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Creative Experience (Reservation Required)

Handweaving Experience

We have 50 mini handlooms. You can weave a table center cloth (approx. 20cm x 30cm in size). After completing your project, you can take it home with you as a souvenir.
Reservation
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Required time
40 minutes
Age
5th Grade students and above
Maximum capacity
50 people at a time
Fee

General 2,530 Yen(groups 2,200 Yen/person tax included)
Students 2,200 Yen(groups 1,980 Yen/person tax included)
※ Group rates apply for a party of 15 or more people.

Scarf Making Experience

Make your own original handwoven scarf with domestically produced pure silk threads. Silk scarf, approx. 20cm x 180 in size. It can be worn during both in the summer to stay cool, and in winter to keep warm; a perfect gift for your friends or family. ※ Reservations are accepted until one day before

Currently suspended.

Reservation
Required time
About 3 hours
Experience hours
10:00~・13:00~
Age
Junior high school students and above
Maximum capacity
5 people at a time
Fee

Kaleidoscope hand making experience

Replace the normal beads with Nishijin cloths and make your very own kaleidoscope! Enjoy the glittering patterns just by looking through the tube while turning the cylinder. How about keeping it as a memory of summer vacation or giving it to somebody as a gift?
Reservation
Required time
Approximately 30 minutes
Available hours
10:30 ~ ・ 13:30 ~ ・ 14:30 ~
Who can participate
Elementary school students under the second grade together with their parents.
Maximum capacity
4 people at a time
Fee
1,540 yen (tax included)

Handmade Academy

Use Nishijin’s Kireji woven fabric and templates to create items such as tote bags, Pouch, Sukiya (traditionally to carry tea ceremony utensils) pouch, and others. Beginners are welcome too. You also have the option to make an authentic Amami Oshima Tsumugi, using Kireji fabric.

Currently suspended.

Reservation
Content
Bag, Sukiya Pouch, or Purse.
Available hours
10:00~・13:00~
Age
Junior high school students and above
Maximum capacity
Around 2 people at a time
Guidance fee
Fee
Horikawa-dori Imadegawa, Minamiiri Nishi-gawa Kamikyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 602-8216
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