Experience rich nature and crafts in the outskirts of Kyoto ~ Fushimi Sake and Arashiyama Crafts ~

Home to more than 20 sake breweries, Fushimi is one of Japan's 'Big Three' sake regions, thanks to its abundant quality groundwater. Around Arashiyama are bamboo workshops and Yuzen dyeing ateliers. Visits to shrines and torokko train rides are also unique highlights of Kyoto.

Date

Time

Schedule

Content

Day1

13:15-15:45

Visit sake breweries

  • 2-3 breweries around Fushimi area

16:00-17:00

Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine

17:15

Check-in

  • Hotel Kanra Kyoto

19:00

Dinner

  • at Hotel

Day2

10:00-10:35

Depart from hotel

11:15-12:45

Nagaoka Meichiku

  • Making bamboo fence

12:50-13:50

Lunch　

14:30-16:00

Takenaka Kinsai

  • Gold-plating on leather passcases

16:15-17:00

Stroll Round Arashiyama

17:30

Check-in

  • Hoshinoya Kyoto

18:30

Dinner

  • at Ryokan

Day3

10:00-10:15

Depart from Hotel

10:15-12:15

Ikeuchi Yuzen

Experience

Nagaoka Meichiku

●Overview: Tour of You Kobo, introduction to Kyoto's famous bamboo, actual bamboo fence making experience ●Duration: 1.5h Kyoto has had a long, strong connection with bamboo because the area has clay soil and a clean water source ideal for good quality bamboo to grow. Nagaoka Meichiku manufactures bamboo fences (fences made by plaiting and weaving bamboo) using this high-quality bamboo and used their first-class technology to take part in constructing bamboo fences at Kinkakuji Temple and Heian Jingu Shrine.

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Takenaka Kinsai

●Overview: Experience the gold-plating process on a leather pass case.　Explanation of the gold painting craft and 300 kinds of traditional Kyoto patterns. ●Duration: 1.5h Kinsai is a traditional Kyoto craft that adheres foil and metal powder such as gold and silver to the kimono. Takenaka Kinsai has an atelier in Saga-Arashiyama, Kyoto, and has been involved in Kinsai for over 50 years. The atelier is refining their craft while taking advantage of the colors of the yūzen technique to bring out even more beauty and working on the development of not only cloth goods but leather products with kinsai finish.

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Ikeuchi Yuzen

●Overview: Experience making crafts from fukusas(silk wrapping cloth) and other colored items (item handed over on a later date for sewing process) ●Duration: 2h Ikeuchi Yuzen makes kimonos and obi using the hand-painted yūzen dyeing technique passed down since the Edo period. In an industry where the creative process is usually subdivided by specialty, it is one of the few ateliers that conducts design to production. In recent years, the atelier launched SOMEA. This brand applies yūzen dyeing to leather and produces fashionable and modern leather accessories that are colored one by one by artisans instead of printing.

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    Languages
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     Mainly in Japanese, other languages based upon request.
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    Number of participants
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     2 to 8 people
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    Meeting place
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     negotiable
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    Reservation deadline
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     14 days prior to departure
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    Payment method
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     Bank transfer, credit card
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    Clothing
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     None specified
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    Tour guide
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     Local producer or interpreter (arrangements made based upon customer’s preference)
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    Cancellation fee
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     29~15days prior to departure 5% 14~7days prior to departure 20% 6~4days prior to departure 50% 3~1days prior to departure 70% Departure day or no show 100%
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    Precautions
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     -Tour will be held even in cases of rain, except in the event of a typhoon or heavy rain warning. -All photos shown are for illustrative purposes only. -The places to be visited are not tourist destinations, and due to circumstances, there may be different processes within the factory with the machines not being in operation. -Elementary school students and younger may participate in the tour with the accompaniment of a parent or guardian. However, we cannot be held responsible for any injuries or accidents happening during the tour, including in the parking lot and in the workshop. -Please make sure that parents/guardians do not touch the machines, especially during the tour inside the workshop. -We recommend that you purchase travel insurance for your participation in the tour. -The tour will be cancelled in the event that smooth operation of the tour becomes difficult due to the new coronavirus infection situation or other reasons. If the tour is cancelled, full amount of the tour fee will be refunded.
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