Muroran's charm history/food/experience tour

9:30 a.m.　Meet at Muroran Station
Take a private vehicle to Muroran Folklore Museum.

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.　Muroran Folklore Museum tour
・Learn about the origins and history of Muroran through exhibits with a local guide.
・We will check out the contents of these two days by looking at the exhibits in the museum to learn why it came to be called the “Iron City”.

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.　Fishing gear weight making experience
・At a local workshop, you will learn from a craftsman and make fishing weights that can be used for empty-handed fishing.
・You can also interact with the local community by actually touching iron and experiencing making things with local craftsmen.

12:45 p.m.-1:30 p.m.　Lunch at Muroran Prince Hotel
・Lunch will be served with Muroran Yakitori, a specialty of Muroran and a much-loved gourmet dish for workers at the steel mills. Despite the name “yakitori,” the meat is pork, and onions are used instead of leeks. The workers, who used a lot of physical strength, liked the strong, sweet and spicy sauce.

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.　Swan Bridge main tower climbing tour
・Get on board from the pier and go directly under Shiratori Bridge. Take the elevator to the top of the 140m tall main tower and enjoy the combination of nature and the industrial landscape. This is the only tour in Japan where you can go under the bridge by boat. You can climb the main tower, which is usually not accessible, and get a panoramic view of one of the largest factories in Hokkaido.

5:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m.　Dinner at local izakaya “Umi no Mon”
・You can enjoy seafood unique to Muroran, which faces the sea. 　
　
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.　Night cruise
・You will see one of Hokkaido’s leading factory complexes illuminated from the ship, which is different from the daytime. The captain himself will announce the port as a new tourist resource in the factory area.

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.　Fishing empty-handed
・Although Muroran is known as a factory city, it is also blessed with abundant nature and is one of the largest rock fishing sites in Hokkaido. We will have a fishing experience using the iron weights we made yesterday.
・After fishing, you take a break at a hot springs, during which time the fish you caught will be cooked by a professional. You eat the fish for lunch.

2:30 p.m.　Tour Ends at Muroran Station disbanded