Live like a local in Nagoya 2 days: Food & Cultural Tour in Endoji

Itinerary

Day 1: Day1: Food & Cultural tour in Endoji district

Pass By: Endoji Shopping Street, 1-13-1 Nagono, Nishi, Nagoya 451-0042 Aichi Prefecture
One of the oldest shopping street in Nagoya, Central Japan. Visit Endonji Temple, see this area’s unique rooftop shrines. walk along the traditional warehouse-street, and immerse yourself in the Samurai Period. Visit a 125-year-old footwear and accessories store and a kimono store nearly a century and a half’s history. Experience the local street foods and Japanese sweets, and see how the people of the area live with a visit to a local supermarket and stores.

Stop At: Japan, 〒451-0042 Aichi, Nagoya, Nishi Ward, Nagono, 1-chōme−6−１３ なごのや1F
Check-in the guest house and take a break after the food and cultural tour
Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Endoji Shopping Street, 1-13-1 Nagono, Nishi, Nagoya 451-0042 Aichi Prefecture
you’ll proceed to the bar hopping tour in the evening. Visit four bars in the area; Nihonshu (sake) bar where you can taste three different sake and learn about sake, deep fried skewered and local stew bar for local wine, sushi bar for fresh seafood and authentic atmosphere, and Okinawa (southern island) cuisine bar for some music. You can order food and drinks you’d like to try based on a guide's explanation and recommendation in each place.


Meals included:
• Lunch: Snacks and light meals that a guide provides during the food & cultural walking tour on Day 1
• Dinner: Three sake samples and small dish at the first bar in the local food & bar hopping tour on Day 1
Accommodation included: Cafe Restaurant & Guest house NAGONOYA

Day 2: Fish market and cooking lesson

Pass By: Yanagibashi Central Market, 4-18-2 Meieki, Nakamura, Nagoya 450-0002 Aichi Prefecture
Leave the guest house a bit early in the morning and take a walk to a fish market located in the center of the city, stroll around and see freshly caught fish being sold and prepared for the restaurants and shops for the day. Founded over 100 years ago, the market

has over 400 stalls and shops and provides seafood for the whole city. Enjoy seeing giant tuna being sliced with huge sword like knife and poisonous puffer fish being prepared by professional cooks. You will be able to buy seafood and other goods such as pickles, seaweed, senbei crackers, and so on.

Find your favorite breakfast in the market or nearby, or even on the Endoji shopping arcade. Your guide will provide suggestions of restaurants in the market and some cafes. Nagoya is famous for the unique reasonable coffee breakfast set menu.

Morning exploration walk finishes with a popular radio exercise at the arcade with some locals.


Pass By: Endoji Shopping Street, 1-13-1 Nagono, Nishi, Nagoya 451-0042 Aichi Prefecture
After checking out the guesthouse, proceed to the last activity of the tour. Do grocery shopping at a local supermarket and learn how to cook Nagoya’s local cuisine “Misokatsu”, pork cutlet with dark miso sauce, onigiri rice ball, and Japanese soul food, miso soup. The tour concludes with the delicious lunch that you and your guide cook.


Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast after the fish market tour on Day 2
• Lunch: Cooking material and lunch in the cooking class tour on Day 2
No accommodation included on this day.