【OUTLINE】

Enjoy a soap-making experience using the local materials in Okumikawa. Choose the soap ingredients and fragrance that best suits your skin in a pretty building surrounded by nature. This experience is exclusive to one group per day.

【HIGHLIGHTS】

• Make handmade soap using the mineral sericite, which can only be mined in Toei, Japan.
• In addition to sericite, choose from other rare ingredients such as honey from Toei and sake from Okumikawa.
• The experience activity will start from a basic soap-making recipe.
• Consult with the instructor as you create a one-of-a-kind soap.

【SCHEDULE】 

Please select your start time in the box on the upper right. 

[00:00] First, consult with the instructor while making your recipe.
[00:30] Next, weigh and mix the materials.
[01:30] Then pour the mixture into the mold.
[01:45] There will be instructions on how to handle your soap once you return home before the experience ends.
[02:00] Experience ends.

【DETAILS】

First, you'll consult with the instructor to choose your favorite soap before making the recipe.
Next, weigh all the materials and start stirring. You have to continue stirring until the materials have melted together.
After stirring, add your favorite essential oil to adjust the fragrance, and then pour it into the mold.
When taking your soap home that day, take care not to tilt the box.
Once home, cut the soap into pieces and let them dry for at least one month.

【THINGS TO NOTE】

• Duration：120 minutes
• Meeting point：Simple+, a soap and handmade cosmetics shop [MAP]
  7 Tsuki Yamate, Toei-cho, Kita Shitara-gun, Aichi 449-0212
  
• Access：
  By car
  -When driving from Shinshiro:
  Take the Sanen Nanshin Expressway from the Horai Cape Interchange and drive for about 20 minutes towards Iida.
  Take the Shintomei Expressway from the Shinshiro Interchange and drive for 45 minutes towards Iida.
  Drive on National Highway 151 towards Iida, and then turn onto National Highway 473 and ride towards Shitara for about 1 km.
  ⇒From Shitara
  Drive towards Toei from the Shitara Otaguchi for about 16 minutes.
  Take National Highway 473 towards Toei, and then go ahead about 400 meters at Tsukienko-Kominka Diner.
  ※Parking lots available.
• Minimum number of participants：2 people
• Language support：Japanese, English（Guide）
• Included ：Material fee, Experience fee (gloves, an apron and a takeaway bag)
• Excluded：Transportation
• Participation requirements ：
  ・Minors from age10 to age12 must be accompanied by a guardian.
  ・Children alone cannot participate.
  ・Wheelchairs are accessible.
  ・Strollers are accessible.
• Free Wi-Fi ：Yes
• Toilet：Yes(Western-style)
• Other things to note：
  ・Experiences will be schedules rain or shine.
  ・We are going to inform you the cancellation before the day in case of tyhoon is coming.
  ・In case of cancellation at the discretion of the facility, the full amount will be refunded.
  ・We can wait for an hour when arriving late.

【CANCELLATION POLICY】 

3 days before the tour date: 60% of the tour price
The day before the tour date, on the day of the tour: 100% of the tour price