Komatsu City in Japanese crafts making / Japanese miscellaneous goods

• Age 12～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

Only one in the world! Let's make your own bathtub. During the Edo period, wooden buckets were widely used and were closely related to daily life. However, nowadays there are fewer opportunities to actually see and touch wooden barrels. Experience making a bathtub by Mr. Kimpei Sugimoto, a wooden bucket craftsman who wants people to understand the quality of wooden buckets and the importance of handiwork. With Mr. Sugimoto's explanations and guidance, you can make your own bathtub with a diameter of about 20cm and a height of about 10cm.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 09:30 / 14:00

See, touch and experience. Learn all about the charm of joinery! Kamon Joinery Crafts is a joinery shop that produces furniture, fittings, and other "joinery" made by combining wood and wood without using joining tools such as nails. In this program, you will be able to experience Kumiko work under the guidance of President Kamon, who has honed his skills as a joiner for over 50 years. Please come and experience for yourself how the beautiful intricate patterns of Kumiko work are made and how difficult Kumiko work is.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 12～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 15:00

Time to face the once-in-a-lifetime wood that comes to the workshop after an eternity After graduating from university, he learned the technique of turning wood in the mountains of Kaga City, next door to Komatsu, and is currently working as a lacquer artist in Komatsu City. Ms. Fumiko Iku is a woodturner who manufactures products. In this program, you can experience making wooden bowls at Mr. Iku's workshop "Hoori", which is located in a rural village. Trees grow thick over decades, and even after being felled, they take a long time to dry before being brought into the workshop by chance. Mr. Iku's work as a woodturner is one in which he stoically faces the products of time. In this program, we invite you to learn about the roots of the tree, feel the warmth of the tree itself, and feel the wonder of handiwork, and try making your own wooden vessel. It's sure to be a treasure for a lifetime.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity