[Hayashima Town, Okayama Prefecture] "Rush hand-woven coaster making experience" Experience Japanese culture by touching "rush" in an old folk house with a Japanese garden!

Experience making rush hand-woven coasters.
Why don't you make your own colorful coaster by weaving the grass you want to dye colorfully one by one?
You can experience it in a room with a veranda while looking at the elegant Japanese garden.

◆ We take sufficient preventive measures against infectious diseases and conduct experiences ◆
・ Only one group will be given the experience at a time, and the room is well ventilated.
・ Hands will be disinfected when you come to the store, and the staff will wear a mask.
・ On the day of the event, and if you have a cold-like symptom such as fever or cough, please come to the store.
Please refrain from doing so.

The "rush" used in the experience uses the "rush" that we have grown. Hayashima Town used to be a major producer of rush, but now there are no farmers. We are trying to grow by hand in order to preserve the local culture in cooperation with the locals.

Here in Okayama, we used dyed "rush" to weave various colors and patterns. We also use colorful rushes that we want to dye and undyed rushes that are used for tatami mats that you all know. You can make one coaster in your own world by freely combining the "rush" of your favorite color one by one.

The weaving procedure is very simple, but the choice and combination of colors creates a coaster with a completely different atmosphere, which makes children and adults crazy about it.