Handmade / Handcraft workshops in Japan Page 2

• Age 8～Age 88
• Within 1 hour /1～2 hours
• 11:30

Choose a sandblasted small bowl, bowl, or mug for the pottery, and decorate it with a design sticker. It's okay if you can't draw a picture. Simply cut and paste the emoji using the designed craft punch. When the work of cutting and pasting is completed, put it in a machine and scrape it with sand to finish it. You can take it home on the day.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• 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.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 0～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00

About 20 minutes by car from Kanazawa Station. Head east on Route 159 from Naruwa towards Higashichoe IC. Head further east on Route 210, turn right at Makimachi, go through the Tsurube Tunnel and head to Tsurube Satoyama. Experience the local treasure "Rice Field Dyeing" that has been passed down in the Tsurube village where the legend of Kagekiyo remains. Dye your own original pattern using the tie-dye technique. The history of this rice field dyeing is recorded as "Kaga Black Dyeing" during the feudal period. Harvest the Akamekashiwa and Yamaurushi plants that grow wild in Tsurube, and soak the cloth in the boiled dye liquid for several tens of minutes. After that, put it in the rice field and knead it well... You can enjoy the feeling of dipping your hands and feet in spring water and rice field. Using the tie-dye technique, fold the cloth and tie it with string to imagine your own pattern, and look forward to the finished product. A beautiful gray dye is completed. Then, go out and explore the surrounding area and enjoy your discoveries. For lunch, make rice balls using the rice cooked in the pot and enjoy them while looking at the nature! A light meal is included. The work you make will be completed on the same day and you can take it home.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups
• For Family

• Age 4～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 12:00

You will experience the traditional culture of flower arrangement in a Kyoto townhouse. After learning the basics, you are free to arrange the flowers as you like. After that, you will eat a Kyoto kaiseki bento lunch while looking at the flowers you have arranged with the head of the school. Children from kindergarten age can experience this. All flower arrangement tools, such as scissors, will be provided here.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00

You can enjoy the pottery experience carefully in the spacious and bright shop. The staff will help you carefully, so even beginners are welcome. From 1 kg of soil, it is possible to produce 2 to 3 vessels. As color of finish is also available from 6 colors, You can make only one original work in the world!

• For Groups