Challenge the Kyoto sweets making experience class! Reaffirm the Japanese tradition that can be introduced to foreigners!

[ Activity Japan ], I would like to say my name, wonder. Around this time, my daughter in elementary school is so overwhelmed that she is annoyed. I'm planning to win the respect of my daughter somehow.

I'm currently planning a trip to Kyoto during my child's spring break, so I'd like to introduce a hands-on classroom where I can experience traditional culture and plan a big strategy to get my daughter's smile, "Thank you, daddy!". The royal road course of visiting famous places such as Kiyomizu-dera can be done even on a school trip. If there is a plus alpha of "experience with family" in a childhood trip, it will be remembered as a good memory as a learning, and it must be respected as "Daddy who brought me to such a trip is wonderful!" .. Huhhh ...

So, the most interesting thing is the course here.

Kyoto At a well-established Japanese-style confectionery store in the city, a real craftsman taught me how to make traditional Japanese-style confectionery (upper confectionery confectionery), and it is a wonderful plan that you can sample and take it home on the spot. Fresh sweets with beautiful colors and shapes. Even if your daughter is cheering at a Japanese sweet shop in the neighborhood for a design that feels the season of Japan, it's a bit expensive for a snack as usual. However, if you think of it as a handmade experience at a travel destination, you can accompany it with Matcha at a long-established storefront, or you can make a souvenir (4 types can be made!) ... the rate (tax included Only 2160 yen) Is quite affordable. All the ingredients (dough) and tools (hera) are prepared by the shop, making it a time-consuming course.

It takes 1 to 2 hours, but you can experience making sweets in 1 hour. Great time and cost performance at travel destinations where you want to see this and that! The venue is in the downtown area of Higashiyama, so it seems that it can be easily incorporated into the planned course within walking distance from the famous places. You can experience it with your daughter, or look for a souvenir during your daughter's experience (my wife says that light, compact and beautiful dried sweets are perfect for souvenirs).

I'm glad that there are many travel plan options to start in the morning and afternoon, but is it around "snack time" for my trip? When I was tired from going around using the "Arashiyama / Higashiyama 1-day ticket" on the railroad, I was relieved to take a break with Kyoto namagashi ...


Daughter "Papa! I'm hungry! I want to have legs!"
I'm "Oh my dad, should I give you a piggyback ride?"
Daughter "Kimo! Don't treat me as a baby!"
I said, "... I haven't done that. As proof of that ... See! I'm thinking of having you make beautiful sweets at that store next time!"
Daughter "Eh? Make such a beautiful sweet! Can I make it?"
My dad said, "I'm already an older sister, so my dad believes I can do it. That's why I reserved a hands-on classroom. You can eat the sweets you made."
Daughter "Nice! Daddy, amazing!"

…Perfect!

As a parent, I would like to give children who will live in the future world an international background. Even if the time comes when the language can be managed with translation software, it is only possible to know and talk about the traditional culture of one's own country from "learning."

Reading a book, going to the classroom, etc. takes time, time, and money, but a short-term hands-on classroom can efficiently and expose a lot of experience. Reservation is also easy on the internet ... It's a good time.
 
This time, on my trip to Kyoto during spring break [ Activity Japan ], I was able to confirm that there are a wide variety of Japanese culture experience classes in each area. There are tons of registered classrooms where you can fulfill your selfish desires such as "I want to experience a little" while taking a walk on a holiday without traveling. It seems to be fun even if it becomes a standard event for the family, such as "experience class once a month".