[Hokkaido Kushiro] Experience Akan Lake Ainu traditional crafts (wood carving)! Have fun learning and make your own nameplate

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Beginners welcome - First try
Empty-hands OK
Operate rain or shine
Children welcome

Possible number of bookings

5～
Participating age

0Age ～ 100 Age
Duration

Within 1 hour

Plan description

Kushiro and Lake Akan Hot spring Akanko Ainu Kotan in the city offers a variety of plans to learn while experiencing traditional Ainu culture. In this plan, you will experience Akanko Ainu traditional craft "wood carving" and have you make a nameplate. Time required Will be approximately one hour.

Easy to understand instruction by wood carving

Lake Akan Ainu traditional crafts that produced many wonderful wood carving works and crafts. It is a plan that you can experience wood carving while learning happily using that technology. Ainu Kotan's wood carver will teach you how to dig in an easy-to-understand manner, so even beginners can create their own works. We can also accommodate a large number of study trips and school trips.

Also training and lectures of the Ainu of traditional musical instruments "mukkuri" in option

option So, you can also apply for a training plan to learn how to play Ainu's traditional instrument "Mukkli". In the course, you will learn the basics of how to play, and you can listen to the mukkuri performances that express richly the scene of the natural world, such as the crying sound of a baby bear and the sound of the wind, and the thoughts of a fallen maiden. Mukkuri used for practice can be taken home as a souvenir. You can also listen to lectures on the history and unique culture of the Ainu people, who are indigenous people of Japan.

Check out the souvenirs and food that are only here

Akanko Ainukotan has about 30 unique folk art stores, where creative works by top-class wood carving artists and embroidery works by Ainu patterns are on sale. There are various folk art items such as small objects with animal and bird motifs, mainly wood carvings, beautiful accessories and Ainu musical instruments. Shopping at Ainu Kotan's bustling and fun shops is popular with tourists. There are also shops and snack cafes where you can eat regional cuisine in the shopping district.

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Detailed information of this plan

Required minimum number of participants	5 Person(s)
Possible number of bookings	5～
Operating period	All year round
Assembly time	9:00 to 20:00 ※ Please inform me of the start time of your choice
Booking deadline	until 23:59 3 days before

Changing room		Toilet
Shower		Parking
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Dress code - Must bring items	Nothing in particular
About rental items	No particulars

Plan attractions

Challenge wood carving Create works while learning traditional wood carving techniques in a fun way. You can take the finished work home on the day. It will be a wonderful souvenir filled with memories of your trip.

プランの魅力 Feel the Ainu culture with your skin の画像

Feel the Ainu culture with your skin At "Lake Akan Ainu Theater Ikoro," the Ainu traditional dance, which is designated as an important intangible folk cultural property of the country, and the Iomante Fire Festival are performed. It's worth a look!

A lot of folk craft shops Lake Akan Ainu Kotan is lined with various folk craft shops. There are many, and I want to take a look at each one. Please enjoy choosing souvenirs while hesitating.

Access - Map

4-7-84 Akanko Onsen, Akan-cho, Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido

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Assembly point

Lake Akan Ainu Kotan

If you arrive by car

About 1 hour from Kushiro Airport About 1 hour 30 minutes from Memanbetsu Airport About 3 hours from Obihiro Airport About 1 hour 40 minutes from Nakashibetsu Airport