[Iwate, Morioka] Enjoy a wool picnic surrounded by sheep and make hand-spun and hand-woven coasters.

"Wool Picnic 2025 & Tohoku Fleece Day Iwate" will be held in Morioka, Iwate on June 1, 2025. This year, there will be fleece sales from sheep born and raised in the Tohoku + Niigata region, sheep shearing events, sales of rare local hogget curry, thread spinning guerrillas, and nomadic gers at the venue! It's a day for sheep lovers to gather. [Experience content] See, touch, and feel the texture of wool and the year of the sheep, and get familiar with handiwork at the venue. Experience sheep shearing and "homespun", a handicraft that has been passed down in Iwate since the Taisho era! Morioka is the only homespun production area in the country that produces hand-spun and hand-woven homespun. This is a great experience program where you can touch fluffy wool and experience the excitement of weaving a coaster with thread that you spun yourself. "Looms School of Hand-Spinning and Hand-Weaving" is a place where you can easily experience hand-spinning and hand-weaving in Morioka. The instructor will carefully support you and let you finish your own original work. This experience is suitable for a wide range of people, from children to adults. ⚫️Participants will be able to take home their own creations, and will also receive a precious Iwate Prefecture wool and sheepskin keychain (1,650 yen)! ~Experience flow~ (Experience takes place indoors) 10:30 Explanation of flow 10:40 First, try spinning the thread! Choose your favorite color of wool and spin the thread! You'll be excited to see the process of turning sheep's wool into thread. 11:00 Make a coaster using a tabletop machine. Try weaving the spun thread into your very own coaster. 12:00 Finished *The afternoon is roughly the same. If you're quick, you can finish in about an hour and a half.

You can choose your favorite color to spin the thread to weave into your coaster. You can see the fluffy wool turn into a single thread right before your eyes. You will weave the spun thread into a coaster, and you can take the thread home as a souvenir.

Most of the people who try it are beginners. Don't worry if you're not good with hands. The instructor will support you kindly and carefully. People of all ages, from small children to seniors, can try it.

The experience program lasts about an hour and a half. You will receive a souvenir keychain made from Iwate wool! Tourists are welcome to join in too. On the lawn, there will be wool sales, a yurt exhibition, and sheep shearing, so you can enjoy a day full of sheep. In the event of heavy rain, the event itself may be canceled, but the experience plan will go ahead.