Echizen Lacquerware and Washi Paper Craft Tour

Name: Echizen Lacquerware and Washi Paper Craft Tour
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8 hoursJapanese, EnglishBook 2 days aheadFukui Prefecture, Japan

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Kawada is a town of Echizen lacquerware with a history of 1500 years. It is said that Echizen lacquerware began when lacquer painting was encouraged after Keitai Tenno successfully repaired his broken crown with lacquer coating.

On this tour, we will visit two lacquer workshops in the Kawada area. Kinkori Lacquerware Shop is a lacquer workshop with a history of over 100 years. Kinkori Lacquerware Store is a lacquerware workshop run by brothers in Kawada, the town of Echizen lacquerware.

In this experience, you will receive direct instruction from your brother, Masataka Kinkori, a craftsman at Kinkori Lacquerware Store, and you will be able to try your hand at lacquering a bowl.

Next, we will visit Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill, a Japanese paper-making workshop in the Imadate area.

Lastly, there was a calligraphy experience with calligrapher Kason Nishiyama at an old folk house next to the workshop.

Included

Factory Tour fee
Lunch
Transportation from JR Fukui station to JR Echizen-Takefu satation
English Speaking Guide fee
Workshop Experience fee

Not included

WiFi on board

What you'll do

First, go to the main shrine of Shikiyama Shrine
At the top of the 200 steps, you can see the entire city of Kawada.
30 min
One of only two lacquerware shrines in Japan
It enshrines the god of lacquerware, and inside there are paintings on the ceiling painted by craftsmen.
30 min
Shitsurindo
701 Nishibukurocho, Sabae, Japan
Visit the lacquer workshop You might be able to see the actual painting process.
30 minAdmission included
Bowl painting experience at Nishikikori Lacquerware Shop
Feel like a craftsman with a craftsman's brush
1 hourAdmission included
Traditional Japanese Cuisine at Urushi no Sato Kaikan
1 hourAdmission included
A visit to Otaki Shrine and Okamoto Shrine, where the god of paper is enshrined
An important place related to the history of Echizen Washi
30 min
Visit Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill, where large paper is made
Paper made is often used for Japanese paintings. Experience the impressive paper making process and tour the workshop. Calligraphy experience using paper made at Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill.
1h 15mAdmission included