[GEMBA Monozukuri Expo 2023] Experience making a bathtub taught by Hokuriku's only wooden bucket craftsman

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

Possible number of bookings

1～2
Participating age

12Age ～ 100 Age
Duration

1～2 hours

Plan description

Only one in the world! Let's make your own bathtub. During the Edo period, wooden buckets were widely used and were closely related to daily life. However, nowadays there are fewer opportunities to actually see and touch wooden barrels. Experience making a bathtub by Mr. Kimpei Sugimoto, a wooden bucket craftsman who wants people to understand the quality of wooden buckets and the importance of handiwork. With Mr. Sugimoto's explanations and guidance, you can make your own bathtub with a diameter of about 20cm and a height of about 10cm.

From step to step of making a wooden bucket!

Although you will only experience part of making a wooden bucket, you will be able to explain the process of making a wooden bucket from the beginning. The children were able to have a hands-on experience while being given a lot of explanations about wooden barrels, such as how the originally straight boards become round and how wooden barrels are attached without using glue or nails. Masu.

Try your hand at making bamboo sticks

A tag is something tied around a wooden bucket. The term ``gagagareru'' is often used to refer to a condition where the tension is broken and there is no tightness, but without these taiga, each board of the wooden bucket would fall apart, so the origin of the word comes from It has also become. By wrapping the hoop, which is made from split bamboo and woven together, around the wooden bucket, it makes the wooden bucket tighter. In this program, you can experience not only the process of assembling a wooden bucket, but also the process of making a hoop.

There are also tools that can only be used here!

When making wooden barrels, we use tools that are not used in DIY projects and are rarely seen. In this program, under Mr. Sugimoto's guidance, you will be able to make wooden barrels using tools that are unique to wooden barrel making.

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About cancellation	Please note that if you cancel due to customer's convenience, you will be charged the following cancellation fee. Cancellation the day before: 50% of the trial fee Cancellation on the day: 100% of the trial fee Cancellation without prior notice: 100% of the trial fee
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Required minimum number of participants	1 Person(s)
Possible number of bookings	1～2
About duration	1～2 hours The journey takes approximately 2 hours.
Operating period	2025/11/02〜2025/11/05
Assembly time	Please come before the experience time.
Booking deadline	until 23:59 8 days before

Changing room		Toilet
Shower		Parking
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Dress code - Must bring items	・You will be working while supporting the wooden bucket with your feet, so please come wearing socks that you don't mind getting dirty.・You will be working while sitting on the floor, so please come in clothes that you don't mind getting dirty.