Town Echizen

Kinkori Shikkiten is a lacquerware shop run by brothers in Kawada, the town of Echizen lacquerware. In this experience, you will receive direct instruction from Mr. Masataka Kinkori, a craftsman at Kinkori Shikkiten, and experience painting lacquer on a wooden tray. The tray, which can be used for serving meals or as a tray for snacks, will make your ordinary foods for appealing. Guests will get to use the craftsman's tools for an authentic crafting experience. They will also get to learn about lacquerware from Mr. Kinkori who has years of lacquerware making experience.

The Kawada district of Sabae City is a town of Echizen lacquerware with a history of 1500 years. Tour the roots of Echizen lacquerware on a lacquered bicycle, including the Lacquerware Shrine (Shikiyama Shrine), which enshrines the god of lacquerware, and a tour of a workshop led by a craftsman.

Kawada is a town of Echizen lacquerware with a history of 1500 years. It is said that Echizen lacquerware began when lacquer painting was encouraged after Keitai Tenno successfully repaired his broken crown with lacquer coating. On this tour, we will visit two lacquer workshops in the Kawada area. Kinkori Lacquerware Shop is a lacquer workshop with a history of over 100 years. Kinkori Lacquerware Store is a lacquerware workshop run by brothers in Kawada, the town of Echizen lacquerware. In this experience, you will receive direct instruction from your brother, Masataka Kinkori, a craftsman at Kinkori Lacquerware Store, and you will be able to try your hand at lacquering a bowl. Next, we will visit Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill, a Japanese paper-making workshop in the Imadate area. Lastly, there was a calligraphy experience with calligrapher Kason Nishiyama at an old folk house next to the workshop.

It is a chartered bus trip of 1 night and 2 days from somewhere in Fukuoka to Miyajima, a World Heritage Site in Hiroshima. * Conversely, it is possible to change to the same route from Miyajimaguchi Station to Fukuoka. You can enjoy nature and historic sites that you wouldn't be able to experience if you traveled between Hakata and Hiroshima by bullet train! You can start from Kyushu, the westernmost point of Japan, and efficiently visit the tourist attractions of Yamaguchi Prefecture in a two-day, one-night trip! This includes the World Heritage site of "Hagi," where you can stay at hot spring inns. And at the end of this two-night trip, you can get off again in Miyajima, home to the World Heritage site of "Itsukushima Shrine," so you can make the most of your precious travel time in Japan! * We support the "Western Golden Route" policy being promoted by Fukuoka City.