10 Lessons & Workshops in Saitama Prefecture That You Shouldn't Miss

SELF MADE: MAKE YOUR OWN MADE SOUVENIR! "Aoi Tori" is a studio you can create your own craft art and jewelry! From kids to adults anybody can have fun time here to create a unique souvenir of your visit in Kawagoe. You can enjoy hands-on experience with many materials. Art works made by Japanese artists are also available.

The Greenstone Experience is for those on a budget and prices are from 13,000 ～ 17,000 JPY using some of New Zealands traditional basic designs. Teardrop Pendant, Toki, Koru, Fish Hook, Whales Tail, Circle of Life, or your Own Simple Design can be created and finished in a few hours. The finished NZ jade carving will be yours to wear for a lifetime.

International exchange and healing cafe Ermot Ermot provides you with a relaxing space. It's a small cafe, so once you enter the store, everyone is friends. Relax on the big sofa and enjoy a relaxing chat with your first-time friends.

KINBUE SHOYU Park is an “all about SOY SAUCE(SHOYU)”-themed complex, which offers “eating”, “learning”, and “shopping” experiences. Fueki Shoyu, the long-beloved soy sauce manufacturer with over 230 years of history, opened this complex to bring visitors one-of-a-kind soy sauce experiences in 2019. Eating: From traditional Japanese noodles to novel soy sauce ice cream, you can discover soy sauce’s HOMEMADE, NATURAL, HEALTHY and SAVORY flavor! (take-out available) 11:30 AM - 5 PM Learning: 20 min. FREE tour shows you how the craftsmen make soy sauce with hands-on experience in our factory. Starting every 30 min. from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM (from 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM on Mondays) Shopping: A variety of KINBUE brand soy sauces, original dressing, soy sauce-flavored sweets, powdered soy sauce, rice crackers and more! Come join us and discover the world of KINBUE soy sauce!

Morning kintsugi workshop : You can learn Modern kintsugi & will learn modern kintsugi techniques, which uses epoxy resin. These modern techniques uses materials available anywhere in th World. Afternoon Workshop : You can learn Traditional Kintsugi. Using lacquer, the same way as 500 years ago. ☆It is also ppossible to take two Workshops in one day! 4H ￥19800

Nigiwai Koryukan Iwatsuki is a community complex open both to locals and visitors to Iwatsuki city. This cozy haven of rest offers whoever comes to Iwatsuki “fun”, “joyful”, and “delicious” experiences through our local food, culture, and history at a reasonable price. Located next to the Iwatsuki Ningyo Museum, the very first public museum of Japanese traditional art “Ningyo”, Nigiwai Koryukan offers a craft making workshop in Craft room on a pay-as-you-go basis. In Yoroken Cafe, you can enjoy lunch plates and sweets made of the freshest local produce of European origin such as Assorted platters with soup, salad, main dish and bread (1,400yen), Curry with plenty veggies (1,200 yen), Minestrone soup (500 yen) , Gelato in a variety of flavors including seasonal limited editions of local produce (from 400 yen) . **The opening hours are subject to change due to the COVID-19 state of emergency.