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FUKUSHIMA Aizu Lacquerware Chopstick Workshop by UrushiGs

Date
Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Year-Round)
Price
¥3,000 per person

time required

●Time required Approx. 1 hour ●Operation time 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

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You will personally sand and polish the decorative designs applied to domestic natural wood chopsticks, finished with the fuki-urushi (wipe-lacquer) technique. These decorations, layered using mother-of-pearl, eggshell, and silver flat-grinding methods, are revealed through your own careful polishing.

schedule

10 min Preparation and briefing.
40 min Workshop session.
10 min Finishing touches.

A lacquer polishing experience with authentic Aizu lacquerware artisans!

Using the togidashi (polishing/burnishing) technique, you will reveal beautiful decorative patterns made of blue shell (mother-of-pearl), eggshell, and silver powder embedded in domestic natural wood chopsticks, finished with fuki-urushi. Hand-polish your own unique set of chopsticks to take home.

Tour information

Date Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Year-Round)
Experience time 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Payment method Cash or Credit Card
Experience fee ¥3,000 per person
Included Workshop materials and instructor fee.
Experience place Human Hub Tenneiji Soko
Meeting place Human Hub Tenneiji Soko 7-38 Tenneijimachi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture
Participants(max) 6 people
Participants(min) 1 person
Transportation By Train: 10 min by car from JR Banetsu West Line Aizuwakamatsu Station. By Car: Approx. 5 km from the Aizuwakamatsu IC on the Banetsu Expressway.
Organizer Human Hub Tenneiji Soko
Cooperation ADD Aizu Dream Development
Contact: JTB Corp info@kokofuru-tohoku.com