Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 17
Crafts and hands-on
A morning at Takumi-shuku
匠宿でひとしごと
A village of workshops by the old Tokaido road, where bamboo, indigo, lacquer and clay are worked side by side. Choose one craft and your host translates.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- About 3 hours
- 季節Season
- All year (closed Tuesdays).
- 人数Group
- 1–12 guests
- 移動Getting there
- Meet thereBy trainCome in your own carLicensed hire car, arranged by usThe hire company bills you directly; the partner bills you for the day.Meet at the venue: by train, by taxi, in your own car, or in a licensed hire car we book and the hire company bills.
- 集合Meeting point
- Takumi-shuku, Mariko, Shizuoka City.
- 料金Price
- We book it; the partner charges you directly
We book it; the partner charges you directly.
Reserve
Choose a day, and book it
Finding the open days…
The story
A village of workshops by the old Tōkaidō road, where bamboo, indigo, lacquer and clay are worked side by side. Choose one craft, from twenty minutes to an hour and a half, then wander the studios and the gallery. The workshop charges you directly; your host translates.
Takumi-shuku, in Mariko on the edge of Shizuoka City, gathers the crafts that came down from the Imagawa and Tokugawa years in one place: Suruga bamboo, dyeing, woodwork, lacquer and pottery, each with its own workshop and its own makers.
You choose one hands-on session and the workshop sets the price and charges you directly; we book it and, if you like, stand by the bench to translate. Closed on Tuesdays.
Choose one craft, twenty to ninety minutes, then wander the workshops and gallery. It pairs well with Sumpu Castle.
Good to know
Included
- Booking it for you, and explaining the details in English or Japanese
- Fitting it into the rest of your day
Not included
- The workshop fee, paid to the workshop
- Travel
- Price
- The partner sets the price and charges you directly. Booking it through us is free; if your host comes along to guide and translate, the guide fee applies.
- Meeting point
- Takumi-shuku, Mariko, Shizuoka City.
- Ages
- Most workshops welcome children with a parent; ask us about ages.
- Weather
- Fuji, the stars and the fireworks depend on the sky; we tell you the evening before if it's worth going.
- Cancellation
- Guide fees follow the stay's cancellation tiers. Partners' own terms apply to theirs.
On the mapA4
Takumi-shuku, Mariko · About 67 km from the house
Sources
- 01
Takumi-shuku in Mariko, Shizuoka City, offers Suruga bamboo, Japanese dyeing, woodwork, lacquer and pottery workshops.
Source: takumishuku.jp (opens in a new tab) - 02
Takumi-shuku is open 9:30–18:00 and closed on Tuesdays (open on holiday Tuesdays, closed the next weekday instead).
Source: takumishuku.jp (opens in a new tab)
Ask us about a date.
Tell us the day, who's coming and what you'd like to see. Your host replies within a few hours, in English or Japanese.
The partner sets the price and charges you directly. Booking it through us is free; if your host comes along to guide and translate, the guide fee applies.
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