Local gourmet food and cafes will also be available! Introducing the charm of Komono's "Komogaku Festival" where you can see, eat, and touch

▼Table of contents

• What is Komogaku Festival?
• Access and parking lot to Komogaku Festival main venue
• What is Komo Gaku Juku?
• Komo Gaku Juku “Iwashimaya” workshop
• What is Komogaku Tour?
• Komogaku Tour's "Shikan Tategu Kogei"'s "Kumiko" experience, factory, and art joinery tour
• Other open factories and free bus service schedules
• What is Komo Gaku Shokudo?
• Komogaku Shokudo's local food ``Kamoshika Cafe''
• There will also be talk events.
• Ask the executive committee about “Komogaku”

What is Komogaku Festival?

The hands-on event "Komogaku Festival" held in KomonoTown has been held since 2017, and this year marks the 7th time. The event will be held on October 28th (Saturday) and October 29th (Sunday), with the entire KomonoTown as the venue, and the main venue will be the KomonoTown Gymnasium.

There are four main themed events at the Komogaku Festival. ``Komogaku Juku'' where workshops are held, ``Komogaku Tour'' where you can tour factories where things are made, and ``Komogaku Tour'' where you can buy delicious food from restaurants in KomonoTown and other places, as well as agricultural products made by local producers. We also have ``talk events'' where we welcome a variety of guests from various fields, including Komo Gaku Shokudo and business owners, to discuss town planning, the region, and Komono from various perspectives. Furthermore, starting from this time, there will also be a bus service that tours multiple factories.

Access and parking lot to Komogaku Festival main venue

The main venue for the Komo Gaku Festival is KomonoTown Sports Center. ``Komogaku Juku'', ``Komogaku Shokudo'', and ``Talk Event'' will be held.

○ KomonoTown Sports Center Location 871-3 KomonoTown Town

○Parking lot

◇Parking lot in front of KomonoTown Center (250 spaces, thoughtful parking available)

◇ KomonoTown Center Large Parking Lot (250 spaces)

○Access by train│About 14 minutes walk from Kintetsu Komono Station

○Access by car│From the Higashi-Meihan Expressway "Yokkaichi IC", go west on National Route 477 (Yunoyama Kaido) for about 15 minutes or

Approximately 7 minutes from Shin-Meishin Expressway "Komono IC"

What is Komo Gaku Juku?

All Komo Gaku Juku events will be held at the main venue (KomonoTown Sports Center). All the townspeople will act as teachers and hold workshops, classes, exhibitions, and sales at the venue. You can experience and learn a variety of things, such as group planting, wearing a kimono, personal coloring, making original shichimi, and making keychains.

Komo Gaku Juku “Iwashimaya” workshop

Iwashimaya is a Japanese confectionery shop founded in 1899. The store sells a wide variety of sweets, from simple manju to creative Japanese sweets, and holds monthly Japanese sweets classes that can be enjoyed by both adults and children.

At Komo Gaku Juku, we are holding a workshop called ``Osato's Garden'' where you can create your own miniature garden using sugar of different grain sizes, brightly colored and soft amber sugar, and Carmela, which is hard and resembles a rock. Masu.

At the workshop, you will also hear stories about sugar, such as the types of sugar such as granulated sugar, caster sugar, sanonto, and wasanbon, and how to use them in cooking and sweets.

Iwashimaya is introduced in Topics.

○ Target: 3 years old and older

○ Fee: 2,000 yen/cash payment, PayPay accepted

○Capacity: 5 people each time

What is Komogaku Tour?

"Komogaku Tour" to learn about manufacturing in KomonoTown. There are open fields and open factories. Visit manufacturing sites that you would never normally step foot in, see, hear, touch, and feel the commitment.

``Open Field'' includes explanations of natural gardens where you can enjoy weeds, and ``Open Factory'' includes learning about the manufacturing process of pottery and seeing examples of how robots are used at an auto parts manufacturing factory.

Kumiko experience and factory tour by Shikan Tategu Kogei at Komo Gaku Tour

Shikan Tategu Kogei is a third-generation joinery shop that produces and sells wooden fittings in Komono-cho, Mie KomonoTown. Our philosophy is to ``make products that can be used beautifully for a long time,'' with our strength in the traditional Japanese technique of ``kumiko,'' which is often seen in shoji screens and transom lattices, in which wood is assembled without the use of nails. While running a joinery shop, he opens his factory and home to the public on the third Saturday of every month as a ``Machikado Museum.'' During the Komogaku tour, you can experience the traditional technique of ``Kumiko'' and tour the factory and art fittings. Please take a look at the masterpiece fittings such as Himeji Castle and fireworks, which were assembled from over 100,000 pieces of wood and took a total of one year to create. At Komo Gaku Juku, you can also experience assembling "Kumiko" coasters and pot holders.

○Target: 10 years old and older

○Fees: 2,000 yen to 20,000 yen/cash payment, paypay

○Capacity: 8 people each time

○Venue Shikan Joinery Crafts 4806-3 ojima, Komono-cho, KomonoTown

Other open factories and free bus service schedules

On the day of the Komo Gaku Festival, a free bus will be running around the open factory. Recommended for those who are having trouble such as "I want to go but don't have the legs!" or "I don't know where to go!" Free ride.

[Operation schedule]

Saturday, October 28th

■“Experience the joy of manufacturing by observing robot utilization and mechanism improvement” Denso Trim Co., Ltd.

9:30 Main venue departure ⇒ 10:00-12:00 Denso Trim Co., Ltd. ⇒ 12:30 Main venue

▷Experience details/reservation required

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■“Let’s have fun touching metal” Maeda Technica Co., Ltd.

12:30 Main venue departure ⇒ 13:00 Maeda Technica Co., Ltd. start ⇒ 15:00 Main venue

▷Experience details/reservation required

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Sunday, October 29th

■“ Banko-Yaki factory tour and brass spoon making experience”

9:30 Main venue departure ⇒ 10:00-10:50 "Craft Ishikawa Open Factory" Craft Ishikawa ⇒

11:10 - 12:00 "Knock and make! Brass spoon making experience" FUJIFUB (30 minutes required) ⇒ 12:30 Main venue

"Craft Ishikawa Open Factory"

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“Make it by tapping! Brass spoon making experience”

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■“Wood processing tour and manufacturing experience”

11:00 Main venue departure ⇒ 11:30-12:30 “Clock making with ocean plastic” Yanagi Model Giken Co., Ltd. ⇒

13:30-15:30 "Experience traditional technique of 'Kumiko' and tour of factory and art fittings" Shikan Fittings Crafts ⇒ 16:00 Main venue

"Clock making with ocean plastic"

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``Experience the traditional technique of ``kumiko'' and tour the factory and art fittings

▷ Click here for experience details and reservations required

​Click here for bus reservations

◇ Registration will close as soon as capacity is reached.

◇Free/Reservation priority (You can enter if there is space on the day)

◇If you need to make a tour reservation, please make your own reservation at the experience facility before boarding.

◇Departure and arrival will be at the main venue. You may not get off the bus midway.

What is Komo Gaku Shokudo?

Komogaku Shokudo/Farmers Market/Local Food

A farmer's market where you can find a variety of delicious local foods centered around restaurants active in KomonoTown, and where you can listen to, see, learn about, and taste first-hand feedback from producers. There will be shops offering delicious local food such as fresh vegetables, croquettes, curry, and baked goods. It's two days where you can enjoy food.

Komogaku Shokudo's local food ``Kamoshika Cafe''

An old folk house cafe in "Kamoshika Village" where locals can feel free to stop by. We offer hand drip coffee and baked goods. For those who are hungry, we recommend the Komonishiki pork curry. ``Komenishikiton'' is a branded pig from Sato Pig Farm, which has a farm in Komono. The ``Kominishiki pork curry'' is exquisite, made with the highest quality pork that has been selected from females with a good body shape since birth and meets even more stringent conditions.

Click here for Kamoshika Village's Instagram

There will also be talk events.

Shunsuke Hitotsubashi, Managing Director and General Manager of Green Creative Inabe, will be speaking at ①.

The talk event will be held at the main venue (KomonoTown Sports Center). We will welcome four diverse guests from various fields, and we will discuss town planning, the region, and Komono from various perspectives. Listen and think about it yourself. This is a talk event where you are sure to find something new.

①Tell me! Why Inabe is so energetic 28th (Sat) 11:00-12:15

②What is the value of local resources from the perspective of apparel? 28th (Sat) 13:30-14:30

③Komono's president welcomes Komono vol.2 29th (Sun) 11:00-12:15

④What is “local value”? 29th (Sun) 13:30-14:30

Ask the executive committee about “Komogaku”

KomonoTown is blessed with tourist resources such as Yunoyama Onsen and GozaishoRopeway. However, the current situation was that many people stayed at Yunoyama Onsen and went to nagashima Resort or SuzukaCircuit for fun. For this reason, the Komogaku Festival is held to first let people in the town know about the charm of KomonoTown, and then to spread the word to people outside the town.

Even during the coronavirus pandemic, the event was held online, and the executive committee was particular about continuing the Komogaku Festival. When we receive inquiries about ``I don't know how to use ZOOM,'' we have made steady efforts to continue working, such as visiting the seller's home and teaching them how to connect. It would be easy to cancel, but we could predict how difficult it would be to restart after the coronavirus pandemic. The Lehman Shock, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the coronavirus pandemic. It seems that thinking about what can be done in times of emergency is an opportunity for change.

KomonoTown has a population of approximately 40,000 and is growing, but a decline in population is inevitable due to the declining birthrate. ``Then let's increase the number of people visiting KomonoTown from neighboring cities, towns, and outside the prefecture.'' To that end, we continue to communicate the charms of Komono. ``Encounter interesting things, delicious things, and people. Please come to the Komogaku Festival, which is filled with the charm of KomonoTown. And become a fan of Komono.''

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