What is "Yohaku Power Generation"?
The "Margin Power Plant" is imbued with the sentiment of "charging energy to take on new things by creating 'margins' in time and emotion through travel." For this reason, for each experience, there is a "Margin Guide" who stays close to participants and spends time in these margins with them.
While experiences are available throughout the country, 2- to 3-hour plans in the Kansai region, which are particularly easy to participate in, have become popular.
Those who want to know more about the concepts, such as the thoughts behind the Yobara Hydroelectric Power Plant,HerePlease see the interview article! You can enjoy an interview with TRAPOL LLC's Deputy Representative, Hirose, and Store Manager, Maniwa.
「偶然」が旅をもっとおもしろくする！ 阪急うめだ本店に誕生した「余白力発電所」とは？ - かんでんWITH YOU 2023年、大阪・阪急うめだ本店に、ある店舗がオープンしました。以前、「かんでんWITH YOU」でもご紹介したTRAPOL合同会社が運営する、その名も「余白力発電所」。「デパートに発電所？」と驚くかもしれませんが、その正体は体験ツアーを提案する旅行代理店です。ツアープランに「余白時間」を組み込み、日々予定に追われる現代人の心と体を癒やす贅沢旅を提供しているとのこと。いったいどんなプランなのでしょうか。その魅力に迫ります。This article thoroughly explains not only the concept but also the specific experiences you can have. Be sure to pay attention to the events that can only be experienced at the store!
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About TRAPOL LLC
With the mission "To be close to fundamental human desires," we launched our business in 2019 using Kansai Electric Power's in-house venture system. Based on the concept of "travel that blends into local life," we launched "TRAPOL," a service connecting travelers with local friends abroad.
Recommended experiences hand-picked by store managers for each situation! What kind of plans can you choose from? [Permanent Plans]
For those who want to escape the daily hustle and bustle, immerse themselves in their own world, and enjoy a leisurely experience at their own pace.
Unraveling the history of Awaji tiles, gleaming with a subdued brilliance. Crafting tile coasters adorned with Japanese patterns.
First, we'll introduce the tile coaster making experience on Awaji Island, famous for its aged silver Awaji tiles. Did you know that tiles have excellent water absorption? You can create a one-of-a-kind design using one of Japan's three major tile types! After choosing your favorite pattern from various designs and tracing the stencil, you will unthinkingly carve out the pattern.
Depending on the design you choose, you might find yourself endlessly carving similar lines. While you might feel like giving up midway, you can escape from the everyday hustle and bustle and immerse yourself in creation.
Moss Ball Banner](https://trapol.jp/plans/dp7s87?adults_count=3&children_count=0&toddlers_count=0&juniors_count=0)
In Kyoto's Yamashina, be awestruck by the techniques of a ceramic artist. An extraordinary moment of immersion in art, within everyday life.
Next up, we have a pottery experience you can enjoy in Yamashina, Kyoto. When you think of pottery, many people might imagine experiences using an electric potter's wheel, but this experience allows you to enjoy pottery using the "hand-building" technique.
You can create works in any shape you like, and you can also specify the finished color, which really sparks your imagination. In what you could call typical pottery experiences, 80% is already prepared, and participants only get to work on the remaining 20%, so the experience often ends in an instant.
However, this experience allows you to get so engrossed in the 0 to 1 creative process that you forget about time in the workshop.
This is a truly luxurious one-on-one experience, as Mr. Suzuki, our "Space Guide," will keep his schedule open until evening if you opt for a mid-afternoon session. This is what we mean by "space."
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For those who want to share exciting experiences with loved ones, whether with family, as a couple, or with friends.
A lunch plate full of koji, kind to your body, with shio-koji and shoyu-koji as souvenirs!
For yourself and your loved ones, why not incorporate gentle, koji-based foods into your diet? In this plan, you can experience creating a koji-filled lunch plate.
You will make shio koji (salt koji) and shoyu koji (soy sauce koji) from raw koji by hand, and then take home the finished shio koji and shoyu koji in bottles (approx. 300ml x 2 bottles). Since they will be ready in about 10 days, you can also enjoy continuing to grow your koji at home after it's finished.
