Hobby / Cultural experience in Japan Page 23

• Age 3～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

Experience making sushi at a sushi roll restaurant just a one-minute walk from the north exit of Yonago Station in Tottori Prefecture! Experience making sushi rolls using local and seasonal ingredients. You will be taught by the owner, who has over 10 years of experience. He will explain everything carefully, so even beginners can make sushi rolls skillfully and enjoyably. We also have over 30 types of sake available. You can also enjoy sake with the sushi rolls you make. (Additional cost required)

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• Age 3～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

Experience making sushi at a sushi roll restaurant just a one-minute walk from the north exit of Yonago Station in Tottori Prefecture! Experience making sushi rolls using local and seasonal ingredients. You will be taught by the owner, who has over 10 years of experience. He will explain everything carefully, so even beginners can make sushi rolls skillfully and enjoyably. We also have over 30 types of sake available. You can also enjoy sake with the sushi rolls you make. (Additional cost required)

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• Age 0～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00

*This is a wonderful collaboration plan with Yume Kyoto, which is located next to Arashiyu. *If you come all the way to Kyoto, why don't you wear a kimono and stroll around Arashiyama and take photos? A very popular kimono rental and Arashiyu's popular course A photogenic flower footbath and foot massage (Miyabi) 30-minute course set. *Kimono rental full set coordination + Footbath - Miyabi - Miyabi (*You can choose either kimono or yukata in June, July and August.)

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• Age 0～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00

*This is a wonderful collaboration plan with Yume Kyoto, which is located next to Arashiyu. *If you come all the way to Kyoto, why don't you wear a kimono and stroll around Arashiyama and take photos? A very popular kimono rental and Arashiyu's popular course A photogenic flower footbath and foot massage (Miyabi) 30-minute course set. *Kimono rental full set coordination + Footbath - Miyabi - Miyabi (*You can choose either kimono or yukata in June, July and August.)

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• Age 10～Age 85
• Within 1 hour
• 09:30 / 11:00 / 13:30 / 15:00

Experience beauty and skill through traditional calligraphy in Ninenzaka, the ancient capital of Kyoto. In the quiet space of Ninenzaka, overflowing with atmosphere, enjoy the beauty of calligraphy and spend a relaxing time. We provide careful instruction and an enjoyable learning environment so that even beginners can participate with confidence. Contents of the calligraphy experience Kangetsu's calligraphy experience course is designed to allow beginners and foreigners to enjoy learning about the charm of traditional Japanese culture and calligraphy. The aim is to acquire solid calligraphy skills from the basics while experiencing Japanese culture. Through Japanese calligraphy, let's put our feelings into each and every stroke and create our own unique work.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 18:00

Kairi is a renovated old house located in the inland scenery of Awaji Island, where the traditional scenery remains. You can enjoy dishes that are carefully prepared one by one using local ingredients, tableware, and space that the owner is particular about, and the scenery will relax your mind. The owner is particular about using seasonal ingredients that correspond to the seasons of Awaji Island! As much as possible, he uses locally grown and locally harvested ingredients. He takes the time and effort to carefully arrange each dish with delicate care, using crops that have been grown with love and seafood that have been harvested with great effort and hard work. If he cannot get them, he himself goes to pick wild vegetables and makes tea. The owner's attention to detail can be felt not only in the ingredients, but also in the tableware, forks, knives, chopsticks, temperature and space to suit the dishes served. Also, Kairi does not have a set menu. He thinks about the local ingredients that are available at the time, so the menu is handwritten by the owner and posted at the entrance of Kairi every day. Looking out from the entrance, you can see the unspoiled scenery of the past. The interior of this old-fashioned house blends in with the scenery, and you can enjoy a relaxing time in a space that exudes the beauty of traditional Japan, with an irori hearth, a veranda, nostalgic yet beautiful patterned glass windows, and a transom at the top of the room that acts as a partition while letting in air and light.

