Studio Visiting and Mini Japanese Umbrella Making Experience

Umbrellas have a long and deep connection with traditional Japanese life and culture. There are several kinds of Japanese umbrellas.


However, due to the dramatic changes in Japanese lifestyles, it has become increasingly uncommon to see someone with a Japanese umbrella in their hand.


To provide a chance for people to learn more about Japanese umbrellas, Hiyoshiya offers an excellent umbrella studio experience and mini-umbrella making experience. English instruction is available. Reservations are required in advance.


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   Reservations or enquiries:
   Tel: +81-(0)75-441-6644    Fax: +81-(0)75-441-6645    Email:info@wagasa.com
Please note that studio visiting and umbrella making experience are not accepted occasionally because of unforeseeable circumstances. Please make sure to make a reservation before visiting us.

Studio Visiting

Time required: about 30 min.
Capacity: 5-20 people maximum
*If a group has more than 10 people, the group will be divided two and visit the first floor and second floor separately.
*Please understand that we don't accept a group less than 5 people.

Fee: 525 yen/person (tax included)

 

◆What do you watch?
First floor: visitors can watch and touch umbrellas while a staff gives detail instructions about Japanese umbrella: kind, history, how to use, etc.
Second floor: in our real umbrella studio, a craftsman gives instructions about material, making tools, how to make, etc. Depend on the occasion, visitors can closely watch how a Japanese umbrella is made and enjoy watching how the umbrellas are dried out in a precinct of Hokyo-ji Temple across from the shop.
*what you will watch may change depending on weather and craftsmen's making schedule.

Mini Japanese Umbrella Making Experience

Time required: about 1-1.5 hours
Capacity: 5-20 people maximum
*If a group has more than 10 people, the group will be divided two and try in rotation. Please enjoy walking around the area while waiting for the other group.
*On-site experience service is available. Please enquire.


◆What do you experience?

  1. attach your favorite washi Japanese paper on frame (frame is prepared in advance).
  2. while drying the attached paper, visit our umbrella studio. A craftsman will give detail instruction about Japanese umbrella and shop.
  3. fold the umbrella and attach decoration paper on the top
  4. take the umbrella to your home!

These processes are basically the same with real Japanese umbrella, which has been taken over since the Edo period (1600-1868).

 

Fee: adults: 4,200 yen; students: 3,990 yen
: the group over 5 people: adults: 3,990 yen; students: 3,780 yen


◆ミニ和傘製作風景

1choose your favorite washi Japanese paper from about 10 different kinds 2open the frame and spread each frame in equal distance and then put glue
choose your favorite washi Japanese paper from about 10 different kinds open the frame and spread each frame in equal distance and then put glue
3attach washi Japanese paper 4turn over the umbrella and glue together the edge
和紙を張る 裏返して軒（端の部分）を貼り合わせる
5fold away after glue dries out 6attach piece decoration washi paper on the top
attach washi Japanese paper turn over the umbrella and glue together the edge
7 finished
完成

Umbrella has been one of the Japanese auspicious symbols because of the shape. Display your original umbrella in your house and it will be your good memory of traveling to Kyoto.