[Naeba Prince Hotel] Eat and experience! Learn and grow! Rediscover the charm of rice! Experience planning exclusively for hotel guests Implementing a rice harvesting experience project in collaboration with local farmers [Date] Held on Saturday, September 21, 2024 *Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 2, 2024
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[Naeba Prince Hotel] Eat and experience! Learn and grow! Rediscover the charm of rice! Experience planning exclusively for hotel guests Implementing a rice harvesting experience project in collaboration with local farmers [Date] Held on Saturday, September 21, 2024 *Autumn of appetite is autumn of food education! Have fun harvesting new Koshihikari rice with your child! *
Naeba Prince Hotel (Location: Mikuni, Yuzawa-cho, Minamiuonuma-gun, Niigata Prefecture, General Manager: Takamura
On Saturday, September 21, 2024, local farmer “Shojiro Shokai Co., Ltd.” (Representative Director: Harasawa
Guests staying at the hotel will have a rice harvesting experience in the rice fields of Taichi (Taichi), and for dinner at the hotel they will enjoy special benefits such as a collaboration menu between the head chef and the producers, and the gift of new rice from the producers. *
We will be implementing a rice harvesting experience project* in collaboration with the local community.
This is the third year this project has been held, and will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2024* Local farmer “Shojiro Shokai Co., Ltd.”* With the cooperation of , hotel guests and producers will work together to harvest rice in time for the autumn harvest season. As the modern trend is shifting from rice to bread and noodles, we aim to contribute to the expansion of rice consumption and to make people love rice even more*
An experiential accommodation plan where you can experience the joy of harvesting and eating new rice with local farmers *
Therefore, even those who have not experienced rice planting can participate. You can also experience “hazakake”*, which is impossible to experience now, and you can also experience*
You can rediscover the charm of rice (Koshihikari) through dietary education classes* that teach you the importance of rice. In addition, at our hotel, we have a selection of *
We use the former Shiozawa Koshihikari “Shojiro rice”* from
Minamiuonuma, and as a benefit of this plan, we have a menu created in collaboration between the hotel’s head chef and Shojiro Shokai* “Shirt sushi with Shojiro rice and Jinnai Wagyu red beef,
Japanese-style balsamic and wasabi sauce” “Rice brulee with Shojiro rice” *
We will service each item one by one. Additionally, each event participant will receive a free gift of new Shojiro rice (2 kg of former Shiozawa Koshihikari rice from Minamiuonuma).
I will do it. (Excluding preschoolers)
Naeba Prince Hotel will continue to collaborate with the local community, propose new attractions, and contribute as a member of the local community.
Shojiro Shokai rice field in Minamiuonuma City
The scene of rice harvesting after the rice harvesting experience (image) * [For guests only] Have fun harvesting new Koshihikari rice from Minamiuonuma! Autumn “Rice Harvesting Experience” Accommodation Plan Overview*
[Period] Saturday, September 21, 2024, 1 night [Number of applicants] 35 people [Fee] 1 person Adults ¥18,000~ Children ¥14,400~
*Prices are based on 1 room capacity.
* SEIBU PRINCE CLUB members 1 person Adults ¥17,000 ~ Children ¥13,600~ *
*Prices include one night’s room charge, rice harvesting
experience participation fee, dinner, breakfast, service charge, and consumption tax.
*A bathing tax of ¥150 will be charged separately for those over 12 years old.
*Please meet at the hotel at 10:00 A.M., and we will pick you up and drop you off by hotel bus. .
[Inquiries] Accommodation Reservation Section TEL: 025-789-2211 (9:00A.M.-6:00P.M.)
[URL] https://www.princehotels.co.jp/naeba/plan/inekari/2024/autumn/
*Rice harvesting experience day schedule*
◆Saturday, September 21, 2024
10:00A.M. Hotel check-in
11:00A.M. Gather at the hotel lobby
11:20P.M. Board the hotel bus and depart (there will be a break along the way) 12:20P.M. Arrive at the rice field (preparation for rice harvesting) From 12:30P.M. Rice harvesting experience, Hazakake experience (commemorative photo with Hazakake)
How to serve new rice balls and mushroom soup, rice nutrition education class
2:30P.M. End of experience / Closing / Departure from the site by hotel bus (take a break and purchase souvenirs at the roadside station)
4:00P.M. Arrival at hotel
From 5:30P.M. Dinner “Restaurant Azalea” Mikuni Kaido Taste Tour Hotel chef and Shojiro Shokai collaboration menu 1 service service We will offer 1 item or 2 items from 2 different menus.
◆Sunday, September 22, 2024
From 7:00 A.M. Breakfast “Restaurant Azalea” Mikuni Kaido Taste Tour 11:00A.M. Naeba Prince Hotel Check-out
Harvest the grown rice
Image of rice ball gripping experience
*What is Hazakake*
A tree planted next to a farm road in a rice field to dry the harvested ears of rice.
It is called a hazagi, and the process of hanging the harvested rice on the horizontal bamboo that is passed to the hazagi is called “hazakake”.
Currently, the mainstream method is to dry it overnight in a dryer. With the rice harvesting experience plan, you can take a commemorative photo with this hazakake.
Hanging the harvested rice
* What is Kyu Shiozawa Koshihikari “Shojiro” from Minami Uonuma * Located in Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture, which is surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers and is known for its heavy snowfall in winter.
This rice is produced by Shojiro Shokai, a company that has been farming rice for over 200 years for generations.
Awarded as a special A district from 1989 to 2017, it has a strong luster and fragrance.
The deep flavor that remains is due to the careful cultivation with water, climate, and love.
This is high quality Koshihikari rice.
It is also available at some restaurants at Naeba Prince Hotel. Rice harvesting landscape image
* Shojiro Shokai Co., Ltd. Company Profile *
Name Shojiro Shokai Co., Ltd.
Address: 337-1 Kamitokamachi, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture 949-6411 Representative Representative Director Taichi Harasawa
～Company history～
1979 (Showa 54) In addition to Koshihikari cultivation, mushroom cultivation including enoki mushrooms began.
1995 (Heisei 7) Cultivation of seedlings of Koshihikari from Uonuma (10,000 plants)
Started cultivating approximately 130 types of flower seedlings and cut flowers. 2011 (Heisei 23) Started selling firewood to the neighborhood 2014 (Heisei 26) Established a corporation and changed the name from “Shojiro Farm” to Shojiro Shokai Co., Ltd.
Shojiro Shokai