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• Age 10～Age 85
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 12:30

[2 minutes by car from Takefu IC] Experience soba-making in the birthplace of Echizen soba! Most popular! Even small children are welcome! You can eat the soba you made as Fukui's specialty oroshi soba, or take it home. 1 hit (about 2 servings): 2,200 yen

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 11:45 / 13:00 / 14:30 / 16:00

"Handmade soba Umarahara" holds a soba noodle experience classroom. How about experiencing soba noodles during Arashiyama sightseeing ♪ ~ Flow of the day ~ ① Reception (5 minutes) ② Explanations flow (5 minutes) ③ Hand wash, change of clothes, preparation (5 minutes) ④ Buckwheat noodle experience (45 minutes) ⑤ Tasting (30 minutes) ⑥ Class ends

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• Age 18～Age 65
• 2～3 hours
• 14:00

This plan is centered around Nakanoshima Park. The bicycle ride takes about an hour. After the bicycle tour, you will actually wear a kimono and experience being a samurai or ninja. Enjoy Osaka by bicycle! A local guide born and raised in Osaka will guide you to fun and unique spots. We will not only provide you with sightseeing, but also a special experience where you can enjoy the city of Osaka with all your senses. The bicycles used on the tour are from "PALMGARAGE", which was founded in 1976. With a comfortable ride and stylish design, the journey itself is fun. The course not only takes you around parks, temples, and shopping streets, but also includes activities unique to Osaka, such as pottery experience. Discover the new charms of Osaka and make unforgettable memories! We will be conducting a monitor tour in preparation for the full start in April. Please come and make some fun memories!

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:00

Nice to meet you, Kadoyama Ceramics. Founded in Meiji 16 Year we strive to make products that are painted by hand and painted by hand.

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• Age 6～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 14:00

Enjoy an authentic kumihimo workshop experience in the historical district of Kagurazaka.At DOMYO, you will be able to braid your own kumihimo cord, with the option of turning it into a strap or bracelet to take home with you. Courses are taught with simple instructions, easy enough for beginners to follow. We hope that our workshop experience will help to deepen your understanding of traditional Japanese braiding.

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• Age 10～Age 99
• Within 1 hour
• 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 19:00

You can experience a live Koto performance in an intimate, small-group setting. You will also learn about the history of the Koto and the deeper meanings behind this beautiful instrument.

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• Age 12～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Please contact us if you are a group of men only, as we may be conducting a dressing experience for women only in a separate room. **** Experience the traditional techniques of Iwatsuki, Saitama City, a town of dolls with over 100 years of history. Edo Kimekomi doll making. Choose your favorite color and pattern from over 10 types of kimono fabric and create a one-of-a-kind original doll. Beginners are welcome. Anyone who can use scissors and a drill can complete the experience in about 2 hours. You can take the completed doll home on the day. Doll making in a modern Showa-era room and a talk about dolls by a guide instructor. Seasonal top-quality sweets and tea included. **** Traditional techniques handed down since the Edo period in Iwatsuki, Saitama Kimekomi dolls Kimekomi dolls are a traditional craft handed down since the Edo period. A wooden carved doll with grooves is sandwiched with fabric using a special spatula to make it look like it is wearing a costume. ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊While working as a tourist guide in Iwatsuki, the town of dolls, leading walks around the town and hosting events, he became fascinated with doll culture and learned how to make Kimekomi dolls. He conveys doll culture to people of all ages through doll making. We incorporate tea time into the painstaking work and value a friendly atmosphere. We do not provide English support, but we do cater to foreign tourists. ■Experience duration/ Approximately 2 hoursPlease choose your desired time when making a reservation. Please choose between 11am and 4pm. However, if you would like an early morning or evening session, please contact us separately. ■We accept reservations for other experiences from 2 people up to a maximum of 8 people. Only those participating in the experience are allowed inside the store. (Caregivers excluded)

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• Age 6～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

Enjoy successive Isokichi works with luxurious commentary! Ikichi Fukaka Pottery Kiln is located in Yawata, where kilns for making figurines are concentrated. It has roots that the first generation was a pottery specializing in ceramics, and even now, we are doing everything from creating the ceramics to painting. This program is a studio tour in which Ms. Ikika Asakura, the daughter of Mr. Isokichi Asakura, the fourth generation, explains the studio, gallery, and works. At the end of the tour, you can actually use the works of the kiln and taste the coffee. *For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

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• Age 12～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Please contact us if you are a group of men only, as we may be conducting a dressing experience for women only in a separate room. **** Experience the traditional techniques of Iwatsuki, Saitama City, a town of dolls with over 100 years of history. Edo Kimekomi doll making. Choose your favorite color and pattern from over 10 types of kimono fabric and create a one-of-a-kind original doll. Beginners are welcome. Anyone who can use scissors and a drill can complete the experience in about 2 hours. You can take the completed doll home on the day. Doll making in a modern Showa-era room and a talk about dolls by a guide instructor. Seasonal top-quality sweets and tea included. **** Traditional techniques handed down since the Edo period in Iwatsuki, Saitama Kimekomi dolls Kimekomi dolls are a traditional craft handed down since the Edo period. A wooden carved doll with grooves is sandwiched with fabric using a special spatula to make it look like it is wearing a costume. ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊While working as a tourist guide in Iwatsuki, the town of dolls, leading walks around the town and hosting events, he became fascinated with doll culture and learned how to make Kimekomi dolls. He conveys doll culture to people of all ages through doll making. We incorporate tea time into the painstaking work and value a friendly atmosphere. We do not provide English support, but we do cater to foreign tourists. ■Experience duration/ Approximately 2 hoursPlease choose your desired time when making a reservation. Please choose between 11am and 4pm. If you would like an early morning or evening session, please contact us separately. ■We accept reservations for other experiences from 2 people up to a maximum of 8 people. Only those participating in the experience are allowed inside the store. (Caregivers excluded)

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• Age 5～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 16:30

Have you decided on your plan for today? We offer a program that allows you to experience three Japanese cultures at once. Why not try on a kimono, which is becoming less and less popular, and play the traditional Japanese instruments, the koto and shamisen? Then take a break with some matcha tea that you make yourself. How about experiencing Japan with the instructor's koto performance?

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• Age 3～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 12:00 / 17:30 / 18:00 / 18:30

This is a 2 hour and 30 minute plan that is even more luxurious than "Wakamiya" and allows you to fully enjoy the houseboat. Cruising across time and space between Edo and modern times, such as visiting the 14 bridges of the Sumida River, Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Sky Tree, is a series of new discoveries. all you can drink. Enjoy the night view from the deck outside the ship★

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• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 12:00 / 17:30 / 18:00 / 18:30

This is a 2 hour and 30 minute plan that is a little more luxurious than Kasuga and allows you to fully enjoy the houseboat. Cruising across time and space, traveling back and forth between Edo and modern times, is a series of new discoveries, such as visiting the 14 bridges of the Sumida River and visiting the Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Sky Tree. all you can drink. Enjoy the night view from the deck outside the ship. *The excursion course is the same as Kasuga.

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• 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.

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• Age 15～Age 100
• 1 Day or more
• 10:00 / 11:15 / 12:30 / 13:45 / 15:15 / 16:30 / 17:45

Yukata can be rented until 19:30 the next day! Kimono dressing is also included in the price. It is easily accessible within a 10-minute walk from Namba Station on each line. In the hot summer season, wear a cool yukata and take a stroll through the streets of Osaka. We have yukata for women and yukata for men.

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• Age 5～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

Many who come a tourist to Kanagawa Prefecture Miura suburbs, has been pleased to souvenir-making and making memories. In about two hours pottery experience, it will create an original work of one alone the world for the first time in person. Because from the age of five or more children is OK, please be experience by all means. Your family and for the first time those who welcome! Pottery experience with fine-grained guidance will be the memories that remain in the mind also surely become a number.

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• Age 5～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day

Using an electric potter's wheel is a plan for you to the pottery experience. Because it does not have your time limit in small system, you will be able to immerse yourself in pottery to your heart's content. Teach with care, like instrument because glue also to the consultation to make, you can surely complete the work to go with your satisfaction.

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• Age 0～Age 100
• Over 6 hours on the day
• 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

Dressing ・ Kimono (6 Mon To 9 Mon Is a yukata) · nagata · underwear · obi · band board · half collar · tabi bag · drawstring bag · sandals or clogs Rental It is a kimono plan. The kimono is returned until 18:00. We also offer luggage storage services.

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• Age 5～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 14:00

Kintsugi is a repair technique in which cracks, chips, and other damaged parts of ceramics are glued together with lacquer and decorated with gold and other metal powder. It is also called Kintsukuroi. At our salon, we use simple lacquer instead of real lacquer, and we finish at a reasonable price. Tableware that holds a special meaning can be revived by Kintsugi, and upgraded by applying gold. We accept lessons and orders. The experience location is Minoh City, a city rich in nature in Hokusetsu, Osaka. 20 minutes by train from central Osaka Location: 10 minutes walk from Sakurai Station on the Hankyu Minoh Line, or at the Sakurai Station Cafe (At the cafe, we ask that each person order one drink) If a child of junior high school age or younger participates, a parent or guardian must apply and participate with them. We do not allow children to participate alone. If you bring your own, you are limited to three chips per person.

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• Age 0～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 11:30 / 12:00 / 12:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00

This is a special and luxurious experience plan to visit a real female diver's hut. You will enjoy fresh seafood grilled over charcoal right in front of you by female divers who continue the traditional free diving fishing method, while listening to them talk about the actual fishing process and how they interact with the sea. The time spent around the fire, talking and tasting in a rustic hut with the scent of the sea wafting will be a unique cultural experience that you can't get anywhere else. In 2023, female divers' fishing techniques will be registered as a "Japan Heritage" and it is a rare fishing method only found in Japan and Korea. This is an extremely rare private plan that allows you to experience the "real sea" with all five senses while experiencing the life of female divers.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Why not try writing characters with all your heart and soul using a large brush held in both hands, like the ones you only see on TV and in magazines? The characters you create as you run around barefoot on a piece of paper bigger than a tatami mat will be a lifelong memory! The instructor, calligrapher Mikami, has a father and mother who are also calligraphers, and has been familiar with calligraphy since childhood. Mikami is very creative and energetic. Not satisfied with ordinary calligraphy paper, he runs around freely on the large calligraphy paper with a large brush held in both hands, and the characters he creates with his whole body are soon becoming a specialty of Naganuma Town. He also performs at Naganuma Town's summer festival and sunset market, and sometimes collaborates with local musicians. This program was created not only to show people this fun, but also to let them experience it. Participants are first surprised by the weight of the brush filled with ink, and are very satisfied with the characters they write with all their heart, sweating. The written characters take time to dry, and there are limitations on where you can hang them. You may only be asked to take a photo in front of the work. If you would like to take the work home with you, please contact us in advance, although we may not be able to accommodate your request.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

You can experience making your own original calligraphy T-shirt in Naganuma Town, an hour's drive from Sapporo. Why not create a one-of-a-kind T-shirt by drawing with ink made for fabrics that won't come off even after washing? You can freely create your own original calligraphy T-shirt using washable ink for fabrics. It's different from regular ink, so you can wear it for a long time without worry. Practice your original calligraphy, write your favorite characters on a T-shirt, and add a red seal-style stamp. The instructor, Satoko, is a cheerful and powerful calligrapher. She is a real calligrapher who has exhibited at numerous exhibitions, but she is a wonderful person (and a big eater) who is not at all pretentious. She is a popular big sister in Naganuma! Your T-shirt is sure to become one of your favorites!

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Naganuma Town is a town of art! There are many artists and craftspeople here. Naganuma Town is about an hour's drive from Sapporo, and you can experience the finishing touches of the traditional craft "Wakasa chopsticks"! The final step in making Wakasa chopsticks is polishing. Colorful painted patterns and mother-of-pearl appear on the black lacquered chopsticks.

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• Age 10～Age 100
• Within 1 hour

You can experience making incense sticks by choosing the scent and shape using rare sandalwood. After molding, dry it at home and light it or enjoy it as a room fragrance. The northern part of Awaji Island, where Parche Fragrance House is located, is known as a town of fragrance because of the concentration of incense manufacturers. You can experience making incense sticks using the rare sandalwood that is unique to the town of fragrance. It is a time to learn about the ingredients of incense, experience the manufacturing process, and learn about incense. Take it home, dry it, light it, and enjoy it as a room fragrance! The experience schedule is as follows. ● Meeting place / reception Fragrance House (please come to the photo) ● Incense making experience (50 minutes) ① Explanation of the experience ② Choose one of four types of fragrance. ③ Put the ingredients in a mortar and knead it with a pestle until it becomes clay-like. ④ Use a stick to stretch it to a uniform thickness. ⑤ Cut it into your desired shape. ⑥Arrange the removed incense sticks on the cardboard, stack the cardboard boxes, secure them with rubber bands, and put them in a bag to take home. ⑥Finished! Once you get home, let the incense dry (for about 2-3 days).

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• Age 6～Age 75
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 16:00

-Wagashi is traditional Japanese confectionery that expresses the seasons. Wagashi is strongly characterized by colorful designs and beautiful craftsmanship, each created by hand by artisans.-Learn about the history and culture of JapanWagashi is a unique food to Japan and reflects the Japanese spirit of appreciating the four seasons, and it is said to have a beauty that is similar to that of wabi and sabi.- “They are too beautiful to eat.The first thing that strikes you when you are confronted with wagashi is how beautiful they look. They are filled with a delicate and gentle charm that is immediately recognizable as handmade, expressing the four seasons.-They reflect the Japanese people's love of the four seasons and their sense of beauty.Wagashi value the “seasons” ” so much that we cannot talk about them without mentioning spring, summer, fall, and winter, and express the seasons through three elements: appearance (design), ingredients used, and names.- “Delicious” is written as beautiful taste.First , enjoy it visually, then imagine from the name, weave a story, and enter the world of taste. Wagashi is not something that is just served and then taken in a snap.

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