EXPERIENCES
Experiences
What makes Iwase is outside the building. Sake breweries, craft beer, a glass studio, shrines, the canal and the beach are all within walking distance. The concierge matches the day to the weather and the tide.
MEGURI Around town
On foot and by bicycle, tracing the outline of the town. Doors without signs open through the people we know.
- The old Hokkoku road
- Shrines and temples
- The beach
- Bicycles
SPECIAL Special access
Places normally closed. The working floor of a brewery, and the view you only get from the water.
- Brewery tour and tasting (Masuizumi, Haneya)
- Cruise — Sea of Japan, canal, sunset
- Fishing
- Mountains
- The market
SEASONAL Seasonal events
Set your dates by the town’s year.
- Festivals
- Hina Matsuri
- Koinobori
FOOD Food
What the Sea of Japan coast knows about fermentation — not only to taste, but to make.
- Places you can walk into
- Where the locals actually eat
- Cooking classes: miso soup, curry, wasabi, soy sauce, umeboshi, sansho