Hobby / Cultural experience in Japan Page 58

• Age 3～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

It is a plan to embed clay in the mold prepared here and make cups and small dishes. As children from 3 years old can participate, please use it for a trip with a family. As you can make without failure, we also recommend it as a souvenir.

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• For Groups

• Age 12～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 14:00

Bring your body close to the fire of wisdom of the immovable king, and pray for fulfilling your wishes. It is said to be immobile in the sense that the bodhi is hard and has insatiable wisdom. The heart and body should be tightened if you get a burning fire. Homa training Then, you can go to the privately-owned Fudoin main hall in a special way. If you go up to God's boundary, you will feel natural and serious.

• Age 6～Age 100
• 4～5 hours
• 13:00

This is a hand drill experience plan that even beginners can enjoy. It can be made freely with the sense of clay play. Please make your favorite work not only in a bowl but in your favorite work with the technique called "hand bending", which is made by layering clay in a string form. We will teach you how to make according to the image of the work you want to make. There are about 10 types of soil, about 20 types of glazes (Yuyaku), and many types of materials. The experience is a free time system, so you are welcome to join the pottery class from 13:00 to 18:00 at any time.

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

A top-of-the-frame painting experience that even beginners can easily enjoy! Let's make your own piece with a free sense. A skull pattern is also possible. You can experience it from a 4-year-old child. Please make one per person. Tools are available here. Works On the day You can take it home.

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• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00

Touching the soil and forming a shape, "hand bondage" is a work in which individuality is expressed through free ideas. You can create unique and unique works as well as simple works, so let's create only one thing in the world with free ideas.

• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours

Please use it at home! Experience making cocoons for glue winding using traditional methods! Tanaka made Sudaresho Meiji first Year followed from long-established "Edo blind". Products made by craftsmen are highly evaluated in various fields due to the high technology cultivated in tradition and the design that matches the modern life. Nowadays, it is often used as a place mat, used as an interior in a tapestry style, or as a color of life. We will help you with a little fashionable and original usage.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Under the guidance of craftsmen who inherit the traditional manufacturing method, you will experience making bamboo placemats. Tanaka made Sudaresho Meiji first Year followed from long-established "Edo blind". The products made by the craftsmen have received high praise in various fields due to the high technology cultivated in tradition and the design that matches modern life. These days, it is often used as a placemat, as a tapestry style interior, or as a color of life. We will help you with a slightly stylish original usage.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 90
• 4～5 hours

Spend time with us! A petite migration experience where you can experience the normal life of Okinawa and a little bit of life! The host family will be guided to the basic sugar cane farmer. In the sugar cane field, you can help with daily field work and enjoy the sugar cane cutting experience if you are new to it! In addition, animals such as goats, bullfights, and pigs are also bred on the premises, so it is very popular with children such as feeding experience! Let's cook Okinawa's home-style home-cooked rice together for lunch! There must be many new discoveries such as Okinawan culture, lifestyle, and island language! !! * The host family may change depending on the day.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 5～Age 99
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 13:00 / 15:00

At "Sabo Fuwari", which opened in October 2022 by the long-established Japanese confectionery shop "Shokindo", which was founded in 2015 and has been in business for 156 years, you can rent out an elegant Japanese sweets making experience in a stylish store based on white. You can enjoy delicious matcha and original sweets. First, choose your favorite theme from the fresh sweets that change with the season, and enjoy the "Nerikiri experience". Even if it's your first time to touch namagashi, the staff will kindly and carefully give you a lecture, so you can enjoy making Japanese sweets without being nervous. After the Nerikiri experience, enjoy your handcrafted sweets with delicious matcha. Eating Japanese sweets with authentic Urasenke-style matcha will be the best luxury time together with making yourself. Lastly, enjoy cold tea and original sweets made only for the participants of the experience, “Otome no Yukigoromo”, which is made by wrapping Shokindo’s representative product “Awayuki” in baked sweets baked on the spot! If you ask questions about the etiquette of matcha tea, the history and culture of Shimonoseki and Shokindo, etc., Mr. Nishihara will teach you various things in a friendly and fun way. While feeling the history of a long-established local Japanese confectionery shop, enjoy freshly made Japanese sweets in a private space... Please enjoy such a luxurious hour.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 10～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 13:30

You can experience gold leaf application, a typical traditional craft. In this course, you will choose your favorite vessel and finish the original vessel. Since stickers with various designs are available, it is relatively easy to work with, and you can also use a cutter to create your own design. The shop is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where many long-established traditional craft shops gather. During the Edo period, it prospered as a base for commerce and logistics, and even now you can feel the atmosphere of Edo culture everywhere. Why don't you experience gold leaf pasting, a traditional Japanese craft, while enjoying a walk before and after the experience?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 13～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 09:30

