【Hiroshima・City】Japanese Calligraphy Experience! Complimentary Brush & Plain Paper Folding Fan (English guide included)
- Beginners welcome - First try
- Empty-hands OK
- Operate rain or shine
- Children welcome
- Recommended for foreigners
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Possible number of bookings2~8
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Participating age8Age ~ 80 Age
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Duration1~2 hours
★ COOL HIROSHIMA ★
Japanese calligraphy is an artistic form of writing with a brush and ink to express your mind.
As a traditional visual art, people look at the calligraphy and appreciate the beauty and impressions of characters and their meanings.
Unlike paintings or other writings, you have only one chance to write with a brush. The brush strokes cannot be corrected or even rewritten.
Usually, you need to sit straight on the floor and focus on calligraphy,
but in this plan we provide tables and chairs for overseas visitors as they may find it difficult to sit on the floor.
Our school is located in central Hiroshima and easy to access, come stop by on your visit to this area if time permits between your sightseeing programs.
As a memory of your Hiroshima trip, join our special Japanese calligraphy experience offered by a professional instructor.
※English speaking guide is available.
※ Gift brush and plain folding fan included.
You can take home the brush and the folding fan you used during the class.
All artworks created by participants can be unique and express personalities of each participant.
You will use new brushes and folding fans selected by the instructor.
English interpreter is available for this class to ensure better understandings of calligraphy techniques.
Commonly, a folding fan made of a bamboo and a Japanese paper is used as a fashion accessory or an art object.
But in the past, people wrote messages or short poems on them.
As a memory of your Japan trip, why not make a special gift by writing kanji characters on the folding fan?
Our instructor is Yosui Sugioka, a distinguished calligrapher of Hiroshima.
In this masterclass you will choose any kanji you like and will get samples to practice writing.
Under the guidance of our instructor you will learn the basics of brushstrokes, so feel at ease as this class is suitable for complete beginners.
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- Immediate booking OK!
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About fees
Basic fee
※The list price includes tax.
※The above price is a basic fee.
※Fees may vary depending on schedule, please check the fee displayed after selecting the date.
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Display of the Specified Commercial Transactions Act | Display of the Specified Commercial Transactions Act |
Reservation cancellation fee generation date | Cancellation fee will be charged from 1 days before the event date. |
About cancellation | The cancellation fee will be required in accordance with the policy below. One day before: 50% That day: 80% The cancellation without prior notice: 100% |
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Detailed information of this plan
Required minimum number of participants | 2 Person(s) |
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Possible number of bookings | 2~8 |
About duration |
1~2 hours
90~120 minutes
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Operating period | Closed on Wednesdays |
Assembly time | 10: 00/18: 00 |
Booking deadline | until 23:59 22 days before |
Changing room | Toilet | ||
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Shower | Parking | ||
Locker |
Dress code - Must bring items | Please be aware your clothes might get stained. |
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About rental items | All necessary tools will be provided free of charge. |
Other notifications | Yosui Sugioka calligraphy school's website http://w01.tp1.jp/~a970059652/ |
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Plan attractions
Briefing Calligraphy set (a writing brush, ink stone, ink, paperweight, felt cloth, papers, a brush-rest, water)
Select letters and samples You can check further details of a kanji you chose on a special calligraphy dictionary.
Sample creation The instructor will write some example characters. The instructor's calligraphy is based on "Do not write unreadable letters".
Let's write How to hold a brush and how to apply inks.
Recommendations We also provide detailed guidance on brush strokes and strengths of lines.
Learn hints I will rewrite the part which needs correction.
Plain fans Open up a folding fan and start writing. Try out your writing skill as no corrections allowed.
Complete Excellent writing! The alphabet letters are phonetic characters, but the Chinese characters are ideograms. So the instructor says that you must feel the meaning of the letter.
Time schedule
Night part 18:00 (1) Meeting / Instruction The instructor will explain the meaning and history of the road and the writing utensils that have been used since ancient times. (2) Selection of characters and typefaces The characters and typefaces that participants want to write are selected and decided with the instructor based on the dictionary. ③ Creating a model The instructor will write a model of the characters that each participant wants to write.
Let's write ④ Practice Based on the example, we will give lessons on calligraphy. We will give detailed instructions on how to hold the brush, how to apply force, how to carry it, how to add ink, and how to express lines and shades.
Finally a clean copy ⑤ Clear copy The practiced characters are finally printed on the folding fan. ⑥ Finished and disbanded with a commemorative photo.
Access - Map
Yosui Sugioka Calligraphy School
From JR Hiroshima Station
・20 min. walk
・Hiroden 1, 2 and 6 ⇒ a 4-minute walk from Hatchobori Station
・7-minute walk from Astram Line Kenchomae station
A 10-min. walk from Hiroshima Bus Center