Private Aomori Handicraft Making Experience Tour

Name: Private Aomori Handicraft Making Experience Tour
Brand: Viator
Price: 287.44 USD
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6 hoursEnglishBook 2 days aheadAomori Prefecture, Japan

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Experience traditional craft making with Guide. Tsugaru is the eastern half of Aomori Prefecture. In this tour you can experience three kinds of local handicrafts in Tsugaru. We visit Kuroishi Town, famous for its old Komise Street (traditional shopping arcade street), and museums nearby.

1. Making a Paper lantern Using the color-full Japanese paper from the local summer festival float, you can make your own design lantern by placing the paper over a prepared wooden flame.

2.Kokeshi doll or handicraft painting experience Kokeshi doll is a local souvenir of some hot spring resorts in the northeastern region of Japan. You can experience painting Kokeshi doll face and body. Or you can choose other handicrafts such as tops, matryoshka or some local toys.

3.Lacquerware chopstick making Tsugaru lacquerware is a local traditional lacquerware dating back to the samurai period. You can experience the grinding step of chopstick making. Make your own individual chopsticks for your daily life.

Included

Guide's Private car

Not included

Lunch
Paper lantern making 3,800 JPY/person
Kokeshi doll painting 1,500 JPY/person
Lacquer ware chop sticks experience 2,000 JPY/person

What you'll do

Aomori Station
1-1-1 Yanakawa, Aomori, Japan
Starting from JR Aomori station.
1 hourAdmission not included
In this shop you can enjoy lantern making with colourful Japanese paper used for summer festival
(Includes cost of small lantern making) After completion, you can take a memorable photo with your lantern.
1 hourAdmission included
Komise Street is an old Japanese arcade street
There are two Japanese sake breweries, a local handicraft experience shop, an old merchant's house, a former public bath house now used as a local community centre, and some restaurants.
1 hour
Museum of Tsugaru-style kokeshi dolls
This museum also houses various styles of kokeshi dolls from the Tohoku region. You will be amazed by the largest kokeshi doll made from a large tree trunk. How about buying a cute kokeshi doll of your own choice for your unforgettable souvenir. Here you can enjoy doll painting or handicraft painting. (Cost included) Choose which one you would like to try and concentrate on painting cute traditional local toys from Aomori.
1 hourAdmission included
Tsugaru Traditional Crafts Museum
65-1 Tomiyama, Fukuro, Kuroishi, Japan
This building houses museums and shops of traditional local handicrafts. There is also a souvenir shop and a restaurant. You can enjoy foot bath in natural hot spring foot bath in the centre area. (one towel costs 200-300 JPY) At Tsugaru Lacquerware Shop, you can experience lacquer chopstick grinding. (Experience fee is included) In Japan, each chopstick is unique. Make your own chopsticks for an unforgettable souvenir.
1 hourAdmission included
Aomori Station
1-1-1 Yanakawa, Aomori, Japan
End of tour
1 hour

Meeting and pickup

24 locations

Pickup details

The Tourism Information Center Aomori City

In front of the ticket gate (2nd fllor) of JR Hirosaki Station or let me know your hotel to pick you up

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Toyoko Inn Aomori Ekimae
1-3-5 Yasukata, Aomori, Japan
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HOTEL MYSTAYS Aomori Station
1-8-6 Shinmachi, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel JAL City Aomori
2-4-12 Yasukata, Aomori, Japan
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Hareyama Ryokan
1-1-17 Shinoda, Aomori, Japan
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Tomoe Ryokan
1-5-5 Furukawa, Aomori, Japan
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Aomori Center Hotel
1-10-9-1 Furukawa, Aomori, Japan
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ART HOTEL Aomori
2-1-26 Honcho, Aomori, Japan
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Art Hotel Color Aomori
2-5-6 Shimmachi, Aomori, Japan
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Daiwa Roynet Hotel Aomori
1-11-16 Shimmachi, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Route Inn Aomori Ekimae
1-1-24 Shinmachi, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Route-Inn Aomori Chuo Inter
2-2-12 Daini Tonyamachi, Aomori, Japan
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Toyoko Inn Shin-Aomori-eki Higashi-guchi
2-11-2 Ishie, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Neo Pal Aomori
2-6-6 Yasukata, Aomori, Japan
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APA Hotel Aomori Eki Kenchodori
2-6-6 Yasukata, Aomori, Japan
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Dormy Inn Aomori Natural Hot Spring
2-5-1 Shinmachi, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Sunroute Aomori
1-9-8 Shimmachi, Aomori, Japan
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APA Hotel Aomori Ekihigashi
1-11-2 Yasukata, Aomori, Japan
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Iroha Ryokan
1-3-21 Yasukata, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Abest Aomori
1-11-22 Shimmachi, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Aomori
1-1-23 Tsutsumimachi, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Passage II
1-8-2 Shimmachi, Aomori, Japan
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Hotel Select Inn Aomori
2-9-1 Furukawa, Aomori, Japan
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