The “Oyster Hut” is a winter tradition held at Kaikokan, the Imagire Experience Village, starting from December.

This year too, many people came and it was a lively event!

And the fun of “Imagire Experience Village Kaikokan” is not just at the “oyster hut”!

“Eel catching & Kabayaki experience” will be held during Golden Week and summer! ! !

So, this time, I would like to introduce you to the “Eel catching & Kabayaki experience” in preparation for the upcoming Golden Week!

01.Can you grasp it well? Experience catching eel!

Eel from Lake Hamana is well known nationwide.

In this experience, you can directly experience the nimbleness and slimy feel of eel ◎

Participants must use their dexterity and courage to find the right time to catch the eel!

It’s an experience that everyone from children to adults can enjoy, and it’s sure to be a great memory!

Also, making the caught eel into eel bowl is an experience!

You can experience the whole process from catching fish to tasting them as food by working with veteran staff on skewering, adding sauce, and grilling them with your own hands.

Even if you want to catch it, it’s so slimy that you can’t catch it!

The eel runs away quickly! Can you catch it?

I successfully caught an eel! !

Here, our veteran staff will teach you how to hold it so you can easily catch it.

Once you have caught an eel, the eel will be processed by a craftsman.

02.Let's make and eat delicious eel bowl!

Next, a craftsman grills the eel and cuts it into bite-sized pieces.

Then insert a skewer to make a handle.

Inserting the skewers cannot be done in one go!

If you can thread a skewer through it, dip the eel in the secret sauce and put the kabayaki on the grill.

Just the fragrant smell makes my stomach growl!

But I’ll be patient here！

The secret to bringing out the deliciousness of eel is to slow-roast it and marinate it twice or thrice to allow the flavors to fully infuse.

Then, serve it on top of rice to complete the Imagire experience, the Satoumikokan exclusive eel bowl!

It tastes even better if you do it yourself!

You can enjoy a luxurious lunch with a beautiful view of Lake Hamana in the background.

Please come and experience eel catching and kabayaki, which is rare in Japan!

|| About eel catching & Kabayaki experience ||

・Trial fee : 4,500 yen (tax included) *Experience activity fee + 1 eel + gas fee

・Experience available time : 10:30-14:00

*Reservation required : 053-594-6624 (Imagire Experience Village Kaikokan)

>>Click here to make an online reservation(Japanese link)

https://hamamatsuat.hamamatsu-daisuki.net/experience/121/

03.Let's play with the live fish of Lake Hamana!

At Imagire Experience Village Kaikokan, you can not only catch eel but also try catching fish where you can come into contact with various kinds of fish that live in Lake Hamana!

You can enjoy interacting with a wide variety of fish, including flounder, black porgy, amberjack, and yellowtail (young yellowtail), and children especially have fun trying desperately to catch them.

Not only will you experience the fish you catch, but our veteran staff will also prepare it for you in a variety of dishes!

You can enjoy it using local cooking methods such as salt-grilled, fried, and simmered.

If you catch a big fish, you’ll get a full course meal, so aim for the big one and catch as many fish as you can (excluding sashimi)!

*Fish catching experience only is also possible.

This valuable experience of interacting with natural fish is something that both children and adults can enjoy. Be sure to participate in this event, which is a popular local tradition!

|| About the fish catching experience ||

・Trial fee

Meal + experience : 3,000 yen/person (equivalent to 600g)

*Cooking fee: The fish you catch will be grilled, fried, simmered, etc.

>>Click here to make an online reservation

「Due to popularity, applications for this year are now closed. thank you very much.」

Experience only : 600 yen

・Experience available time : 09:00-14:00

No reservation required

04.Shirasu pot-fried experience! Would you like to try some piping hot whitebait?

In the Enshu Sea (Pacific Ocean), you can often see boats fishing for whitebait.

This is because the Enshu Sea (Pacific Ocean) is a rich fishing ground for whitebait!

Raw whitebait is delicious, but steamy whitebait fried in a pot is exceptional!

At Imagire Experience Village Kaikokan, you can experience eating freshly fried whitebait ◎

You can loosen raw shirasu in a hot kiln and watch its shape change right before your eyes.

Observe up close how the raw whitebait changes from a translucent appearance to a white whitebait.

This experience where you can feel the blessings of the sea up close is a valuable way to experience the local sea culture and food culture!

Why not try it out? ?

|| About the whitebait kettle-fried experience ||

・Trial fee

Meal + experience : 200g 1,800 yen (tax included)

・Experience available time : 10:00-14:00

053-594-6624 (ImagireExperience Village Kaikokan)

05.How about some eel kabayaki as a souvenir?

Eel, a specialty of Lake Hamana, has been a specialty of Araijuku on the Tokaido road since the Edo period, and has been enjoyed by travelers.

Many people come from all over the country to eat eel!

At Kawabe no Unagi, carefully selected Lake Hamana eel is carefully grilled by our craftsmen.

We are a specialty eel shop for take-out, with a focus on “shirayaki”, “kabayaki”, “eel liver tsukudani”, “eel mawashi”, and more!

*We can also ship nationwide from our store.

What are Kawabe-san’s recommended souvenirs?

Click here for recommended souvenirs sold at “Kawabe no Unagi”!

Eel kabayaki set!

Our craftsmen carefully handle each eel one by one at the store and then slowly grill it, resulting in a plump, tender, and deliciously fatty dish.

Not only the eel itself, but also the grilled eel and the sauce, which are carefully chosen, are very popular as souvenirs!

*Comes with sauce and Japanese pepper

Why not give a slightly luxurious souvenir to someone who helped you?

About Kawabe eel

・address : 1603-30 Nakanogo, Arai-cho, Kosai-shi, Shizuoka 431-0301

・Regular holidays : Monday

・phone :053-594-0235

|| About the event ||

・place : Imagire Experience Village “Kaikokan”, Arai-cho, Arai-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture

・Reservations/Inquiries : 053-594-6624 (Imagire Experience Village Kaikokan)

Telephone reception hours : 9:00-17:00

・Date : Please refer to the calendar above.

Flyer for eel catching and kabayaki experience

eel catching flyer

What do you think? ?

A special experience to feel the blessings of the sea!

Please come to Kaikokan, the village of Imagire experience during the event period!

Eel catching & Kabayaki experience

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Click here to make a reservation

https://hamamatsuat.hamamatsu-daisuki.net/experience/121/

Fish catching experience & meal

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Click here to make a reservation

「Due to popularity, applications for this year are now closed.　thank you very much.」