Hobby / Cultural experience in Japan Page 12

• Age 10～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 09:00 / 13:00

A swordsmith will teach you how to make Japanese knives using blacksmith techniques. Using the same material as Japanese swords, Tamahagane, the forged iron is shaped with a hammer. You can make your own clay holder and add a blade crest. Attach the blade, cut your name on it, and sharpen it to complete it. Although it is a physically demanding job, the swordsmith will be happy to assist you, so don't worry if you are not confident in doing the heavy lifting, such as children or women. You can take photos and videos while working! The trial fee is for one Japanese knife. You can also make one book for two or more people. In that case, please let us know how many people will be participating in the experience when making a reservation. If you are making a reservation for three or more, it will take a little longer. Please arrive with plenty of time to spare before the closing time. We may be able to move the start time forward, so please contact us.

• Pickup Service
• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00 / 18:00

This plan is a plan where you can experience silver work, pottery and painting in a full course. It will be a course where you can fully enjoy making things. It will be a plan to participate in a group of two people.

• For Rainy Days
• Date Spot
• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00

[Only for WEB reservations: 3,630 yen] Full kimono rental + dressing for women This kimono rental shop is located 2 minutes walk from Kamakura Station, next to the railroad crossing. You can stroll around the ancient city of Kamakura, such as Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine and Kita-Kamakura. Now, you can choose any pattern for a flat rate of 3,630 yen! With a wide range of cute, stylish, and chic adult patterns, it can be enjoyed by couples, groups, and families of all ages. Come empty-handed! A total rental set from bags to tabi socks. We will keep your luggage, except for valuables, even large items such as travel bags until you return. Enjoy a day in Kamakura in the Japanese clothing you have always dreamed of. We have everything you need to dress you in the kimono. Our experienced staff will dress you in the kimono, so please come to our store with peace of mind! ★Hair set + 880 yen / person (please select the hair set option if you wish.) For customers who make a reservation for a hair set, our staff will consult with you on a hairstyle that will go well with your kimono and help you choose your favorite hairstyle. (Hair accessories included)

• For Rainy Days
• Date Spot
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00

Would you like to take a walk around Kyoto in a kimono? There are many sightseeing spots in Kyoto, and there are shrines and temples that are lit up. Why don't you take a nice photo in kimono? You can choose your favorite kimono and we will keep your luggage for free. Since it is returned by 17:00, you can enjoy sightseeing for up to 7 hours. Hair sets and hair ornaments are free for women. We can keep your luggage (carry case, etc.) free of charge. You can return it the next day for 1,100 yen (tax included) per person.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 0～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00

At the Kanfu Ceramic Center, we always hold a pottery class where visitors can feel free to experience the fun of "handcrafting" and "shrinkage". We offer a variety of pottery experiences from everyday pottery to authentic Bizen pottery. We can accept groups of up to 100 people from 1 person. We offer several types of courses, so you can choose according to your experience and convenience ♪

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 10～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 09:00

You will spend a whole day making a small scale attached to the Japanese sword. The material is the same as the Japanese sword, and the world's highest grade iron (tamahagane) is used. You can make a soil holder by yourself and insert a blade crest. Attach the blade, cut your name on it, make a scabbard, and sharpen it to complete it. Only at our studio can you experience making a small pattern and sharpening it. You will learn how to make a Japanese sword while working, and you will not know until you experience the work of striking iron to change its shape and create ripples, so I think it will be a great learning experience. We will proceed according to the ability of the person who will experience it, so there is no need to worry about minors and women. Photos and videos can be taken during production! The fee will be the experience fee for one Kozuka. Two or more people can make one. In that case, please let us know when you make a reservation. If you make a reservation for two or more, it will take about an additional hour for each one after the second one. Please join us with plenty of time before the end time. It is also possible to advance the start time, so please contact us. ★We have someone here who can explain things in English, so you don't need an interpreter.

