Saitama/Kawaguchi Reservation for Traditional culture experience | Activity Japan

• 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)

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• 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)

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00

Welcome to Kawaguchi, one of the first post towns on the ancient Nikko Onari Kaido highway, which once connected Edo (modern day Tokyo) with the temple and shrine-filled city of Nikko. Your guide will meet you at Shakujouji Temple, just a short walk from the station, ready to take you into a day in the life of a shogun traveling to Nikko to pay their respects at Toshogu Shrine. Generations of Tokugawa shoguns, who ruled over Japan during the Edo period, stopped here during their journeys. Your guide will give you an overview of this history, before taking part in a Buddhist blessing ritual. Then get a true taste of Edo cuisine, by enjoying the same meal that shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune ate during his visit to the temple on April 13, 1728. The menu was recorded in a historical chronicle, and an Edo food expert recreated each individual dish based on recipe books from the period. Finally, you will have the unique opportunity to try on a Takasagozome kimono, featuring elaborate patterns that were all the rage in the inner quarters of the shogun's court. Most people in Japan have never seen, let alone worn, a Takasago-dyed kimono!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00

Experience the Edo period for a moment at Shakujoji Temple, the first stop on the Tokugawa Shogun's journey to Nikko. Learn about the temple's deep ties to the Edo Shogunate and receive a blessing from a monk for a safe journey. The highlight of the tour is an authentic Shogun Lunch, based on the recipe of the lunch eaten by Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune at Shakujoji Temple in April 1728. You will also have the opportunity to try on and take photos in a rare Takasago-dyed kimono, once beloved by the ladies of the Ooku.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 4～5 hours
• 13:00

It is a plan that can make one favorite work with electric wheel. We will teach you the first time carefully, so please make your own original work that fully utilizes your individuality. There are about 10 types of soil, about 20 types of glazes (Yuyaku), and many types of materials. The experience is a free time system, so you are welcome to join the pottery class from 13:00 to 18:00 at any time. You can experience authentic pottery.

• Age 5～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

A fragrant bonsai that anyone can enjoy casually ♪ Opportunities (products/experiences) for enjoying life with bonsai by narrowing down to tree species, sizes, and tailoring that are relatively easy to care for on a daily basis. It offers. "Kajuaru Bonsai Making Experience" is held in Midori Ward, Saitama City. Please join us! 〜Experience flow〜 1. Create an image of the finished product from the combination of seedlings and pots♪ Choose your favorite from the 3-4 types of seedlings and pots available at the venue, depending on the season. ② Arrange the bonsai seedlings. ③ Put the seedlings in the pot and reconfirm the image. ④ Plant the seedling in a pot and fix it. ⑤ Water and moss. ⑥ After rework, take a commemorative photo ♪ Taking a picture of the completed state will be useful for maintenance.

• For Rainy Days

• Age 6～Age 100
• 4～5 hours
• 13:00

This is a hand drill experience plan that even beginners can enjoy. It can be made freely with the sense of clay play. Please make your favorite work not only in a bowl but in your favorite work with the technique called "hand bending", which is made by layering clay in a string form. We will teach you how to make according to the image of the work you want to make. There are about 10 types of soil, about 20 types of glazes (Yuyaku), and many types of materials. The experience is a free time system, so you are welcome to join the pottery class from 13:00 to 18:00 at any time.

• Age 3～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 10:30

Wheat project, who is active in the nature-rich Minuma rice field in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, challenges soba for the first time! And the other day, the new soba that I was able to harvest for the first time! Why don't you make Toshikoshi soba using such new soba from scratch together? The wheat used for the binder is also new wheat hunted this year (`･ ω ･ ´) b Soba is made in a well-ventilated greenhouse, so you can rest assured even in the rain! It's warmer than the outside ♪ * If it's cold, let's bonfire! We welcome families, individuals, and even beginners!

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 3～Age 90
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00

At Minuma Tanbo, which is located in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, we were able to harvest high-quality wheat (Norin 61) again this year! Why don't you make ramen using such new wheat from scratch? Family members, one person, and even beginners are welcome!

• In Door Activity
• For Groups