Handmade / Handcraft workshops in Japan Page 2

• Age 10～Age 70
• 3～4 hours
• 09:00 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00

《Swordsmithing experience in Oku-Kyoto! 》・Why don't you try to make your own sword by listening to a story about Japanese swords from an attractive young swordsmith?・Beat the steel with your own hands and create a knife with a blade length of 15cm. <<Experience Schedule>> ①Learn about the history of Japanese swords and how to appreciate them ②Visit fire-making ③Fire-making ④Annealing 《Required time》 3 to 5 hours 《Regarding reservations》We are currently receiving a large number of inquiries and reservations, making it difficult to make reservations.

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• Age 10～Age 100
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours
• 10:30

Tamba ware is one of Japan's six ancient kilns*. In a relaxed town where the original Japanese scenery spreads out, you can receive direct instruction from active pottery makers who have inherited traditional techniques. You can experience authentic Tamba ware. A unique experience that touches your heart. *Japan's Six Ancient Kilns is a general term for the six representative kilns (Echizen, Seto, Tokoname, Shigaraki, Tamba, and Bizen) that have continued to produce ceramics from the Middle Ages to the present day. It was named by Mr. Fujio Koyama, an ancient ceramics researcher, around 1945, and was designated as a "Japan Heritage" in 2017.

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• Age 10～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 16:00

Hiroshima "Fuen Kiln" in Kake, Akiota Town, Akiota Prefecture, holds a one-day pottery experience class. With this plan, you can enjoy creating works using the electric potter's wheel. The experience time of many facilities is about one hour, but in the wind flame kiln, it is an advanced content such as "Kiku fir", "Centering", "Thread trimming", "Decoration" ♪ The experience of about 3 hours seems to be long, but the participants' impression is that it will pass in a blink of an eye ♪ Because it is very difficult, only those who have experienced the electric potter's wheel with the option plan of "Tebineri Experience" can participate ♪

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 3～4 hours

Gotta love the texture of the antique! Consider the design, the numbers making from the choice of materials, is build up experience plan with their hands up to assembly and leather band. Since the burner also use, craftsmen and advice carefully. Hearty work It is good for gifts.

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• Age 0～Age 100
• 3～4 hours

You can experience genuine twill dyeing without using any chemicals or synthetic dyes. We produce one T-shirt with traditional Japanese indigo dyeing friendly to people and environment. Family, group, even one person participation OK! Because only natural ingredients are used, you can work with small children with peace of mind. Come and experience the indigo beauty created by the magical powers of nature!

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• Age 16～Age 100
• 3～4 hours

Glass workshop Sand Play is a concept that "shape human thoughts". Let's make your original glass tableware with sandblasting experience. The instructor will help you properly so that you can shape your thoughts. We also accept group participants. Is a plan that can be handmade the welcome board to greet the wedding guests. It will also be the good memories and made a couple if pains. For the first time of the joint work towards marriage from here! Easy to handle hearty welcome board!

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• 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 18～Age 99
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours
• 16:00

After closing time, Okayama Castle will be rented out for the night. A "Sword Trial Experience" will be held at a special outdoor venue. In addition, "Kachidoki Meshi," a banquet dish from the Warring States period that Uesugi Kenshin, who loved Bizen swords, ate to pray for victory before going into battle, will be arranged for inbound tourists. Gastronomy using an abundance of local Okayama products will be served in the castle tower.

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• Age 10～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 13:00

By, for example, to the material seagrass and shells that reached the sea, arrange a technique to make a stained glass. The difference between the normal of stained glass is to use a "gift from the sea" natural materials. You can finish easily be beginners. Is a guarantee that the new nice impression is born!

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• Age 0～Age 100
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours
• 13:00

At the "NPO Nippon Zen Art Association", you can experience making lamp shades using "Marine Glass". There are two-hour and three-hour courses, so please choose one.

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• Age 16～Age 80
• 3～4 hours

This is an experience where you can actually wear a kimono, not just see it, but wear it, such as Honshiozawa, a traditional Japanese craft with a delicate texture and a crisp feel, and Shiozawa Tsumugi, which was created by applying the techniques of Echigo Jofu, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. In a kimono, you can stroll around Bokushi Street, where the streetscape of Shiozawa-juku on the Mikuni Kaido remains. *Staff can speak simple English and use a translator. <Please inquire> We can also accommodate original plans, such as lunch included.

• Age 0～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 11:00

Enjoy BBQ while feeling the nature of Mitake Gorge up close in an old folk house with a history of more Year in Mitake, Tokyo Full BBQ content Fresh vegetables (cabbage, onions, carrots, eggplants, peppers, etc.) Meat (beef belly, pork belly, chicken thighs, etc.) We are waiting for you with BBQ Soft drinks are available for drinks * The menu may change depending on the season. * Alcohol will be charged separately (beer, sake, wine, etc.) * BBQ equipment and tableware are available here.

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• Age 10～Age 100
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours

You can experience the basics of Kamakura carving, which originated from Buddhist altar implements and tea ceremony utensils from the Kamakura to Muromachi periods, and lacquer art, as well as the techniques of a craftsman. The carving classes at the hidden lacquer workshop "Seijyuan" are small classes, so you can receive instruction at your own pace and at a level that suits you. Why not try your hand at authentic carving and lacquering under the guidance of a traditional Kamakura carving craftsman?

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• Age 10～Age 100
• 3～4 hours

Minimum Number of participants Business trip plan from 40 people! Since I am learning about perfume, I choose one of my favorite scents from various scents, and I can blend and blend it with my own taste. You can easily make only one serious perfume in the world.

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• Age 12～Age 99
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00

A painting experience in nature. Mr. Kengo Ukita of Ukita Kiln has a history of attending a design school in Tokyo after training at Tokuda Yasokichi Pottery. The pottery-making environment that he obtained after moving from the Komatsu Airport area is a source of playful inspiration. The natural and tranquil environment around the studio, the view of greenery that jumps out from the window of the work desk, and the occasional music session with friends in the gallery. The pop style of Mr. Ukita's works inspired by them has a familiarity and warmth that is somewhat different from the classic motifs associated with the word "Kutani ware". In the GEMBA program, under the guidance of Mr. Ukita, you can experience overglaze painting from sketching a rough sketch in the backyard. The overglaze painting experience, which starts with a sketch surrounded by greenery, is a unique and valuable experience. *For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

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• Age 15～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 13:30

Luxury stool making experience taught by furniture craftsmen and upholsterers LEON is a furniture studio that proposes, manufactures, delivers, installs, and even maintains furniture and living tools, based on the concept of "solid wood furniture that can be used for a long time." . AMANO is a chair upholstery workshop that reupholsters chairs and sofas, offering the idea of ​​``fixing and reusing.'' In this program, two such cooperative workshops have teamed up. After a tour and explanation of the workshop and gallery, you can create a stool that you can customize to your liking, including the wood species and fabric of the chair. Take your time to see, hear, touch, and experience the details of each product.

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• Age 10～Age 99
• 3～4 hours

Arrange flowers in Yasokichi's vase, eat from Yasokichi's vase, and let the story bloom. Until now, many craftsmen involved in Kutani have studied under the first and second generation Yasokichi Tokuda, and many master craftsmen of yesteryear have also trained at this kiln. Mr. Yasokichi Tokuda, the 4th generation owner of Kutani ware. Together with Yasokichi 4th, who continues to create pottery energetically, he says, "We are born from the earth and return to the earth. We use earth, our mother earth, as a material, and then return to the earth." , By arranging flowers in Yasokichi's works and actually using them as vessels, it is a program where you can enjoy Kutani ware not only by watching but also by fully using your five senses. *For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

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• Age 13～Age 80
• 3～4 hours

"Japanese culture experience & nature experience" where you can fully enjoy the private Kayabuki old folk house in the Yamato plateau of the ancient city of Nara A luxurious experience where you can reset your mind and body while enjoying the activities unique to the old folk house

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• Age 5～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 14:30

A special plan to enjoy the time of dusk and twilight in Takehara! Experience making your own original bamboo lights + cruising at dusk. Take a romantic private cruise surrounded by your own fantastic bamboo lights and the admiration of the setting sun. Rabbits also landed on Okunoshima during the most energetic evening hours.

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• Age 7～
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours
• 13:30

It is a woodworker who finishes the work with an electric screwdriver and a screw. Choose from 60 different woodworking kits and make a reservation. You can choose from 20 colors. People who are new to woodworking are also welcome. While making fun while making your work, the scope of DIY expands.

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