Experience Japanese Tea in Zen Style

Oppotunity to visit beautiful village in Kyoto where known as Tea Utopia, and experience various type of teas at quiet zen temple in small group.

Meet your guide at JR Kizu station and travel along the Kizu river towards Wazuka town. On the way to Wazuka, you will enjoy the scenic view of Ishitera Tea Plantations where is the most famous spot in Wazuka. You will continue sight seeing tea fields guided in English about Town's tea history. We also actually go inside the tea fields and touch and smell fresh tea leaves. After that, you will visit Zen temple to get to feel how tea is introduced to Japan with quiet Zen mind.

Japanese Rice Snack Arare Making Experience

Arare is a popular Japanese snack made from sticky rice and originally flavoured with soya sauce. They come in many different shapes, size, colours and flavours.

At this actvity you can enjoy in each crunchy bite of Arare rice cracker flovered with handmade aromatic original soya sauce and get the chance to prepare your own Japanese snacks in a 130 years historic Kyoto traditional house. A truly unforgettable moment awaits you !

Kimono rental and tea ceremony

Kimono wearing experience

Tea ceremony with Kimono

mindfulness day

Unseen Waterfall Meditation in Kyoto

Upon your stay in Kyoto, it is very likely that you will visit the Kiyomizu temple. There are many beautiful things to see there, and one of these might catch your attention: the Otowa waterfall with its water divided into three different streams. The Otowa waterfall is a good example of the importance of waterfall in the ancestral Japanese culture. The practice called Taki Gyo is maybe one of the most famous activities related to the waterfall. Its root can be found in Shintoism but it is also now performed as ascetic practice in Buddhism and Martial Arts. During this activity, you will have a chance to experience meditation inside the original Otowa water spot.

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Kyoto Traditional Textile Weaving Experience

Upon your stay in Kyoto, it is very likely that you will visit the Kiyomizu temple. There are many beautiful things to see there, and one of these might catch your attention: the Otowa waterfall with its water divided into three different streams. The Otowa waterfall is a good example of the importance of waterfall in the ancestral Japanese culture. The practice called Taki Gyo is maybe one of the most famous activities related to the waterfall. Its root can be found in Shintoism but it is also now performed as ascetic practice in Buddhism and Martial Arts. During this activity, you will have a chance to experience meditation inside the original Otowa water spot.

Kyoto-Style Irodori Sudare Bamboo Mat Making Experience

Try your hand at making sudare, traditional Japanese mats that are woven from bamboo and yarn. Visit one of the last sudare factories in Japan to learn the authentic craft from a professional, then make your own set of 2 as a unique take-home souvenir.

Your lesson takes place at Kawasaki Sudare, one of the few remaining sudare factories left in Japan. Traditionally used as screens or blinds to shield homes from the elements, sudare mats can be fashioned into a variety of sizes, and are even found in kitchens for rolling sushi. Watch a demonstration from an expert on how to braid coloured yarn, which is then used to weave together bamboo slats into the desired shape.

Private Japanese Small Katana Forging Experience

Forge your very own Japanese kogatana (small blade) with an artisan swordsmith. Learn about the traditional blade-forging process, which uses the same materials and techniques as a full-size katana. At the end of the experience, take the beautiful product of your creation home with you.

Meet your friendly and knowledgeable swordsmith at the forge, and begin your hands-on smithing lesson. Begin to work away at transforming raw metal into a delicate instrument of your design as the expert swordsmith guides the process with a steady hand.