Weaving experience 驛｢譎｢??ｽ??ｻ Weaving class in Japan Page 1

• Age 3～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 13:00

This is a tea mat weaving experience at the Genta Dyeing and Weaving Studio. Just choose your favorite color of thread and weave! From small children to the elderly, even first-time weavers are welcome♪ Foreigners can also enjoy weaving with hand gestures and go home. We have received comments that it is "pretty good" as a mouse pad. Since it is an indoor activity, you don't have to worry about the weather. You can experience it in the quaint workshop inside the castle of Aya International Craft. Staff who have been weaving for nearly 50 years will teach you carefully. ~ Flow of the day ~ ① Choose thread Choose your favorite color from the prepared thread. ② Staff explanation Staff will explain how to weave while demonstrating. ③ Weaving experience Feel free to weave. If you are quick, it will take about 15 minutes. ④ Finishing Staff will finish the fringe and it's finished. Please take it home and enjoy it.

• In Door Activity

• Age 7～Age 100
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

This is an approximately 1.5 hour plan where you will experience weaving a 10cm square silk fabric and tour the workshop. You can take your completed work home on the day. Everyone from elementary school students to the elderly can easily weave. Please feel the "texture" of the fabric you have woven yourself. You can see and touch some of Japan's finest works of art, which are world-class, and have a valuable experience learning about their history. *Bonus: Take photos on a restored high aircraft. An original postcard will be presented. You can also go shopping. We have three looms available for the weaving experience. For groups of 4 or more, orders will be given.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 1～Age 5
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

[Parent-child weaving experience * For preschoolers] It is a plan of about one and a half hours to experience weaving 10 cm square silk fabric and to tour the workshop. The finished work is On the day you can take home. You can easily weave with preschoolers. Feel the "texture" of the woven fabric you woven yourself. You can see, touch, and experience the world's best works of art in Japan. * Bonus: Take a photo on a restored high-end machine. Present an original postcard. You can also shop. We have two weaving machines for you to experience weaving. ◆ Workshop tour ◆ (Approximately one to one and a half hours) In the workshop tour, you can see the Nishikiori workshop of textile artist Koho Tatsumura and the Hand-making site that inherits traditional textiles. You can see Nishikori works, restored textiles, restored high machines, textile materials, etc. with explanations. Choose one from about eight types of colored threads (weft threads), weave a silk fabric of about 10 cm square with a traditional weaving machine, and take it home. ◆ Weaving experience ◆ (Weaving time is about 20 minutes, processing by staff is 10 minutes) This is an experience of weaving a silk fabric of about 10 cm square with a traditional weaving machine by selecting one from about 8 types of colored threads (weft threads). You can take what you have made with you. [Target] Preschoolers [Experience fee] 2,500 yen (tax included) / 1 preschooler's child and 1 guardian One additional guardian is a tour fee / 700 yen (Reference: Student 500 yen (Free for elementary school students and less) (A separate experience fee is required if an attendant is to experience it. It will be smooth if you make a reservation from our other weaving experience plans.) [Time required] Workshop tour + weaving experience Approximately 90 minutes (weaving time approximately 20 minutes) [Conditions] 〇 Parents can weave together with support. Assistance is required because there are tasks such as stepping on the treads with your feet and being out of reach. [Caution] 〇The experience is for one person. Please refrain from weaving by multiple people in one experience. It is not possible to weave in turns. [Experience flow] (Example) Workshop tour ⇒ Weaving experience ⇒ Workshop tour [Bonus] ① Take a photo on a weaving machine that has been restored from an ancient high machine. (2) One original postcard will be presented to each person.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 7～Age 100
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:30 / 15:30

This is a great plan that allows you to experience Japanese-born "kana" calligraphy and a weaving workshop tour in a textile workshop. In the ``kana'' calligraphy experience, you will choose your favorite words and practice them in fine strokes, and at the end, you will write them on colored paper or a small fan and take them home. We will carefully teach you how to move the brush. Beginners are also welcome. After completion, you can tour the traditional textile workshop with an explanation. You can see and touch some of Japan's finest works of art, which are world-class, and have a valuable experience learning about their history. You can also go shopping.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Even beginners can weave immediately! It's okay even on rainy days! Choose your favorite color from many threads and weave the original shawl, which is unique in the world, with a saori loom. It is a 15-minute walk from Naha Kokusai Dori, and there are many coin parking lots nearby.

• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00 / 18:00

Even beginners can weave immediately! It's okay even on rainy days! Choose your favorite color from many threads and weave two original coasters, which are unique in the world, with a saori loom. It is a 15-minute walk from Naha Kokusai Dori, and there are many coin parking lots nearby.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 9～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 09:30 / 10:00 / 10:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 / 13:00 / 13:30 / 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 / 15:30 / 16:00 / 16:30

"Yaeyama Minsa" is a textile made of cotton, plain weave, and produced in Ishigaki City and Taketomi Town. The biggest feature is that the five and four kasuri patterns embody the idea of ​​``Forever and ever, until the end of the five (five) worlds (four).'' Yaeyama Minsa-ori goes through many processes to create a single piece of fabric, but just like in the past, many of these processes are done by hand with great care. At the Minsa Crafts Museum, customers can actually experience ``weaving'', one of the processes of Yaeyama Minsa weaving, for themselves. Our instructors will provide direct and detailed guidance, so even beginners can enjoy the experience with confidence.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 9～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 09:30 / 10:30 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

"Yaeyama Minsa" is a textile made of cotton, plain weave, and produced in Ishigaki City and Taketomi Town. The biggest feature is that the five and four kasuri patterns embody the idea of ​​``Forever and ever, until the end of the five (five) worlds (four).'' Yaeyama Minsa-ori goes through many processes to create a single piece of fabric, but just like in the past, many of these processes are done by hand with great care. At the Minsa Crafts Museum, customers can actually experience ``weaving'', one of the processes of Yaeyama Minsa weaving, for themselves. Our instructors will provide direct and detailed guidance, so even beginners can enjoy the experience with confidence.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 9～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 09:30 / 13:00 / 14:30 / 15:30

"Yaeyama Minsa" is a textile made of cotton, plain weave, and produced in Ishigaki City and Taketomi Town. The biggest feature is that the five and four kasuri patterns embody the idea of ​​``Forever and ever, until the end of the five (five) worlds (four).'' Yaeyama Minsa-ori goes through many processes to create a single piece of fabric, but just like in the past, many of these processes are done by hand with great care. At the Minsa Crafts Museum, customers can actually experience ``weaving'', one of the processes of Yaeyama Minsa weaving, for themselves. Our instructors will provide direct and detailed guidance, so even beginners can enjoy the experience with confidence.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00 / 18:00

Even beginners can weave immediately! It's okay even on rainy days! Choose your favorite color from many threads and weave an original tapestry (about 50 cm), which is unique in the world, with a loom. It is a 15-minute walk from Naha Kokusai Dori, and there are many coin parking lots nearby.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00

Even beginners can weave immediately! It's okay even on rainy days! Choose your favorite color from many threads and weave the original luncheon mat, which is unique in the world, with a saori loom. It is a 15-minute walk from Naha Kokusai Dori, and there are many coin parking lots nearby.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00

Even beginners can weave immediately! It's okay even on rainy days! Choose your favorite color from many threads and weave an original hat, which is unique in the world, with a loom. It is a 15-minute walk from Naha Kokusai Dori, and there are many coin parking lots nearby.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 4～Age 100
• 2～3 hours
• 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00 / 17:00

Even beginners can weave immediately! It's okay even on rainy days! Choose your favorite color from many threads and weave the original muffler, which is unique in the world, with a saori loom. It is a 15-minute walk from Naha Kokusai Dori, and there are many coin parking lots nearby.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 10～Age 80
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00

Try to weave a pattern with cotton or wool. The fun of weaving with your own hands is exceptional. Even beginners can weave complicated patterns by moving their hands and feet as instructed. You can weave a stall or place mat with cotton or wool in about 3 hours.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 18～Age 99
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 10:00

The world of original design that began with woven labels Nakagawa Sangyo originally started as a woven label factory, but today we can create a variety of original textile products from silk screens to prints. This program is for designers and creators who want to see Nakagawa Sangyo's manufacturing machines and make use of them to make things. Even if you are not a so-called "professional", there are probably many people who have wanted to make T-shirts and souvenirs for club activities and circles. These days, we live in an age of 100 million creators, where anyone can design and sell their own original creations on SNS and online shops. Let's enjoy making things together! *For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity

• Age 6～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00

The world of original designs that started with woven labels Some people may not be able to understand woven labels, but woven labels are manufacturer names and brand names in all the cloth products that we wear and use. "That" is attached to display. Komatsu City's woven label production ranks second in Japan after Maruoka City in Fukui Prefecture. Today, 100% of woven labels made in Japan are made in these two cities. Nakagawa Sangyo started with woven labels woven with a jacquard loom in such a production area Komatsu, and now produces various goods such as prints and silk screens. In this program, you can use Nakagawa Sangyo's diversified machines to create original design goods such as T-shirts and tote bags. Why don't you experience the moment when original goods are actually born using photos and children's illustrations in your smartphone's camera roll? *For foreign nationals: Information on the day will be in Japanese only.

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity