Private Aomori Handicraft Making Experience Tour
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.
- 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.
Options
From Aomori Station
Starting point:
Aomori Station, 1 Chome-1 Yanakawa, Aomori, 038-0012, Japan
What's included in Private Aomori Handicraft Making Experience Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Aomori Station
Starting from JR Aomori station.
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.
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.
Inclusions
- Guide's Private car
- Lunch
- Paper lantern making 3,800 JPY/person
- Kokeshi doll painting 1,500 JPY/person
- Lacquer ware chop sticks experience 2,000 JPY/person
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- In front of the ticket gate of JR Aomori Station (not Shin-Aomori Station)
