Nara | Asuka Village's Century-Old Soy Sauce Factory: Hand-Squeezed Soy Sauce x Grilled Dumplings - Half-Day Experience 032
| Departure / Meeting Point: | Asuka STAND |
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| Duration | The date shown in the reservation system shall prevail (advance reservation required). |
| Operating Period | 2026-04-09 ~ 2027-04-09 |
| Minimum Number of Participants | 2 ~ 6 people |
| Price (per person) |
Adult: ¥13,200 Child: ¥13,200 |
| Eligible Persons/Age Restriction |
This trip is suitable for travelers who appreciate Japanese food culture, traditional crafts, and a relaxed pace of life, and is also perfect for families. No specific restrictions (recommended for ages 6 and up). |
Itinerary Details
Put on Tibetan clothing and personally press your own bottle of soy sauce.
Stepping into Tokusei Soy Sauce, founded in Asuka Village in 1928, one can almost feel the live yeast in the air as soon as they enter the soy sauce storage area. The fourth-generation owner, Mr. Yoshida, personally leads the tour of the rarely open-to-the-public soy sauce storage area.
Dressed in Tibetan-style clothing, they used natural wooden presses made by the village’s long-term forestry workers to press fermented soybean paste into soy sauce by hand.
It was very touching to see the soy sauce flow out, and then you put it into a soy sauce bottle that you decorated yourself and took it home.
Only a handful of craftsmen in Japan still make century-old cedar barrels.
Nowadays in Japan, there are only a handful of craftsmen left who can make large cedar barrels.
From the very first generation, Dexing Soy Sauce has been guarding these century-old cedar barrels, allowing the soy sauce to mature slowly for one to two years, producing a sweet and fragrant authentic soy sauce.
Finally, enjoy freshly baked Mitarashi dango with a sauce made from their own soy sauce in Asuka, the “hometown of the Japanese soul,” savoring this flavor passed down for four generations.
Itinerary
Step into a century-old soy sauce warehouse
Asuka Stand Gathering
After gathering, we will proceed to the brewery of Dexing Soy Sauce.
Soy sauce knowledge lecture and soy sauce knowledge
Mr. Yoshida, the fourth generation of the family, introduces the soy sauce making method and takes you inside the Sugita Soy Sauce Factory, which is not usually open to the public.
Make your own special soy sauce
Hand-squeezed soy sauce experience
Don Tibetan clothing and use natural wooden presses to manually extract the mature fermented sauce.
Soy sauce tasting and homemade soy sauce bottles
Try tasting freshly pressed soy sauce with tofu, then put the soy sauce in a bottle, add decorative stickers, and you’ve got a unique souvenir.
Zangyuan Sauce Baked Dumplings
Mitarai Dango Experience
Baking Mitarashi Dango with a special sauce made from Dexing soy sauce, then enjoying it while it’s hot.
Disbandment at the site
Carrying the memories of her firsthand experience, Asuka continues her journey.
Important Information & Cancellation Policy
Important
Information &
Cancellation Policy
Precautions
Included in the fee
* Tibetan Soy Sauce Learning and Explanation * Tibetan-Style Clothing Rental * Hand-Squeezing Soy Sauce Experience * Soy Sauce Tasting (with Tofu)
* Homemade soy sauce bottle (bottle, decorative stickers, and other materials)
* Mitarashi Dango BBQ Experience
The fee does not include
* Transportation to and from the meeting point (excluding pick-up and drop-off)
*Personal expenses and shopping* Optional activities not listed in the itinerary
Participation Instructions
* This experience requires advance reservation, with a maximum of 6 people per reservation; participation may be cancelled if there are fewer than 2 participants. * On-site commentary will be conducted in Japanese and English. * Please wear comfortable clothing. * The experience content may vary depending on the season.
Cancellation policy
*A 5% cancellation fee will be charged for cancellations made after booking due to personal reasons.* Cancellations made 7 days or more before the departure date: 30% cancellation fee.
* Cancellation 3 days before departure date: 50%
*Same-day cancellations: 100%
