Take a Tour of a Katsuobushi Production Plant! Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable!
Yamagawa in Ibusuki City is famous for katsuobushi (bonito flakes), providing 70% of the national share for the whole of Japan, especially honkarebushi. It is a specialty nurtured by encounters that can only be had in a port town. Ibusuki katsuobushi, said to be the core of Japanese cuisine and dashi culture, is today spreading from Japan across the whole world. After touring the production plant and the large freezers keeping the katsuobushi at minus 50, you will get to experience making honkarebushi and chabushi yourself. This is a chance to experience the genuine flavor of katsuobushi.
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Street address
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891-0501
9 Yamagawa Shineicho, Ibusuki City, Kagoshima
About KAGOSHIMA Access
Route1
- 5 minutes by taxi from yamagawa Station on the JR Kyushu Ibusuki Makurazaki Line
Route2
- 10 minutes on foot from yamagawa Sanbashi Stop on the Kagoshima Kotsu Bus
Opening Hours
- 9:00 to 16:00
Closed
- Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays. During the week of holiday periods such as Golden Week, Obon, and Year-end and New Year holidays, it is also closed on weekdays.
Best season
- All year
Point
- You will go into a minus-50-degree freezer.
Those who cannot handle the cold should prepare warm clothing.
update: Dec.16.2025
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