall, making it ideal for cultivation, and so high-quality shiitake mushrooms are grown there. These mushrooms have the thick flesh and exquisite aroma that only log-grown shiitake mushrooms can offer.

Venison

Venison from the Izu area is a healthy food with low fat and high iron content. It is aged at the Izu City Meat Processing Center, which is run by the city, and processed under an excellent management system, so you can eat venison safely and deliciously.

Amagi Shamo

Amagi Shamo chickens are fed with wasabi leaves and stems, soy milk, feed rice, etc. Their meat is strong and sturdy, with a mellow aroma and a flavor without any unpleasant odor.

Naturally farmed rice and vegetables

We do not use any synthetic chemical pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or genetically modified technology, and instead use only straw, grass, and bamboo chips to create the soil and grow rice and vegetables.

Toast（Locally brewed wine,sake,beer)

日本酒（Japanese Sake)

【Bandai Brewing】

国連総会レセプションにて採用された万大醸造の『令和誉富士』

ワイン（Wine)

【Nakaizuwinery】

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ビール（Beer）

【Baird Beer】

周辺の素晴らしい自然環境を枯渇させずに、環境に優しい持続可能な情報で製造

Introduction of chef and sommelier

Cuisine supervision

Mr. Takashi Shibayama

Vice Chairman, Shizuoka Prefecture Professional Chefs Association

Japanese cuisine

Mr. Hideaki Koike

Head chef, Water Path, Wind Path, Yugashima Tatsuta

Sommelier

Mr. Manabu Yoshida

Sommelier, Shidax Nakaizu Winery Co., Ltd.

Senior sommelier

Ms. Noriko Kotoda

Owner, Izu Wine Cellar Nakajimaya

Venue introduction

Kodo-ji Temple (Main Hall) Add. 296 Yugashima, Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

A Soto Zen temple, the principal image is the Shokannon.

It is known as the temple where US Consul General, Townsend Harris and his party stayed overnight when they went to Edo in 1857. The signboard reading "American Mission Stay" that was hung in front of the gate at that time, as well as chairs and furnishings, are still preserved.