"Shisui Jukkaten" is a brand certified by Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, which gathers a variety of local specialties overflowing with local love. This time, Yoshi the brother visited Yokkaichi City and introduced carefully selected items such as traditional crafts and baked goods.

"Shisui Jukkaten" where Yokkaichi's regional brands gather

Yoshi stepped into the "Yokkaichi Product and Tourism Hall" located in the tourist information center at Kintetsu Yokkaichi Station.

(Hitomi Hioki, Yokkaichi City Tourism and Exchange Division)
"This is 'Shisui Jukkaten,' a corner that introduces regional brands, where carefully selected products from Yokkaichi, formerly known as Shisui, are gathered."

Approximately 20 types of products are lined up at "Shisui Jukkaten." As Yoshi was looking at the shelves, he discovered a familiar item. It was "Hitoshizuku," which he had helped produce a part of during a previous interview.

(Hitomi Hioki, Yokkaichi City Tourism and Exchange Division)
"Only a craftsman can make the holes."

(Yoshi)
"That's actually where it was! But it didn't go well."

Cookies that allow you to enjoy the aroma of tea, "when you eat them, the aroma goes through your nose and reaches your head."

Ms. Hioki particularly recommends "Chabouro."

(Hitomi Hioki, Yokkaichi City Tourism and Exchange Division)
"These are tea cookies made by a tea farmer. The aroma of tea is amazing, and when you eat them, the aroma goes through your nose and reaches your head."

When Yoshi actually took a bite...

(Yoshi)
"It's not too sweet, and it has the bitterness of tea, so it's enjoyable to have with tea."

"Scented fans" using "Hienaga Uchiwa," a traditional craft of Mie

What caught his eye on the shelf was the "Scented Fan," which uses "Hienaga Uchiwa," a traditional craft designated by Mie Prefecture.

(Yoshi)
"Doesn't it have a faint scent?"

(Hitomi Hioki, Yokkaichi City Tourism and Exchange Division)
"That's right. There are white scented beads inside, and tea oil has been dripped on them."

Yoshi was impressed, saying, "It's a stylish product." He decided to visit "Inatou Co., Ltd.," a workshop in the city founded in 1881, which is the only place in Japan that manufactures Hienaga Uchiwa.

(Kazumi Inagaki, Senior Managing Director of Inatou Co., Ltd.)
"Originally, it was a souvenir for pilgrims to Ise Shrine. They would order it on their way there, and then stop by again after their pilgrimage to pick up the finished fan. That was the flow."

The manufacturing method, which involves splitting a single bamboo into fine pieces and stretching them into a flat fan shape, is difficult to process and requires high skill. Yoshi, who actually held it, described its charm as, "The unique flexibility of this bamboo, the gentle breeze that comes from it."

"Uchiwa Making Experience" to touch 300 years of history

At "Inatou," they also offer an original "Hienaga Uchiwa Making Experience" limited to group reservations. The experience involves choosing your favorite Japanese paper from several types and carefully pasting it by hand onto the fan frame, which Yoshi also tried.

(Kazumi Inagaki, Senior Managing Director of Inatou Co., Ltd.)
"Lightly with your palm. Yes. Let's press a little more."

(Yoshi)
"It's complete! How is it?"

(Kazumi Inagaki, Senior Managing Director of Inatou Co., Ltd.)
"I think it's very carefully made."

Under careful guidance, a one-of-a-kind fan was completed. Yoshi said with deep emotion, "It's nice to be able to experience a part of the traditional manufacturing method."

(Yoshi)
"Today's recommended catchphrase! 'Three hundred years, unchanging breeze, Yokkaichi, summer coolness.' I'll cool off with this this summer!"

The products lined up at Shisui Jukkaten and the traditional techniques preserved by the long-established workshop. If you visit Yokkaichi, why not stop by?

From CBC TV "Chant!" broadcast on May 6, 2026