Japan Heritage 'Michinoku GOLD Romance': Let's Mine Michinoku's Gold! Natural Placer Gold Panning Experience

About this event

In Wakuya Town, Miyagi Prefecture, 'Let's Mine Michinoku's Gold! Natural Placer Gold Panning Experience' will be held to allow participants to experience the charm of Wakuya Town, which has a history of producing Japan's first gold. Gold mined in Wakuya Town in 749 (Tempyo 21) is said to have led to the completion of the Great Buddha of Todai-ji Temple in Nara. In this event, participants can experience harvesting romantic 'Michinoku Gold'—said to have been gathered continuously for over 1,250 years—directly from a natural stream. So that beginners can participate with peace of mind, after attending an orientation at the placer gold panning facility inside the museum 'Tempyo Roman-kan', participants will take on the challenge of actual placer gold panning in a natural mountain stream. The experience also includes a bento lunch made with golden ingredients from Wakuya Town, allowing you to fully enjoy Wakuya Town through taste as well. Through this precious experience, please feel to the fullest the charm of Wakuya Town where history and nature live on.

Venue

Wakuya Manyo-no-Sato Tempyo Roman-kan

1-3 Wakuya Koganeyama, Wakuya-cho, Toda-gun, Miyagi 987-0121