Traditional culture experience in Japan Page 29

• Age 4～Age 90
• 4～5 hours
• 14:00

In the renowned Kyoto bamboo shoot region of Oharano in Nishikyo Ward, a bamboo shoot farmer who manages the bamboo groves will provide an easy-to-understand explanation of everything from the ecology to the cultural significance of bamboo shoots. Participants will get to experience harvesting using a unique hoe specific to this region, and enjoy dishes prepared with the fresh bamboo shoots they have harvested themselves (four dishes typically eaten by the farmers will be served, along with drinks such as sake). While your bamboo shoots are simmering, you will join in a bamboo chopstick-making activity at Shop & Gallery Chikubuen (matcha and snacks included). During your meal, you will use the bamboo chopsticks you make, along with bamboo tableware and cups crafted by the farmer, enjoying the food amidst the scenic bamboo grove. This is a bamboo-themed tour that allows you to fully experience the culture of Kyoto bamboo shoots. You'll be guided by a team of a farmer who is passionately committed to cultivating the highest quality bamboo shoots and an interpreter guide deeply rooted in and knowledgeable about the local area.

• Pickup Service

• Age 18～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 13:00

Would you like to try making a traditional Japanese onigawara? I have made and restored many onigawara, so I will teach you individually. The size is about palm-sized. It will take about 3 hours, but the time it takes to complete varies from person to person. Once it is completed, your name and the year it was made will be written on it with a spatula, and the experience will end. There are onigawara with open mouths and closed mouths, familiar to us as the harmony of Aun (Aun's harmony), Agyo and Ungyo, so please make the one you like. *I have been studying English for the past 3 years.

• Pickup Service
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 18～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 13:00

This small studio is located 4.8km east of the World Heritage site Himeji Castle, a 15-minute drive away. Why not try a pottery experience in between sightseeing? This is a plan for a 3-hour experience. In the pottery experience, you can make all kinds of tableware (tea bowls, vases, plates, glasses, etc.). Bizen ware clay or a blend of Bizen ware clay and red clay is used, and the pottery is fired in an electric kiln. The firing color is ash-covered or scarlet-striped. *I have been learning English for the past 3 years.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity