Craft Invitation JR Fukui Station tour is now on sale!
The Hokuriku Shinkansen has finally been extended to Tsuruga Station, and in anticipation of more and more people getting off at JR Fukui Station, we have started selling tours departing from JR Fukui Station!
This tour is a one-day course that allows you to fully enjoy the Echizen Sabae area, so it is a special plan that can only be experienced by those who want to visit multiple traditional craft production areas.
For details, please refer to eachCraft experience pagePlease check it out.
Echizen Lacquerware and Echizen Washi Craft Tour with Calligraphy Experience
The Kawada and Imadate districts are towns with a history of 1500 years and where industry continues to be passed down. Lacquerware Shrine, which enshrines the god of lacquerware, and Okata Shrine and Otaki Shrine, which enshrine the god of paper, have been loved by craftsmen and other locals.
On this tour, why not discover the connection between Echizen lacquerware and Echizen washi paper through workshops and experiences guided by craftsmen?
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・Visit the Lacquerware Shrine (Shikiyama Shrine), which enshrines the god of lacquerware.
・Visit a lacquer workshop where you can learn about the history and process of Echizen lacquerware
・Lacquer painting experience using craftsmen's tools at Nishikikori Lacquerware Shop
・Lunch with traditional dishes passed down in the Kawada area
・Visit a workshop where you can learn how Echizen washi is made at Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill
・Visit Okata Shrine and Otaki Shrine, which enshrine the paper god
・Calligraphy experience taught by calligrapher Yoshison Nishiyama
▼Tour overview
Time required: about 8 hours
Price: New course special price 40,000 yen/person (tax included)!
(Special price is limited to April and May, 4 yen/person (tax included) from June onwards)
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Echizen Lacquerware and Echizen Washi Craft Tour with Calligraphy Experience
https://craftinvitation.jp/workshop/cit1005/
Echizen ware and Echizen chest of drawers craft tour where local sake connects production areas
The Echizen region of Fukui Prefecture has been designated as one of the "Six Ancient Kilns of Japan," and is well known for Echizen lacquerware, pottery, and cutlery. Come and try to make your own sake cup with the guidance of a craftsperson. Afterwards, go onto taste the region's traditional dishes at a soba restaurant and modern bar, try sake at a local sake brewery, and visit a chest-making workshop.
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・Experience making original sake vessels using Echizen ware, one of Japan's six oldest kilns.
・Lunch of walnut soba and grated soba at Juwari Soba Daikonsha
・Sake brewery tour and sake tasting experience at Katayama Sake Brewery, a 250-year-old sake brewery
・Visit a workshop to learn about Echizen chest of drawers at Koyanagi Tansu store & experience making a paulownia box with decorative fittings
・Enjoy local sake and sake accompaniments in lacquered glasses at Bar Uotome, a restaurant with a modern atmosphere...
▼Tour overview
Time required: about 8 hours
Price: New course special price 40,000 yen/person (tax included)!
(Special price is limited to April and May, 4 yen/person (tax included) from June onwards)
▼Reservations/Inquiries
Echizen ware and Echizen chest of drawers craft tour where local sake connects production areas