Iwate in Traditional culture experience

• Age 5～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 14:00

"Wool Picnic 2025 & Tohoku Fleece Day Iwate" will be held in Morioka, Iwate on June 1, 2025. This year, there will be fleece sales from sheep born and raised in the Tohoku + Niigata region, sheep shearing events, sales of rare local hogget curry, thread spinning guerrillas, and nomadic gers at the venue! It's a day for sheep lovers to gather. [Experience content] See, touch, and feel the texture of wool and the year of the sheep, and get familiar with handiwork at the venue. Experience sheep shearing and "homespun", a handicraft that has been passed down in Iwate since the Taisho era! Morioka is the only homespun production area in the country that produces hand-spun and hand-woven homespun. This is a great experience program where you can touch fluffy wool and experience the excitement of weaving a coaster with thread that you spun yourself. "Looms School of Hand-Spinning and Hand-Weaving" is a place where you can easily experience hand-spinning and hand-weaving in Morioka. The instructor will carefully support you and let you finish your own original work. This experience is suitable for a wide range of people, from children to adults. ⚫️Participants will be able to take home their own creations, and will also receive a precious Iwate Prefecture wool and sheepskin keychain (1,650 yen)! ~Experience flow~ (Experience takes place indoors) 10:30 Explanation of flow 10:40 First, try spinning the thread! Choose your favorite color of wool and spin the thread! You'll be excited to see the process of turning sheep's wool into thread. 11:00 Make a coaster using a tabletop machine. Try weaving the spun thread into your very own coaster. 12:00 Finished *The afternoon is roughly the same. If you're quick, you can finish in about an hour and a half.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

A top-of-the-frame painting experience that even beginners can easily enjoy! Let's make your own piece with a free sense. A skull pattern is also possible. You can experience it from a 4-year-old child. Please make one per person. Tools are available here. Works On the day You can take it home.

• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 10～Age 75
• Within 1 hour

We offer a simple and informal "table tea ceremony experience". In this experience, you can actually make matcha by yourself while learning the basics of the tea ceremony in one hour. ~ Flow of the day ~ ① Demonstration and hands-on experience (30 minutes) First, you will see a demonstration by the instructor. I will explain the specific steps and manners while demonstrating. After that, participants will move on to the experience of actually making matcha. The feature is that you can easily enjoy it using things you have at home, such as handkerchiefs and spoons. ②Enjoy dried sweets (15 minutes) Enjoy dried sweets with matcha green tea. Enjoy a table tea ceremony to your heart's content while enjoying flavorful sweets. ③ Exchange of impressions and opinions (15 minutes) After the experience, we will set aside time to exchange impressions and opinions with the participants. Let's share the memorable moments, what kind of realizations and impressions you had. It is also attractive to be able to freely exchange opinions in an atmosphere that is not formal. The Aime-toi Cooking School's "Table Tea Ceremony Experience" specializes in promoting table tea ceremony that can be easily enjoyed at home. You can use familiar tools such as paper towels, handkerchiefs, and spoons instead of kaishi, chashaku, chakin, and fukusa. While learning the basics of the tea ceremony, enjoy an experience that emphasizes ease and ease.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity