Kanto Reservation for Japanese crafts making / Japanese miscellaneous goods | Activity Japan Page 3

• Age 6～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00 / 16:45 / 18:20

"Yu Kobo" opens 6 classrooms in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka. Bright and friendly professional staff will help you together according to the speed of each person. ☆ You can enjoy every day with the finished leather craft ♪ You can engrave patterns or carve illustrations and messages yourself. After dyeing the leather surface and assembling it, it is completed ♪ You can take the work home on the day of the course, so even those who come from afar can feel free to experience it ♪ ☆ You can take the completed work home on the day of the experience. ☆ If you have any concerns about the production of your work, please feel free to contact us.

• Date Spot
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 0～Age 100
• Within 1 hour /1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 14:00

An event for foreign tourists to enjoy matcha experience, Japanese dance show, kimono cosplay, calligraphy, origami, etc. You can casually enjoy the essence of Japanese culture while enjoying matcha green tea and Japanese sweets. ★Matcha Experience & Japanese Dance Appreciation You will be given a lecture while demonstrating how to make matcha, and you can actually make matcha yourself. Please enjoy it with Japanese sweets. In addition, enjoy Japanese traditional dance that matches the season while enjoying matcha green tea and Japanese sweets. The choreography that expresses the scenery of the four seasons is explained in a fun way, with occasional quizzes. It is a content that allows foreigners to feel familiar with Japanese dance, which they do not usually have the opportunity to experience. Calligraphy, origami, and kimono cosplay experience Calligraphy experience where you follow a model and write your favorite characters using a brush and ink, origami experience where you actually learn how to fold and make a work, wear a geisha or maiko cosplay costume We also have a Japanese-style dressing experience where you can enjoy taking pictures (take pictures with your own camera or smartphone). As an option, we also offer souvenir goods such as original calligraphy T-shirts and matcha tea sets that you can make on the spot and take home.

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

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

This is a course where you can experience one of the representative decoration techniques of lacquerware, "Makie". “Kakoku” is to decorate and beautify the surface of the product. It is a decoration technique to attach. We use cashew paint, which is a non-irritating synthetic resin paint, so that you can enjoy it safely. In this course, you can choose one of your favorite bowls and finish the original bowl by drawing pictures and letters with die-cutting and freehand. If you use the prepared designs, even people who are not good at drawing can easily work, and you can also bring your own original design and draw freely. “Kitanihonbashi Yumehigashi Main Store” is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where many long-established traditional craft shops are gathered from the Edo period. Muto, the organizer, is a long-established company with history and tradition as a wholesale store specializing in lacquerware that has been in business for over 100 years. A workshop instructor with specialized skills will teach you carefully. The real thrill of the experience is the moment when the colors change when the sown powder is wiped off. How about experiencing Maki-e, a unique Japanese traditional technique?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

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

You can experience gold leaf application, a typical traditional craft. In this course, you will choose your favorite vessel and finish the original vessel. Since stickers with various designs are available, it is relatively easy to work with, and you can also use a cutter to create your own design. The shop is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where many long-established traditional craft shops gather. During the Edo period, it prospered as a base for commerce and logistics, and even now you can feel the atmosphere of Edo culture everywhere. Why don't you experience gold leaf pasting, a traditional Japanese craft, while enjoying a walk before and after the experience?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 75
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 14:00

Experience Japanese tradition and create your own creations! Mini origami lamps are made by folding several sheets of handmade Japanese paper into a bellows shape and gluing them together. When a small lamp is inserted into the bellows-shaped washi paper, it emits a gentle and warm light. When the bellows is closed, it resembles a closed book, and the obi is decorated with a mizuhiki knot. You will create a one-of-a-kind origami lamp piece in the world. Lastly, we will serve Japanese sweets along with "Japanese paper tea" that is not available anywhere else! Mizuhiki is a traditional paper string made of twisted Japanese paper wrapped in nylon or film. Did you know that each knot has a meaning? Once you know the meaning of the knot, it's the perfect gift. Washi paper is lightweight and durable, making it ideal for artwork and interior decoration. Learn about traditional Japanese crafts and their techniques, and create your own original work.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 3～Age 75
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 14:00

Experience the beauty and history of traditional Japanese paper that is over a thousand years old! A workshop where you can experience Japanese paper making. Starting with an explanation of washi making, you can experience how traditional washi is made from wood. In the workshop, we will make postcards with two different designs, Falling Water Paper, and A5 size paper. While the washi is drying, we will offer Japanese sweets along with a unique "washi tea". The mascot cat “Kami” will always welcome you at the shop! ~Procedure of the experience~ ① Briefly explain the flow of the workshop (5 minutes) We will briefly explain the raw materials for washi paper. ②Experience the process of making washi paper, including ``peeling'' the outer layer of the mulberry tree and ``beating'' the wood fibers. (20 minutes) We will briefly introduce the process of making washi paper with a demonstration. ③Handmade washi paper making (60 to 80 minutes) A ​​total of 4 sheets of postcard size (fortune, gauze, falling water) and A5 size washi ④Press and dry by machine. In the meantime, washi tea time (20 minutes).Wait for it to dry while eating washi tea and Japanese sweets.⑤Complete the surveyAfter completing the survey, we will give you a dried washi postcard and the workshop will end.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 15～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30

Kamakura is a popular tourist destination for Japanese and foreign visitors.  It is a place where many Japanese traditions have been preserved along with nature. And it was a birthplace of the Kamakura shogunate known as the samurai regime. In this program, you can visit the blacksmith workshop that is operated in Kamakura by direct descendant of legendary sword master Masamune. Also you can appreciate and actually hold a Japanese sword which is, at present, regarded as a fine masterpiece of Art. This program is conducted with Japanese only. Foreign language explanation is an optional service.

• For Rainy Days
• For Groups

• Age 7～Age 80
• Within 1 hour
• 11:00 / 13:00 / 14:00

Gintama and Tokyo hand-painted Yuzen collaborated, the experience of making an original handkerchief! Why do not you color and pattern Favorite character motif and complete only one goods in the world?

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups