Here you can find the rich blessings of nature that you can't experience in the city! Experience a marine production site with local fishermen from Uramura-cho, TobaCity
掲載日：2021.03.01
Enjoy a variety of fishing village activities produced by local real fishermen! Introducing a seaweed hunting tour and oyster pounding experience in Uramura Town, a fishing village with a thriving fishing industry and Ama fishing!
Recommended points for seaweed hunting tour and oyster pounding experience by Ura village fishermen
・You can tour a seaweed and oyster farming production site and harvest them with your own hands.
・You can hear the real voices of producers with a guide from the fishermen who are actually working there.
・You can enjoy it in an environment that avoids crowds.
Uramura Town, a fishing village with a thriving oyster farming industry
Toba no Uramura town is located in Ise-Shima National Park and is rich in nature. It is also famous as a production area for oyster farming, and the oyster huts are crowded from November to March every year, and the coast is lined with numerous fishing boats and oyster processing workshops, creating a landscape typical of a fishing village. The attraction here is a variety of fishing village activities full of entertainment that can only be provided by "real fishermen" who farm oysters and seaweed.
A seaweed hunting tour where you can enjoy the “beginning of seaweed” that never appears on the market.
About 25 minutes by car from Ise Expressway Toba IC, we gathered at "Anchor. Fisherman's Private Hideout" and wore raincoats and rain boots. It is available for rental (*), so you can easily enjoy it without bringing anything.
*There is a limited number of rental raincoats and boots.
After listening to the fisherman explain the precautions to be taken on board, we set off! To reach the seaweed farming site, a fishing boat cruises through the sea around Uramura Town. One of the attractions of this activity is that you can ride on fishing boats that are actually used by fishermen. The view of Toba's coastline from the sea on a boat is spectacular. As I was enjoying the scenery while feeling the refreshing sea breeze, I arrived at the aquaculture site in no time.
When you arrive at the aquaculture site, you can see wakame seaweed filling the aquaculture net. Participants harvest wakame seaweed with their own hands under the guidance of fishermen. During the experience, the fishermen will teach you about seaweed farming methods and its rich nutritional content. Apparently, you can eat all of wakame, including the leaves, stems, and turnips.
You can also eat freshly sprouted wakame (commonly known as young wakame), which has a crunchy texture and can only be eaten here, and is said to be the "beginning of wakame".
After harvesting a large amount of seaweed, everyone will cook the freshly caught raw seaweed and sample it with shabu-shabu (*). Freshly caught seaweed is crunchy and chewy, making it an exquisite dish. Participants couldn't help but cheer as they were impressed by the bright green color that appeared the moment the brown seaweed was soaked in hot water.
You can also enjoy a wild meal of shabu-shabu and biting mekabu with stems instead of ribs with bones.
*Basically, wakame shabu-shabu inside the facility is limited to guests staying at Anchor.Fisherman's Private Hideout.
Oyster pounding tour where you can touch a large number of oysters suspended from aquaculture rafts
As with the seaweed hunting tour, the meeting place is "Anchor. A fisherman's private hideout." Wearing top and bottom raincoats (*), we cruised on a fishing boat to the oyster farming rafts lined up in the sea. Just like wakame hunting, you can reach the farming raft in less than 10 minutes by boat.
*There is a limited number of raincoats and boots available for rental.
When you arrive at the aquaculture raft set up on the sea in Toba Bay, you can see a large number of oyster condominiums hanging there. When you touch it while being supported by a fisherman, you can feel its weight, and even an adult man can barely carry it by himself. Each Oyster Mansion has over 200 oysters of all sizes.
Harvested oysters are washed in their shells using a washing machine to remove mud and attached organisms, and then transported to the work site. At the workshop, participants will experience the work of ``oyster pounding,'' which involves using a trowel to separate stuck oysters from each other. It's a job that requires skill and practice, and the quick work of professional fishermen catches my eye. While pounding oysters, the fishermen will teach you about oyster farming methods, the rich nutrients they contain, and how the size and taste of oysters change depending on the location of the farming raft.
After harvesting the oysters, sample the exquisite steamed oysters. The oysters you eat after learning how much effort goes into farming them are completely different from your usual oysters, and you can only enjoy the plump texture and rich flavor that is unique to freshly caught oysters. Any oysters you can't finish can be taken home as souvenirs.
Implementing infectious disease control measures with safety as the top priority
At the tasting facility ``Anchor. Fisherman's Private Hideout'', groups can basically rent out the whole building, so they can enjoy the food without being crowded with other people.
In addition, we are implementing thorough infectious disease control measures with safety as our top priority.
For example, we ask both activity tour participants and employees to wear masks, and we have alcohol disinfection stations on board the ship and in the oyster production area, so you can disinfect your hands as needed before tasting food.
For your peace of mind, we will ensure that the room is thoroughly ventilated during tastings (*), and we will ask you to avoid face-to-face contact as much as possible and to sit at a distance from each other.
*Basically, wakame shabu-shabu inside the facility is limited to guests staying at Anchor.Fisherman's Private Hideout.
The seaweed hunting tour and oyster pounding experience will be broadcast live using Zoom, and a system is also being considered that allows participants to participate remotely from their homes. The program is planned to be open to family members who have difficulty making the trip to Toba, such as grandparents who live far away, and can enjoy the program as if they were actually there.
An activity in TobaCity cho, Toba City where you can experience first-hand the ingenuity and commitment of fishermen to deliver delicious seaweed and oysters. ``I want to eat the oysters raised by that fisherman!'' You can't help but think, ``I want to eat the oysters raised by that fisherman!'' On this tour, you can experience the unique charm of farmed oysters that are not found in wild oysters.
<Facility information>
Anchor. Fisherman's private hideout
1558-5 Uramura, TobaCity City, Mie Prefecture 517-0025
info@anchorajito.com
https://anchorajito.com/activity/
<Wakame hunting tour>
■ Implementation period: February to early April
■ Time required: Approximately 1.5 hours
■ Number of participants: Approximately 4 people
<Oyster pounding experience>
■ Implementation period: January to March
■ Time required: Approximately 2 hours
■ Number of participants: Approximately 4 people
The above plan is just a guide.
We can also propose plans depending on your needs.
For details, please check the page below and contact us.
https://anchorajito.com/activity/
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