• Pickup Service
• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:15 / 12:30 / 14:00 / 15:30

Beginners are welcome! This is an easy, simple and beautiful introductory wheel-wheel course. 4 minutes walk from Nagoya Station. Right next to Exit 10 of the underground mall Unimall. 1F street-front store, up to 20 people can experience the experience on the day of the reservation ☆ "Ceramics, Glass and Herbarium Flower Class Chiyono" is located right next to the stylish underground mall. Easy even on rainy days ♪ Leisure. In between sightseeing, shopping and stylish lunches...◎ Why not try pottery on a wheel in the Nagoya style? We will do it in the old way from about 500 years ago! This is a class that "will fulfill your wishes as much as possible". This plan is for beginners in pottery, so it's okay if you want to try an electric wheel or don't have time, you can make it right away with the instructor, so you can do it in about an hour. Usually 80 minutes. No failure! A luxurious plan that includes "kneading clay, making, painting and glaze coloring" in one day! You will make anything from 500g of clay. You can rest assured because you will make it with the instructor! No failure! Please feel free to come and experience it♪ ☆----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★ 【This is a great deal! 】In addition to the usual pottery making, it is a great deal because it includes painting and coloring, which actually takes 3 days! You can use 500g of whitening cosmetic clay ☆ Seto Kunyu clay. ← We use less clay because we want to make the work lighter. 【Experience flow】 ① After the explanation, knead the clay and create what you want to make with an electric potter's wheel. (In principle, those who are not experienced will make it with the instructor. Don't worry!) ② Patterning (carve and paint with a thin stick or stamp to draw pictures and patterns) ③ 3 glaze painting (paint the entire surface with a brush with a transparent or yellow glaze, and apply as many green and pink glazes as you like.) *Pick up in about 1 month. If you would like it to be mailed, please let us know on the day. This plan is for beginners in pottery, so it is a course that can be enjoyed by beginners as well as children. Close to the station ☆ Easy experience in your spare time of 80 minutes ♪ Feel free to come and experience it with just your children. ☆-----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★[Price] 4,200 yen. *If you want to practice using the potter's wheel properly, please choose the full-scale potter's wheel plan for 5,400 yen or 6,400 yen. [Experience time] Maximum 90 minutes. Faster, about 60 minutes. [Clothing] There is no specific designation, but please wear clothes that you don't mind getting a little dirty. [Target age] From 3 to 80 years old. Anyone, regardless of age or gender, can enjoy this activity. [What to bring] There is nothing in particular, but if you are concerned about getting dirty, please bring an apron. *We try not to get too dirty. *Rental aprons (400 yen extra) are also available.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 12:30 / 14:00 / 15:30

Beginners are welcome! The hand-shaping course is packed with the basics of pottery, and you will be sure to be very satisfied with the shaping, painting, and coloring. Let's make an original piece using 550g of clay. To make a glass bead, melt the glass with a burner, wrap it around a stick, and form it into a shape. Add your favorite pattern, let it cool for 20 minutes, and it's done! You can take the glass bead home on the day ♪ We will also include a colorful string. 4 minutes walk from Nagoya Station. Right next to Exit 10 of the underground mall Unimall, 1F street store, up to 40 people can experience the experience on the day ☆ "Ceramics, Glass, Herbarium Flower Class Chiyono" is right next to the stylish underground mall. Easy even on rainy days ♪ Leisure. In between sightseeing, shopping, and stylish lunches... ◎ [Ceramics experience] Includes clay kneading, painting, and coloring. You can use 550g of cracked clay. Experience one piece. Use a hand wheel, board, etc. to make one plate, tea bowl, teacup, bowl, beer glass, etc. *It takes one month to finish baking. [Glass Bead Experience] Melt the glass with a burner and wrap it around a stick like starch syrup to create a shape. Experience making one glass bead. Add patterns such as marble and polka dots, and gently cool for 20 minutes. You can take the glass bead you made home on the day! ! Comes with a gift of colorful string! ☆-----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★ [Experience time] About 2 hours [Clothing] There is no particular designation, but please come in clothes that you don't mind getting a little dirty [Target age] From 3 to 80 years old Anyone, regardless of age or gender, can enjoy this experience. [What to bring] There is nothing in particular, but if you are worried about getting dirty, please bring an apron. *Rental aprons (400 yen extra) are available. ☆-----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★-----☆-----★ *For more detailed information, please refer to our other pottery plans and glass bead plans.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 15:00

It is a ceramic art class where you can easily enjoy authentic ceramic art. The instructor will carefully guide you, so even beginners and children are okay. Of course, you can experience it empty-handed. Why don't you enjoy the charm of ceramic art by kneading the soil and creating the shape you want? ★ Authentic ceramic art experience! You will be asked to make one piece from a cup or plate with 1 kg of soil. ★ There are 12 types of glaze! You can choose your favorite color. ★ In the experience, you will use a hand-cranked potter's wheel. ★ The work you make will be sent by freight collect after about 2 months.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 10:30 / 13:00 / 14:30 / 16:00

It is an experience plan to make pottery items by the method of "making Tatara". "Tatara making" is one of the methods of pottery. The clay is processed into a plate-like clay by slicing or stretching it into a pottery. Plates and plates can be used to make cups and vases using cylindrical plates. Once the shape is complete, use a dedicated tool to attach patterns and patterns to create uniqueness!

