Things to pass your time in Fukui

If you are interested in any of the following click on the links posted:
*These sites are in Japanese but if you download the rikaichan addon for firefox, navigating the site will be quite easy.

1. "excavating" dinosaur fossils (in Katsuyama):
http://www.fuku-e.com/special/0707/dinosaur/dinosaur_taiken.html

2. learning how to fish and cook the fish you catch (in Obama):
http://www.fuku-e.com/special/0707/obama/obama_taiken.html

3. making pottery on a pottery wheel, decorating ceramics, firing pottery, glassblowing, sandblasting, batik, bamboo art (at the Forest of Creation in Awara): http://www.sosaku.jp/workshop_1day.html

4. traditional knife making (in Takefu): http://www.chuokai-fukui.or.jp/~tkv/

5. cooking lessons: a friend of mine is a home economics teacher at a local high school and on her free time, has been teaching ALTs how to cook for the past few years. if you are interested in learning how to cook please get in contact with me. my friend can help you with any recipe you want to learn and can work with your dietary restrictions (gluten free, lactose free, vegan etc)

**FJET plans many cultural events as well so there is a possiblity that a trip to one of these places will be held sometime during the year. Please ask one of the council members...

Kat