Uncover a renewed sense of self amidst the breathtaking beauty of Matsushima, where countless monks have sought spiritual awakening. Tranquwell, a premier wellness retreat company, invites you to a day of Zen and nature.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 13～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 13:30

This is a course where you can experience "Modern Kintsugi" at a long-established lacquerware store. In this course, unlike full-fledged kintsugi, which uses real lacquer, substitute lacquer is used to restore the pottery. It is resistant to rashes and dries quickly, so you can take your work home with you on the same day. In addition, in this course, you can prepare a vessel for restoration, so you can easily experience Kintsugi empty-handed. Of course, you can also bring the vessel you want to do kintsugi. The shop is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where many long-established traditional craft shops gather. During the Edo period, it prospered as a base for commerce and logistics, and even now you can feel the atmosphere of Edo culture everywhere. Why don't you experience Kintsugi, a traditional Japanese restoration technique, while enjoying a walk before and after the experience?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 13:30

This is a course where you can experience one of the representative decoration techniques of lacquerware, "Makie". “Kakoku” is to decorate and beautify the surface of the product. It is a decoration technique to attach. We use cashew paint, which is a non-irritating synthetic resin paint, so that you can enjoy it safely. In this course, you can choose one of your favorite bowls and finish the original bowl by drawing pictures and letters with die-cutting and freehand. If you use the prepared designs, even people who are not good at drawing can easily work, and you can also bring your own original design and draw freely. “Kitanihonbashi Yumehigashi Main Store” is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where many long-established traditional craft shops are gathered from the Edo period. Muto, the organizer, is a long-established company with history and tradition as a wholesale store specializing in lacquerware that has been in business for over 100 years. A workshop instructor with specialized skills will teach you carefully. The real thrill of the experience is the moment when the colors change when the sown powder is wiped off. How about experiencing Maki-e, a unique Japanese traditional technique?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 80
• 3～4 hours
• 10:30

Empty-handed is OK. No need to prepare anything. First, you will change into a kimono. Dressing and simple hair setting will be done here. We also have bags, sandals, and tabi that match your kimono. You will wear a kimono and enjoy lunch and walking around the city. As an option, it is also possible to request a photo shoot by a professional photographer or a professional hair and makeup artist. Rickshaw rides around the city are also wonderful (rickshaws run from April to October).

• In Door Activity

• Age 3～Age 80
• 5～6 hours
• 09:15

We will travel around various places in a private car (taxi). From the "Cup Noodle Museum", you will have a guided tour of the "Kobayashi Ichizo Memorial Museum", a great man representing Ikeda, and the "Ikeda Castle Ruins". In the first part, you will have the opportunity to experience copying sutras and zazen at "Kyuanji Temple", which was founded by Gyoki Bodhisattva, was a temple established by Emperor Konoe, and was visited by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. For lunch, you will enjoy a specially planned "Nichireku Special" lunch at Hirakawa River. In the second part, you will visit the "Oshima Tsumugi Museum" to see the workshop and exhibits, take photos wearing Oshima Tsumugi, soothe yourself in the hot springs at "Fushiohkaku", and enjoy a "seasonal bento" lunch. Enjoy a day in Ikeda, Osaka!

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• Age 0～Age 99
• 1 Day or more
• 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Experience farm work and life in the four seasons for two days and one night at a farmer's house in a farming village at an altitude of over 800m in the Yatsugatake area of Nagano Prefecture. You will not be just a guest, but you will spend a warm time as a member of the family, and you will get a glimpse of the unique lifestyle of this land, where people live in gratitude for the blessings of nature. You will be able to experience a part of the nostalgic activities of people who have been doing things in accordance with the changes of nature, such as harvesting highland vegetables, making preserved foods such as dried persimmons, pickled Nozawana, and miso, picking wild vegetables, experiencing a wood stove, and making shimenawa. You will also have the opportunity to cook dishes using local ingredients together and talk with the farmer around the table. This experience is recommended for families with children and groups of friends! An English-speaking guide will accompany you at the meeting point, so you can have a smooth conversation with your family before the tour begins. We will also provide you with an interpreter that you can use during your stay, so you don't have to worry if you don't speak Japanese. Day 1 Introduction (self-introduction & house tour) Experience seasonal farm work (seasonal handicrafts such as farm work and making preserved foods) Cooking meals together using seasonal ingredients Meal time while talking around the dining table Hot spring time & nighttime conversation/sleep Day 2 Wake up/make breakfast together Check out *Information about the duration of your stay ①Start at 14:00 to 9:00 the next day ②Start at 15:00 to 10:00 the next day ③Start at 16:00 to 11:00 the next day *Depending on the plan, you may experience seasonal meal experience Part 2 or lunch making after breakfast. ①Start at 14:00 to 11:00 the next day +2200 yen/person ②Start at 14:00 to 14:00 the next day +4400 yen/person (lunch included on the second day)

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 5～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00

Approximately 70% of domestic incense sticks are manufactured on Awaji Island. Among them, the Ei district is where many manufacturers gather, and you can smell the delicious aroma of incense as you walk through the town. It has even been selected as one of the "100 Scented Landscapes" by the Ministry of the Environment. This is a valuable experience where you can visit an incense manufacturer that has been manufacturing incense since 1905 and still maintains traditional handmade manufacturing methods, learn about the history of Awaji Island incense sticks, knowledge of fragrance, and the manufacturing process from a fragrance master called a "Koshi", and experience part of the manufacturing process while receiving a lecture from a veteran craftsman. After learning the basics of incense from a fragrance master called a "Koshi" at an incense manufacturer on Awaji Island, which accounts for approximately 70% of the domestic incense market, you will receive a lecture from a veteran craftsman and experience part of the actual manufacturing process. It is a valuable opportunity to listen to the craftsman's story! *The experience will involve cutting the sticks into bonkiri (a bonkiri stick) and putting them raw on the sticks.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00

Approximately 70% of domestic incense sticks are produced on Awaji Island. Among them, the Ei district is where many manufacturers gather, and you can smell the delicious aroma of incense as you walk through the town. It has even been selected as one of the "100 Scented Landscapes" by the Ministry of the Environment. Visit an incense manufacturer that has been producing incense since 1905 and continues to produce it by hand, learning about the history of Awaji Island incense sticks, knowledge of fragrance, and the manufacturing process from a fragrance master called a "Koshi", and experiencing making your own original incense. After learning the basics of incense by visiting a manufacturer of incense sticks on Awaji Island, which accounts for approximately 70% of domestic incense sticks, and learning about the history and knowledge of fragrance of Awaji Island incense sticks, as well as the traditional manufacturing process, it's time to make your own incense! Choose the color of the incense, put the ingredients and water in a mortar and knead. Blend your favorite fragrances and knead again, then use a die to shape the incense. Take it home and let it dry thoroughly for about a week, and your incense is ready! You can experience making your own scent at home. [Experience Schedule] 11:00 Meeting Observe the traditional incense manufacturing process at Awaji Umekundo Ei Factory (30 minutes) 11:30 Learn about the history of incense and fragrance knowledge from a Kohshi (producer) and experience making incense (80 minutes) 12:50 Scheduled to end

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• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00

Approximately 70% of domestic incense sticks are produced on Awaji Island. Among them, the Ei district is where many manufacturers gather, and you can smell the delicious aroma of incense as you walk through the town. It has even been selected as one of the "100 Scented Landscapes" by the Ministry of the Environment. Visit an incense manufacturer that has been producing incense since 1905 and continues to produce it the traditional way, learning about the history of Awaji Island incense sticks, knowledge of fragrance, and the manufacturing process from a fragrance master called a "Koshi", and experiencing making your own original sachet. After learning the basics of incense by visiting an incense manufacturer on Awaji Island, which accounts for approximately 70% of the domestic incense market, and learning about the history of Awaji Island incense stick production, knowledge of fragrance, and the traditional manufacturing process, you can finally experience making an incense sachet. You can mix your favorite fragrance ingredients and make an original sachet to put in your favorite sachet, and enjoy the scent at home. [Experience Schedule] 11:00 Meeting point Observe the traditional incense manufacturing process at Awaji Baikondo Ei Factory 11:30 Learn about the history and scents of incense from a Kohshi (producer) and experience making a scented sachet (50 minutes) 12:20 Scheduled end

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• In Door Activity

• Age 0～Age 99
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 09:00

The "Village Revitalization Project" started after hearing from overseas tourists that they wanted to know more about Japanese culture and would like to participate if they had the opportunity to experience it. Located about an hour from Himeji Castle, it is a precious place that preserves traditional Japanese rural scenery and shrines. In addition, due to the declining birthrate and aging population, the local elementary school is also at risk of closing. This is a format that allows everyone to participate in village revitalization through Japanese cultural experiences, and is different from general tours. Please join the "Village Revitalization Project" and let's create the future together. Thank you. This plan includes lunch and dinner. In this tour, you will experience Japanese culture. After the sake brewery tour and tasting experience, you will move to Yasutomi Town and enjoy lunch and dinner (local cuisine) while looking at the rural scenery. At that time, we will play the koto, shakuhachi, shamisen, and Japanese dance. In addition, you will experience the tea ceremony (dessert = tea cake) during lunch. After lunch, we will visit the shrine and hold a dedication.

