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Apprentice to a swordsmith
-Kyoto-
You will make your own Japanese sword -Katana- as an apprentice of Katana artisan. This experience will take 10~12hours because of creating your original Katana (about 25cm) from zero. Your Katana will be registered officially in Agency for Cultural Affairs.
<Sample program>
0h00m Learn the history of Katana
1h00m Refinement from scratch for 5 hours
6h00m Hot-working,Fire forging, Hardening etc
12h00m End
Workshop with Bamboo Forest Craftmens
-Kyoto-
You must know the beauty of bamboo forests in Kyoto. But do you know who have kept it beautiful? You'll meet craftsmen and experience an arrangement of bamboo forests and join in workshop to make bamboo chopsticks.
<Sample program>
0h00m Entering in a bamboo forests & Guidance
1h00m Arranging and cutting the bamboo with the craftsmen
2h00m Workshop to make chopsticks by the bamboo
3h00m Interactions with the craftsmen
4h00m End
Farm inn experiecne at thatched house
-Kyoto-
This is not general farm inn but authentic experience that you can stay in a thatched house with the host. You can enjoy the local cuisine and the traditional architecture. And more than that, this must be good interaction with the locals.
<Sample program>
0h00m A private car takes you from Kyoto city to Miyama village.
1h30m Arrive at the Kayabuki village for walking tour
2h30m Local restaurants
4h30m Ckeck in for Farm inn at a thatched house
5h00m Interaction with the hosts
7h00m Enjoy local cuisines by the hosts
The next day
0h00m Check out & Free time
4h00m A private car takes you to Kyoto city.
5h50m Arrive at Kyoto city
Cuisine hopping & Sake experience
-Kyoto-
Japanese people enjoy sake hopping after their work time. You also experience how they enjoy it in local ways. The authentic cuisines can be found only in Japanese language. You will enjoy not only the taste but also the atmosphere like locals.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit Sake brewery & Sake tasting
2h00m Enjoy Sake hopping
3h00m Having Kyoto Cuisines -Kaiseki-
4h00m End
Kyoto cuisine with Maiko
-Kyoto-
Meeting Maiko is very rare experience also for Japanese people. But thanks to Maiko, various traditional industries have been keeping for long time. This time is a special opportunity for you to have meals with Maiko and uderstand their culture through the cultural interaction.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit Maiko dancing experience
1h00m Visit a local restaurant and Maiko will join in your meal like typical and authentic Kyoto style.
2h00m Enjoy conversation with Maiko, End
Tea Ceremony in an old Japanese house
-Kyoto-
Not just enjoying the taste of Japanese tea, but also understanding the essence of Japanese culture through the tea ceremony. The teacher will guide you to the old Japanese style house and then immerse yourself into the tea ceremony with them.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit an old Japanese house & Wearing Kimono
1h00m Start tea ceremony with Kimono
2h00m Guiding the old Japanese houses
3h00m End
Meditation, Calligraphy & Tea ceremony by a monk & American artist
-Osaka-
You can participate a special experience in a local temple. A monk will take you to a private room where you can enjoy Meditation, Calligraphy and Tea ceremony. All contents focus on the essence of Japanese culture. An American artist will guide this program with the monk.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit a local temple and learn how Zen buddhism have had influences on Japanese people.
1h00m Start meditation in a private room of the temple
2h00m Calligraphy experience with a monk
3h00m Quick tea ceremony to refresh yourself
3h30m End
Foodie excursion in Kyoto
-Kyoto-
Sake hopping "Nomi-Aruki" is the most popular style to enjoy local food in Japan. Kyoto seems to have only high-end cuisines. But just 20 min train can take you to local and wallet friendly restaurants. In this excursion, we will focus only on Kyoto tasty esxperiences.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit local Izakaya restaurant to enjoy Kyoto meals
1h00m Visit a standing bar to enjoy Obanzai meals
2h30m Visit a bar to have Kyoto whisky & Kyoto gin.
4h00m End
Unforgettable experience with a photographer
-Kyoto-
How do you do when you want to keep your memories in a photo? Our service to take your photo isn't general photo service. An well-English spoken photographer who have lived in Kansai region for long time will make your staying unforgettable. We will take tons of photo even when you don't ask us to do it, so that you can keep your natural staying in your hand.
<Sample program>
0h00m Meet with a photographer & move to photo spots
1h00m We will propose some other hidden gems to take your photo
2h00m Check out each photo, End
Find the sea of Kyoto ”Boat House”
-Kyoto-
Do you know Kyoto has the culture surrounded by the sea? The town is INE famous for Funaya, Boat Houses. The local residents work for fishery using their boats. Their houses are built along the sea and have specific space for their boats. In this experience, you can join INE local tour and visit the boat houses to learn their nostalgic culture.
<Sample program>
0h00m Move from Kyoto to Ine by private car
2h00m Arrival at INE & Join the local tour
3h00m Visit boat houses & Try to set net fishing
4h00m End the tour & Interact with locals
5h30m Come back to Kyoto
7h30m End
Finding the history of Gold Leaf
-Kanazawa-
Kanazawa, Ishikawa has deep history of Gold Leaf, Kin-Paku. Nowadays, we can find Gold Leaf ice cream in Kanazawa. But do you know why the culture in Kanazawa has relation with Gold Leaf? We will tell you the essence of the culture through visiting Gold Leaf museum, joining Gold Leaf workshop and guiding Higashi chaya district. This experiece focuses on GOLD.
<Sample program>
0h00m Guide walk in Higashi chaya district
2h00m Visit Gold Leaf Museum
3h00m Enjoy Gold Leaf workshop where you can make your original tablewares.
4h00m End
Zen & Sake at a local temple
-Kyoto-
We will prepare a private room of a local temple in Kyoto. You will enjoy Zen meditation and Japanese sake tasting with a monk.
You will discover how Sake has worked in Japan and Buddhism for long time.
<Sample program>
0h00m Guidance of the local temple & Meditation in private room
1h00m Syabutsu experience
2h00m Sake & Japanese appetizer tasting with a monk
3h00m End
Thatched house & Home cooking
-Kyoto-
Miyama, Kyoto has long hisotry of thatched house thanks to traditional craftsmen. You will enjoy the architectures and home cooking in those houses.
<Sample program>
0h00m A private car takes you from Kyoto city to Miyama village.
1h30m Arrive at a thatched house and guide of the architecture
2h00m Cooking local meals with the host
3h00m Walking in the thatched village
4h00m A private car takes you to Kyoto city.
5h30m End
Meditation before business hours
-Kyoto-
Morning meditation must be effective for your day starts. A monk will show how to immerse yourself in private room of a local temple. That is the very Japanese life style.
<Sample program>
0h00m Arrive at a local temple & Guidance
0h30m Zen meditation with a monk
1h00m Explanation the history of Buddhism & Interaction
2h00m End
Tea processing method & Tea tasting competition "Tou cha kai"
-Kyoto-
You will visit the birthplace of Sōen Nagatani, who in 1738 during the mid-Edo period, developed and popularized the 'Aosei Sencha' method, which involves steaming the fresh tea leaves and hand-rolling them on a tool called a 'hoiro' to dry them. This process laid the foundation for Japanese green tea production methods. Additionally, you will participate in a tea tasting competition, or 'Tocha-kai,' a traditional practice enjoyed since ancient times.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit the birthplace of Souen Nagatani
0h30m Leaning the tea processing method
3h00m Trying Tea tasting competition "Tou cha kai"
3h30m End
Traditional musical instrument -Koto- experience
-Kyoto-
The koto is said to have been introduced to Japan from China, then the Tang Dynasty, during the Nara period, where it was first played as an accompaniment instrument in gagaku (court music). In this program, you will have the opportunity to experience playing the traditional koto instrument.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit the Koto class
0h20m Learning Koto & Practice "Sakura" song
1h20m Acquiring "Sakura", End
The Hell & Buddhism
-Osaka-
Japan also has the thinking of the hell. You will find the essence of the hell in this Buddhism experience. A monk, who create the Hell experience for local children, will guide and instruct how Japanese society has considered the hell from the aspect of Buddhism.
<Sample program>
0h00m Meditation in a private room of a temple
1h00m Start of the Hell tour with a monk to learn how the hell has worked in Japan.
3h00m Calligraphy experience with a monk
4h00m Interaction with a monk at a nostalgic local cafe
5h00m End
Modern temple lodging & Meditation
-Kyoto-
Shukubo is staying in a temple. The accommodation style has long history because a lot of young monks have been doing it. But now you can join in the Shukubo experience. Our offer is actual Shukubo but modern style, so that even beginners can immerse yourself into this mystical stay.
<Sample program>
0h00m Check in a Shukubo accommodation
1h00m walking around the garden of a temple
2h00m Enjoy Japanese style dinner
The next time
0h00m Morning meditation in a temple
3h00m Check out
Osteopathic massage
-Kyoto-
All of you must be tired after long flights to Japan. But you want to start your travel with happiness, right? Kyoto has various ospteopathic clinics to retreat their tiredness through the doctor's massages. You can remove your bad conditions asap in this experience.
<Sample program>
0h00m Visit an osteopathic clinic and counseling
0h30m Start osteopathic massage by a doctor
2h00m End
Bleisure to find authentic green tea farms as your B2B partners, which have kept more that 100years
-Kyoto-
Buleisure means a new tourism trend which means that you enjoy business & leisure at the same time. There are many entrepreneurs who try to find B2B partners for trading green tea from Kyoto to their countries because Kyoto has more than 100years history of green tea which were for Imperial family. We have local network with tea farms who want to deal with you in the future. Not only talking about business but also enjoying historical Kyoto tea experience.
<Sample program>
0h00m Meet with a coordinator & Move to green tea houses
1h00m Visit the 1st green tea farms
2h30m Visit the 2nd green tea farms
4h00m Visit the 3rd green tea farms
5h30m Tea ceremony experience
8h00m End
Classic & Modern Matcha hopping tour
-Kyoto-
Matcha is known as a healthy drink from ancient time. When you join in this tour, we will take you to the very classic style tea ceremony by an authentic tea family and modern style matcha tea by a local. This is not Sake hopping but Matcha hopping experience in Kyoto!
<Sample program>
0h00m Meet up and move to a tea ceremony
0h30m Tea ceremony experience
2h00m Move to a modern Matcha cafe & bar
3h00m Enjoy modern Matcha tea
4h00m Enjoy Matcha sweets in another place
5h00m End
Anything else which you want
-Anywhere in Japan-
We have deep local network to propose authentic experiences to you. Here are only some contents which we can upload on website. Don't hesitate to contact us even if you can't find something you want. Surely we can give some good solutions.