In addition to making shio koji and shoyu koji, you can also enjoy creating lunch plates generously featuring koji! Ms. Adachi, the "Maestro of White Space," will give a lecture on koji dishes you can incorporate into your home cooking right away. We'll arrange the finished side dishes on a single plate and enjoy them with black bean brown rice cooked in a donabe (earthenware pot). You can take the recipes home with you, so please try them out at home!
Koji Banner[](https://trapol.jp/plans/pnmsk9?adults_count=3&children_count=0&toddlers_count=0&juniors_count=0)
Let's grill the eel and sweetfish we caught ourselves and make unaju.
For those who want to fully enjoy the luxurious ingredient of eel, we recommend the "Unaju Making" plan! Catch live eels, get hands-on with them, and learn the professional techniques from an eel chef.
We learn the secrets of eel preparation, known by the saying "three years for skewering, eight years for filleting, and a lifetime for grilling," from our guide, Shiomi. Please fully enjoy the "unaju" (grilled eel over rice), which is seared to a crispy, juicy perfection.
Eel Banner](https://trapol.jp/plans/w3ms9m)
Visited a land-based farm raising high-grade flounder. We caught them, filleted them, and had an exquisite culinary experience.
Next, we'll introduce an experience plan for flatfish that the whole family can enjoy. Why not take a tour of one of Japan's rare land-based aquaculture facilities and try your hand at filleting a flatfish into five pieces?
Most of the time, you only see the moment of consuming food and rarely get to witness its production or processing, don't you? Let's actually see the entire process of how a flatfish makes its way to your dinner table. Wouldn't you like to experience something out of the ordinary by peeking behind the scenes of a fish farm, where you can't normally go, actually filleting it with your own hands, and finally eating it as a donburi?
[Hirame Banner](https://trapol.jp/plans/onpskd)
A Small Patch of Earth Cupped in Your Hand: Creating the Popular "Kokedama," the Growing Interior Decoration
Next, we will introduce how to make a "Kokedama." A Kokedama is an ornamental plant whose roots are wrapped in soil, and then further encased in moss to form a ball, and it is also called "growing interior."
Yohaku Guide Ms. Takaguchi is a plant expert. It's interesting to take your time and ask her about how to grow and maintain moss balls while making them. You can enjoy the pleasure of growing them not only during the experience but also after it.
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Where should we go on our next vacation? What is "Travel Gacha," where you don't know which trip you'll get?
A "Travel Gacha" machine, containing tour plans, is set up at the entrance of the Yuhakuryoku Power Plant. When you turn the gacha handle, you are guaranteed to win one plan, which you can then purchase at a special price.
＜Travel Gacha Rules＞
You can spin it once for free per person.
Which of the three plans written on the sign will be revealed is a surprise after you draw!
Buy it if you like it! If you don't find a trip you like, it's okay not to buy it.
On sale at a special discount price, cheaper than the regular price.
You can make a reservation at any time for experiences within six months of purchase.
*If all reservations are full, we may not be able to accommodate your desired date.
[Event] Held for a limited time! There are also workshops where you can easily experience the journey of the "Blank Space Power Plant."
At YOHAKU-RYOKU Power Plant, we hold workshops irregularly. Since you can casually experience each plan at our store, it's recommended for those who "want to get to know YOHAKU-RYOKU Power Plant first." Here are some workshops we have held in the past.
October 2023 Kokedama Making Experience
October 2023 Tile Coaster Making (Hand-Carved) Experience
January 2024 Chopstick Making Experience
February 2024: Tile Lantern Making Experience
You can make things like this at the workshop!
In conclusion
How was it?
In an era where you can buy anything online, wouldn't it be interesting to take your time and choose your preferred experience in person? Store staff, who know the appeal of each plan inside and out, will propose a "yohaku" (leisure/free time) experience that will satisfy you! Please visit us at Hankyu Umeda Main Store 8F at least once.
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