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• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 6～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 14:00 / 16:30

This is an art calligraphy experience under the guidance of calligrapher Yuyu Makita. You can wear a calligraphy uniform, so there is no need to worry about getting your clothes dirty. First, practice on a piece of calligraphy paper the size of a shikishi. Makita will hold your hand and teach you how to use a brush. Next, you will dynamically draw art calligraphy with a large brush on a large piece of paper measuring 69cm in height and 136cm in width! At the end, take a commemorative photo and take home a souvenir that you can't get anywhere else! It's a valuable experience!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 13～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00

Kuniyoshi Castle is a mountain castle that was the base when the three great heroes Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Oda Nobunaga attacked Asakura. You will experience the tea ceremony in the room of the Kuniyoshi Castle History Museum, which is designated as a nationally registered tangible cultural property. ~Experience procedure~ ① Reception Please tell the museum reception that you will be participating in the tea ceremony and enter the museum. Please wait in the room in front of the room. ② Tea ceremony ③ Tea ceremony experience

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 18:00

Experience program You can experience Kodo, one of the representative arts of Japan. 1. A medicinal tea blended with fragrant ingredients will be served as a welcome drink. 2. You will sit in a chair at a Noir Cafe with a flower shop run by a top Japanese flower artist. I will give you a brief explanation about incense. 3. You will be asked to smell the incense of Kyara, Agarwood, and Sandalwood, which are representative fragrant woods. After that, you will experience listening to the scent of incense and applying the scent. Four. After listening to incense, enjoy matcha green tea and sweets.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 18:00

Experience program You can experience Kodo, one of the representative arts of Japan. 1. A medicinal tea blended with fragrant ingredients will be served as a welcome drink. 2. Choose your favorite flowers at Noir Cafe, which has a flower shop run by a top Japanese flower artist. Let's put flowers in the incense seat while receiving instructions (flowers and containers can be taken home). 3. Make an ash mold for the incense burner. (The customer makes an ash mold, puts charcoal in it, and burns the incense.) We listen to the typical incense woods, Kyara, Agarwood, and Sandalwood. Four. Make matcha. (I will tell you how to make delicious matcha, so please enjoy it with the tea and sweets that you have made yourself.)

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• In Door Activity

• Age 12～Age 90
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 16:00

A plan that allows you to experience a traditional Japanese bride by wearing a pure white shiromuku and a gorgeous colorful dress with glossy Japanese hair! "I wanted to wear Shiromuku!" "I couldn't wear it at a wedding, so I want to wear it!" "I want to take a picture in a bridal gown!" Let's go♪

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• In Door Activity

• Age 5～Age 90
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 16:00

A plan where you can enjoy throwing fans while wearing Heian period aristocratic costumes! Tosenkyo is a traditional indoor game that originated in Kyoto. A fan is thrown at a target called a "butterfly," and points are given based on the position of the fan and how the butterfly falls. It is a plan that you can enjoy with friends, family, or even by yourself! Would you like to enjoy an elegant time wearing an elegant Heian period costume?

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• In Door Activity

• Age 13～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day

Embark on a transformative journey to uncover the essence of Zen in Kamakura Kamakura is an historic city connected deeply to the spiritual tradition of Zen. Powerful samurai clans worshipped at Zen temples during the Kamakura period, making it a center for Zen practice. The city's serene temples and gardens embody Zen principles, offering visitors a peaceful and contemplative experience.

• Age 13～Age 100
• 4～5 hours

Purify your mind, body, and spirit in Kyoto. Start your day with a wholesome tofu lunch and a walking tour of hidden spring water sources.

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• Age 13～Age 80
• 3～4 hours
• 11:00

Enjoy a guided tour (walk) of the vast grounds of the Former Kashino Family Residence. Enjoy picking seasonal snacks while being watched over by the seasonal flowers gathered in the garden. Enjoy the taste of the 24 solar terms dishes prepared by a dedicated Japanese chef. Enjoy the seasonal flavors laid out in a "Yusan Box," a traditional Tokushima craft, at this registered tangible cultural property.

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 13～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day

Cleanse your soul and elevate your fortune with our 1-day tour in Hiroshima. Begin with a private Goma fire ritual and create a protection sachet at a historic temple. Then, explore local sake breweries and enjoy sake tastings.

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