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By Kochi Escapes
Free cancellation available
Price is €156 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h 30m
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Overview

    • Explore Kochi’s market, see fresh fish, and watch a fruit auction with a local.
    • Craft a bamboo basket using native Torafudake with a forest preservation artist.
    • Fill your handmade basket with seasonal fruits to take home or eat on the spot.

Activity location

    • Kochi
    • Kochi, Kochi, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 日本、〒781-0811 高知県高知市弘化台１２−１２ | Your guide will be waiting for you in the entrance gate of the Kochi City Central Wholesale Market, holding a board with the logo of "Kochi Escapes".
    • Kochi, Kochi, Japan

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Fruit Auction Tour and Bamboo Fruit Basket Making

  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 07:00
Price details
€156.49 x 2 Adults€312.98
Total
Price is €312.98
Until Fri, 30 Oct

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Materials for bamboo crafts (1 set)
  • Inclusions
    seasonal fruit
  • Inclusions
    English speaking guide
  • Inclusions
    Travel accident insurance
  • Inclusions
    A donation to the instructor’s bamboo forest conservation efforts in Kochi is included.

Know before you book

    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Local Food and Handicraft: Fruit Auction Tour and Bamboo Fruit Basket Making in Kochi Wholesale Market

    On this tour you can experience Kochi’s food culture and traditional craftsmanship at the Kochi City Central Wholesale Market. We will gather early in the morning to visit the fresh fish section, and then continue on to the produce area. With the guidance of a local vendor you’ll observe the lively fruit auction.

    After breakfast at a restaurant within the market, you’ll try your hand at making a bamboo basket using Torafudake, a type of bamboo native to Kochi. Your instructor is a bamboo artist who is also involved in bamboo forest preservation.

    To wrap up the experience, you’ll fill your handmade basket with seasonal fruits, creating your own unique fruit basket. The fruits provided can also be eaten on the spot.

    The Kochi City central market is a compact market with just over 20 shops in the fresh fish and produce sections. It boasts the second-longest history of any wholesale market in Japan. Because of this, you can experience a warm and nostalgic atmosphere no longer found in big city markets.

    Details of Tour / Activity
    [ 7:00 ] Gather and tour the fresh fish section
    [ 7:30 ] Visit the fruit auction area
    [ 8:00 ] Breakfast at a market restaurant (individual payment)
    [ 9:15 ] Create your own fruit basket using Torafudake, a speciality bamboo from Kochi
    [ 11:30 ] Tour ends

Location

Activity location

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    • Kochi
    • Kochi, Kochi, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 日本、〒781-0811 高知県高知市弘化台１２−１２ | Your guide will be waiting for you in the entrance gate of the Kochi City Central Wholesale Market, holding a board with the logo of "Kochi Escapes".
    • Kochi, Kochi, Japan