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[Yamaguchi] Gekkei Exhibition Hall Sword Dance Experience Reservation (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
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4,000 JPY

Overview
  • From JR Yanai Port Station, it's about a 20-minute walk with the train tracks to your left. Along the way, you'll find the cafe "Hokkori Vegi House," where you can enjoy homemade cakes on Sundays (no reservation required) and lunch made with homemade vegetables on Wednesdays (reservations required). You can also buy homemade vegetables (they may be sold out).
  • Just a few minutes' walk from "Hokkori Veggie House" is Yanai City's popular confectionery shop, "Espalier Kagetsu." In addition to purchasing souvenirs, you can also enjoy a cake set in the eat-in space at the back. (No closing days. 9:00-19:30)
  • Your guide will provide you with detailed assistance with dressing in your sword dance costume, performing the sword dance, and taking photos.
  • You can change clothes inside the exhibition hall or inside Myoenji temple, so don't worry.
What to expect

A sword dance performed to the poem "Shoto Yudaibeki" by Getsu, a Chinese poet and coastal defense monk from the end of the Edo period. Wear a headband and a sword dance costume, hold a sword, and travel back in time to Japan at the end of the Edo period. Take a commemorative photo in front of the monument to the poem. Rental fees for the sword dance costume are included. Please come empty-handed.

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