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 15:00 / 17:00 / 19:30

“Yu Kobo” has 6 schools in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. Our bright and friendly professional staff will help you at your own pace. ☆ It is a casual course where you can create works in a 60-minute lesson. ☆ A one-day experience that you can choose from the board-making bean plate course and the cat chopstick rest painting course.・Mamezara course for plate making One piece of mamezara with a diameter of about 10 cm is produced. White makeup and iron painting are available.・Cat chopstick rest painting course You can freely paint two cat-shaped unglazed fabrics. ☆The completed work will be handed over about a month to a month and a half after the experience date. ☆If you have any concerns about the work, please feel free to contact us.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 14:30 / 16:30 / 19:00

"Yu Kobo" opens 6 classrooms in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. Bright and friendly professional staff will help you together according to the speed of each person. ☆ This is a course to paint the bear-shaped "Taimon-kun Cup" and the cat-shaped "Merumon-chan Cup". ☆ You can use two colors of underpainting, brown and navy blue. Eight colors of paint are available as an option ☆ You can also paint colorfully ♪ ☆ Taimon-kun and Melmon-chan are the mascot characters of Yu Kobo ☆ * The design that puts the face in the shape of an animal is registered as a design .. Taimon-kun Cup (Design Registration No. 14933292) Merumon-chan Cup (Design Registration No. 1559639) ☆ The completed work will be handed over about one to one and a half months after the experience date. ☆ If you have any concerns about the production of your work, please feel free to contact us.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 20～Age 99
• 3～4 hours
• 13:00

Nadagogo, Japan's number one sake brewery, is a mecca for sake lovers, where you can enjoy free tours and tastings of more than 10 sake breweries. Sake breweries gather along the Hanshin Railway lines, and the roads are flat, making it perfect for walking around town.If you come to Kansai, please try it once. Sake made from high-quality sake rice (Yamada Nishiki) suitable for sake brewing and high-quality underground water rich in minerals. This is a tour around Nada, which has prospered as a famous sake production area since the Edo period because of its port.・A walking tour of Japan's No. 1 sake brewery, Nada Sake Brewery・Please try this tour where you can learn trivia, history, manufacturing process and more.・10 free tastings included, so be careful not to drink too much.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups
• Activity Japan 2024 Fall Sale

• Age 3～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 15:00

[Early dinner included, greedy Satoyama experience] ~ Make hot chicken hotpot & bamboo pot rice with bamboo crafts and homemade bamboo pot ~ It also leads to social contribution of bamboo forest regeneration! Scoop Farm, which wants to pass on the beautiful Satoyama to future generations, is working on bamboo forest regeneration. You will experience Satoyama life through the bamboo materials generated in the process. [Bamboo craft production experience] Make a bamboo pot using bamboo. In addition, you can experience making various bamboo crafts as options! ☆ Additional options ☆ ・ Cup (500 yen / piece) ・ Bamboo Kappo (1000 yen / piece) ・ Stilts, bamboo lantern (2000 yen / piece each) ・ Bamboo speaker, Kappo sake sake vessel making (1500 yen / piece) etc. You can take home the chopsticks you made ♪ If you wish, please let us know when you make a reservation. Each will add about 5 to 30 minutes to the production time. *We may not be able to accommodate without a reservation. [Making rice in a bamboo pot] Using thick bamboo from the mountain behind "Farm Restaurant and Cafe Zeze," owned by Scoop Farm, we will make a "bamboo pot" for cooking rice and making chicken hotpot. First, cut the bamboo to make the pot, then put the prepared rice and ingredients in it and put it on the fire. If you wish, you can also experience lighting the stove. In addition to rice and hot pot, we will have an early dinner with a dish using vegetables from the farm and a dessert using vegetables from the field. If you would like to make bamboo crafts as an option, you can make your own chopsticks, chopstick rests, and cups while the pot is on the fire and wait for the rice and hot pot to be completed. In addition, you can order additional meals, side dishes, and drinks on the farm restaurant's business days (LO 14:30). You can add sake (600 yen / 1 cup) for Kappo sake. (This is not available to those who drive a car.) [An experience that also contributes to society] Abandoned bamboo forests are a problem all over the country. Problems such as forestry control, animal damage, and landscape deterioration are occurring. Bamboo crafts and bamboo pot experiences will help solve these problems that are spreading all over Japan. Let's have fun interacting with bamboo and incorporating it into our lives!

• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 15:00 / 17:00 / 19:30

"Yu Kobo" opens 6 classrooms in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. Bright and friendly professional staff will help you together according to the speed of each person. ☆ This is a course where you can create a work in a 60-minute lesson. ☆ Handmade one plate with a diameter of about 14 to 15 cm. Handmade dishes that can be used to separate side dishes and serve sweets and cakes ♪ You can enjoy home-cooked rice with the bowls you made. You can choose the glaze color from three types: earth ash glaze, celadon glaze, and Kiseto glaze. Design freely with white makeup, iron painting, and nail carving ☆ You can also engrave your favorite characters ♪ ☆ The completed work will be handed over about one month to one and a half months after the experience date. ☆ If you have any concerns about the production of your work, please feel free to contact us.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00 / 16:30 / 17:00

☆ ★ New retro modern plan is now available! ★ ☆ You can enjoy various coordination by combining popular antique kimono and optional accessories ♪ You can expect a small face effect by putting lace on the half collar ♪ Cute from influencers and models Kimono coordination is very popular ♪ Kimono rental VASARA thoroughly supports your "fun" memory creation! It is an affordable price that you can feel free to experience kimono! Includes a set of Japanese clothes (kimono, obi, Japanese clothes bag, sandals, hairpin), kitsuke and free hair set. Paid hair sets that allow you to enjoy even more fashion are also popular ♪ We have a wide selection of kimonos that you can enjoy casually while walking around the city, as well as formal wear that you want to use for neat scenes. Good location right in front of Asakusa station! You can go out as it is!

• For Rainy Days

• Age 3～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 09:00 / 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00 / 16:30 / 17:00

☆★New retro modern plan is now available★☆ You can enjoy a variety of coordinations by combining the popular antique kimono with optional accessories ♪ You can also add lace to the half collar to make your face look smaller ♪ A cute kimono that has been popular with influencers and models The coordination is very popular! Kimono rental VASARA will thoroughly support you in creating "fun" memories! The set includes kimono rental, dressing, and free hair styling, so you don't have to bring anything! Why not take a walk around Kawagoe in a kimono! ? There are over 1000 types of designed kimonos! Please choose your favorite kimono at the store♪

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 12:30

[Vegetable harvesting + farm lunch experience] - Experience real agriculture in a casual setting! - [Agricultural experience] Experience agriculture at Scoop Farm, which is committed to organic farming. This experience takes place in a tranquil setting that is sometimes used for filming TV dramas and promotional videos. You will get a taste of the actual farm work for about 10-15 minutes, focusing on the tasks that cannot be mechanized. In addition to spreading compost, picking up tree roots, removing weeds, and preparing the soil to revive abandoned farmland to its former Satoyama form, you will also do a wide range of tasks, including watering to prevent drought, sowing seeds and planting seedlings, and shipping products. You will experience farm work by focusing on "what is actually being done" rather than "an experience prepared for the experience." After participating a few times, you may be able to become a farmer yourself. - [Harvesting experience] Try harvesting seasonal vegetables! Our staff will kindly teach you the tricks to finding ripe vegetables. We will also teach you the necessary knowledge to enter organic farmland. You can take home the vegetables you harvest! *November to December is the off-season (when crops are replaced) for the fields, so the experience will be centered around farm work. If you are unable to harvest, you can receive vegetables from a nearby partner farm as a souvenir. [Food Experience] Enjoy lunch at "Farm Restaurant and Cafe Zeze," which serves vegetables from the farm. *The vegetables you harvest will change depending on the crop situation on that day.

• With Pets
• For Rainy Days
• For Groups