【Review ranks】 Woodworking experience in Japan

• Age 9～Age 88
• Within 1 hour /1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 14:30

Choose the wood and length and carve your own chopsticks with a plane! You can also make octagonal chopsticks using a plane stand invented by a craftsman. A full-fledged handmade experience. Comes with paint so you can use it for a long time! An experience that can only be experienced here in the country! [Reservation required] Experience in the nature-rich Shinshu Azumino, where water, light, wind, and sky shine. ★Please contact us by phone if you would like to make a reservation on the day or if you would like to participate alone. Up to 15 people can experience in the workshop. For more than that, we can rent a city conference room and hold a group chopstick making experience, so please contact us by phone for details. The experience will be held in a home workshop. When you enter the room, the scent of wood fills the air... that alone will relax your mind! Concentrating on making chopsticks will refresh your mind and body! The fresh air, water, and light of Azumino will satisfy your five senses. Children from the third grade of elementary school can experience this! (For elementary school students, cypress wood is recommended, but Yamazakura wood is hard, so in most cases it cannot be shaved at all. Children younger than that should be watched by a parent or guardian.) Planing from a square piece of wood!? It may seem difficult, but our craftsmen will carefully teach you how to use the plane. We have been making chopsticks for 13 years. We have made chopsticks with over 13,000 people so far. Among the 10,000 people, there are famous celebrities and announcers (*^-^*) ~ Flow of the day ~ ① "Decide the wood and length." Decide the material of the chopsticks and the length of the chopsticks. ② "Explanation of the process ~ Start by being taught how to use the plane ~" Planes vary depending on the user! The amount of time it takes to shave varies depending on the individual's stance. Therefore, the time spent on chopstick making varies depending on each customer! ③ Process 1. Make the chopsticks thick enough to be easy to use 2. Shave off the corners 3. Polish with sandpaper 4. Add the name with a hot pen 5. We take them in and paint them.

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• Age 10～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

DIY experience of cypress chair. At the workshop, you can also learn how to use planes. With a little trick, it will be durable, long-lasting and beautifully finished.

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• Age 8～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00

You can experience assembling your own original abacus. We are also preparing a class experience where you can learn about Japanese culture through the completed abacus. The class is a valuable experience where you can actually take part in classes attended by local children. Please rest assured that the instructor will be teaching in English. After the experience, you can take home your abacus and a certificate in Japanese.

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• For Groups
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• Age 10～Age 100
• 1～2 hours /2～3 hours
• 09:00 / 10:00 / 11:00 / 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

AGES BASE is located in the "Okinawa Craft Forest", about 15 minutes by car from Naha Airport. Okinawan wood is turned into an original pen & keychain! Why not experience the fun of "craftsmanship"? You can also choose different experiences for each group! ⚫︎Pen making and polishing experience (time required: about 60 minutes) Use a woodworking lathe to polish the shaft of a wooden pen with sandpaper. Each time you polish it, the wood surface becomes smoother and you can create your own original pen while enjoying the changes in the beauty of the wood grain. ⚫︎Pen making and carving experience (time required: about 120 to 180 minutes) Use a woodworking lathe to carve the shaft of a wooden pen with a bit (blade) into your favorite shape. Make a completely original pen while enjoying the beauty of the wood grain. ⚫︎Keychain polishing experience (time required: about 40 minutes) Use a woodworking lathe to polish the shaft of a wooden keychain with sandpaper. Each time you polish it, the wood surface becomes smoother, and you can enjoy the changes in the beauty of the wood grain as you create your own original keychain. ⚫︎Pen & Keychain (Time required: approx. 120-180 minutes) You will create a total of two items, a wooden pen and a keychain, using the same wood. The wooden pen's shaft is carved into the desired shape using a cutting tool, and then polished to finish. The keychain is polished to finish.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00

Mukuroji Woodware, which specializes in making wooden tableware, opens its workshop to the public on the 4th Saturday of every month to hold workshops♪★ Experience making butter knives using professional machinery★ The butter knives you make will be delivered on the same day. You can take it home. We will accept applications from just one person! We will do our best to make sure you have a fun and injury-free time! ~Procedure of the experience~ 1. Draw a side view of a butter knife with a pencil. 2. Cut outside the line you drew with a scroll saw. 3.Use a machine called a belt sander to sand down to the lines on the side view. 4. Cut the unnecessary parts using a saw. 5. Draw a top view of the butter knife with a pencil. 6. Use a belt sander to sand down to the lines shown on the top view. 7. Polish with sponge sander and sandpaper by hand. 8. Wear gloves and apply oil with a rag to complete. Customers who participate in this plan will receive a cup of home-roasted coffee. The workshop is in a great location, surrounded by nature and close to the sea. If the weather is nice, you might even be able to enjoy a spectacular sunset with a cup of coffee in hand! ?

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• 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.

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• Age 10～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 / 15:00 / 16:00

Yamaken Mokkojo is the only factory in the production area of ​​Echizen cutlery that specializes in manufacturing kitchen knife handles. Even if you use a good kitchen knife, the handle that you hold directly is an important part. With such a handle as a starting point, we will tour the factories that make the handle and the blade. Finally, it is an experience to make your own kitchen knife from a number of repertoires.

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 14:30

"Kobo Seikan" has a workshop, shop, and cafe, and you can enjoy a tour of the Yamanaka lacquerware production site, experience turning the wood, and enjoy shopping, lacquerware, and cafes and sweets. In this course, we will visit the studio (I will explain) ~ Making a vase ~ Lacquerware experience at a cafe (with a drink) Here, the lacquerware craftsmen are working every day. In this experience, you can observe it up close and learn about lacquerware production. The staff will give you easy-to-understand instructions. Next, you will make your own original flower vase using the wood turning wheel and plane that the craftsmen actually use. You can experience full-fledged wood sawing through making single flower vase. Most of the shapes are carved by yourself, so it's a little bit difficult, but it's fun! ! ! A friendly wood craftsman will teach you carefully, so you can make it yourself until the final completion. You will be satisfied. It is fun. After that, you can enjoy drinks made with lacquerware and sweets at the cafe. Please relax and enjoy the lacquerware experience. If you have any questions, feel free to ask the staff or craftsmen. Even small children can participate as long as they can hold a planer firmly. * The information and photos posted may not be the latest information. Please be sure to check in advance before using.

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• Age 3～Age 99
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00

Shikwasa chopsticks making experience The wood used is a pruned Shikwasa tree from Ogimi Village. Studio Uruhashi directly enters the mountain and collects it. A friendly craftsman will teach you gently and it is a safe craft, so children from 3 years old can experience it.

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• Age 2～Age 100
• Within 1 hour /1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 14:30

You can experience laser engraving at Azumi's wooden chopsticks Fab factory. Experience at home workshop. When you enter the room, the scent of wood wafts in the air. When you focus on making things, your mind and body will be refreshed! It is an experience that satisfies the five senses with the fresh air, water and light of Azumino. This plan allows you to create an original nameplate with laser engraving! If you can draw a picture, even small children can experience it, so how about making a nameplate that will be a memory for your family?・Materials: Mountain cherry, cypress, etc. ・Characteristics: wood with beautiful grain and taste ・Size: 84 x 210 x 15 mm Transform into a dish! The nameplates of mass retailers have a uniform impression, but the nameplates made of wild cherry wood give a warm feeling. The characters to be engraved on the nameplate can be computer fonts or handwritten! You can also put a family commemorative mark! !

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• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours

Would you like to make your own Kimekomi work? We will prepare the bare wood in a carved state in advance, so you can make your own product just by choosing your favorite cloth and applying the wood grain. Experience the "Paulownia Kimekomi Zaiku" that can only be experienced at Hakocho. We will prepare a box that has already undergone the "carving" process, so you can freely choose the fabric yourself, and then "color" and "kimekomi".

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 100
• 1～2 hours
• 13:00

At Mukuroji Woodware, which specializes in making wooden tableware, we open our full-fledged workshop to hold workshops♪★ Experience making butter knives using professional machinery★ The butter knives you make will be delivered to you on the same day. You can take it home. We will accept applications from just one person! We will do our best to make sure you have a fun and injury-free time! ~Procedure of the experience~ 1. Draw a side view of a butter knife with a pencil. 2. Cut outside the line you drew with a scroll saw. 3.Use a machine called a belt sander to sand down to the lines on the side view. 4. Cut the unnecessary parts using a saw. 5. Draw a top view of the butter knife with a pencil. 6. Use a belt sander to sand down to the lines shown on the top view. 7. Polish with sponge sander and sandpaper by hand. 8. Wear gloves and apply oil with a rag to complete.

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 4～Age 90
• 1～2 hours
• 10:30 / 13:30 / 15:30

It is a woodworking experience plan with a small number of people and a complete reservation system. Morodomi Town, Saga City, Saga Prefecture, is adjacent to the furniture town of Okawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and is the second largest furniture producing area after Okawa. Why don't you make your own spoons and plates in such a woodworking town? It is possible to make it if you are an elementary school student or older. It is also made by children around 4 years old. This is your chance to have a lecture directly from a craftsman. Let's make only one original tableware in the world. Parents and children, family, friends, lovers, alone is okay.

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• Age 5～Age 80
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 15:00

[Rough flow] (1) Determine the size to cut (2) Cut with an electric jigsaw machine (3) File it! First of all, work ①. Decide the size to cut while consulting with your dominant hand and taste. Place a non-patterned pattern on the selected tree and make a draft for cutting with a pencil. After cutting straight lines and curves with a jigsaw machine, polish the entire surface with sandpaper and finish by removing the surface. You can use a heat pen to add text and illustrations to each work. Finally, make a hole for the string to pass through, and pass the leather string to complete!

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• Age 10～Age 80
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 14:00

DIY experience of cypress desk. At the workshop, we will also teach you how to use planes. With a little trick, it will be durable, long-lasting and beautifully finished.

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• Age 2～Age 100
• Within 1 hour
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 14:30

You can experience laser engraving at the Azumino Wooden Chopsticks Fab Factory. ★Please make a reservation by phone on the day or if you are alone. Up to 15 people can experience the experience in the workshop. The experience will be held in a home workshop. When you enter the room, the scent of wood fills the air... that alone will relax your mind! Concentrating on making chopsticks will refresh your mind and body! This is an experience that satisfies all five senses with the fresh air, water, and light of Azumino. If you can draw, you can do it, so even small children can experience it. Your child's drawings and letters can be engraved as they are, so if you create one every year on their birthday, it will be a memento of their growth! Draw a rough sketch with a pencil, thicken it with a marker, and then engrave it with a laser engraving machine to turn it into an original piece! A memento of your trip! You can also create a commemorative item for someone important to you!

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• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 80
• 1～2 hours

"Table Kobo kiki" is a shop that manufactures and sells original products that take advantage of the charm of solid wood, from small chopstick rests to large single-plate tables. You can choose your favorite wood from several types and laser-engrave a dial or illustration you designed on a wooden clock or cup holder to experience making it. Please take home a warm wooden accessory that is perfect for a relaxing time. Also, please enjoy the view of "Mt. Bizan" from the terrace side at the back of the workshop shop. ～ Flow of the day ～ 1. About attractive products in the solid board table specialty store "Table Kobo kiki" 2. Production of original clock or original cup holder ・ Design ・ Laser engraving ・ Polishing and oiling ※ Take-out gift ・ Original produced Watch or cup holder

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• For Groups

• Age 0～Age 99
• 2～3 hours

Okada Taru is a company that inherits the craftsmanship that has been handed down since its founding in 1948, continues to stick to round shapes, and continues to make one of the few wooden products in Tokushima that is carefully handmade one by one. "Barrels," "drawers," and "tubs" are traditional crafts that are inseparable from Japanese life and food culture. The more you use it, the more attractive it becomes over time. The original wood products made here will change your life in the future. ～ Flow of the day ～ 1. Culture and product introduction of "barrel", "chest" and "fortune" by Mr. Okada 2. Tour of Okada barrel factory 3. Experience of making original wood products * Take-out gifts, original wood products and barrels made Take away one of the, chest, and tub

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• In Door Activity
• For Family

• Age 15～Age 100
• 3～4 hours
• 13:30

Luxury stool making experience taught by furniture craftsmen and upholsterers LEON is a furniture studio that proposes, manufactures, delivers, installs, and even maintains furniture and living tools, based on the concept of "solid wood furniture that can be used for a long time." . AMANO is a chair upholstery workshop that reupholsters chairs and sofas, offering the idea of ​​``fixing and reusing.'' In this program, two such cooperative workshops have teamed up. After a tour and explanation of the workshop and gallery, you can create a stool that you can customize to your liking, including the wood species and fabric of the chair. Take your time to see, hear, touch, and experience the details of each product.

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• 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.

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• In Door Activity

• Age 7～
• 2～3 hours /3～4 hours
• 13:30

It is a woodworker who finishes the work with an electric screwdriver and a screw. Choose from 60 different woodworking kits and make a reservation. You can choose from 20 colors. People who are new to woodworking are also welcome. While making fun while making your work, the scope of DIY expands.

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• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 7～
• 1～2 hours
• 13:30 / 15:00

It is a woodworking class full of feelings using a woodworking kit made of domestic cedar. wooden Hand-making We have prepared "trial lessons" to make you enjoy The work can be selected from the following two types. A: Box display shelf (2 pieces) B: Two-stage free display cabinet (1 piece) It is also possible to start on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Details Contact us Please give me.

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