Handicraft Workshop - Tourist Guide of Gunma Prefecture

Newsletter from Gunma
G’-now
November 2013, Gunma Prefecture
Mail to: visit-gunma@pref.gunma.lg.jp
Hello! This is Gunma’s newsletter on tourism
“G’-now” November edition.
When you come to see the beautiful autumnal
foliage in Gunma, how about trying some
handicraft workshops? Add some spots for
handicraft workshop on your trip plan and
make a good memory of your trip in Gunma!
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Handicraft
Workshops
in Gunma
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Haruna Glass
Glass Workshop
Enjoy glass making workshop at “Haruna Glass” and “Tsukiyono Vidro Park”. Depending on
your favor and skill, choose the classes for from beginners to experts.
Haruna Glass
Address: 2 Uenohara, Shinto-mura, Kitagunma-gun,
Gunma
Hours: 8:30 - 17:00 (May change according to the
season)
Closed: Open 365 days
Access: About 15 minutes by car from Yagihara
Station on JR Joetsu Line or from Ikaho Onsen
Website:
http://www.harunaglass.com/exp/index.html
(Japanese)
Course: Fusing, sandblasting, bitspatch (crystal
collage), making plate, tumbler, bowl, or vase
Tsukiyono Vidro Park
Address: 737-1 Gokan, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun,
Gunma
Hours: 9:00 - 16:00 (Workshop)
Closed: Open 365 days (occasionally closed for
maintenance)
Access: About 5 minutes by car from Jomo-Kogen
Station on JR Joetsu Shinkansen or about 10 minutes by
car from Tsukiyono IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway
Website: http://www.vidropark.jp/tsukiyono/taiken/index.htm (Japanese)
Course: Glassblowing (making vase, glass and other),
stained glass, sandblasting, musical box, fusing, painting
Gunma-chan,
Mascot of Gunma Prefecture
Usaboro Kokeshi
Kokeshi Workshop
One of characteristics of Kindai (modern) Kokeshi doll is its originality in shape and painting.
Be an artist by painting your only-one Kokeshi doll!
Usaburo Kokeshi
Address: 1591 Nagaoka, Shinto-mura, Kitagunma-gun, Gunma
Hours: 8:30 - 15:00
Closed: 29 December - 4 January
Access: About 10 minutes by car from Yagihara Station on JR Joetsu Line or about 20
minutes by car from Shibukawa-Ikaho IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway
Website: http://www.usaburo.com/buy/kanko/etaiken.htm
Course: Painting Kokeshi doll
Daimonya
Daruma Workshop
Try drawing eyebrows and mustache of Takasaki Daruma doll in Gunma, home of Daruma doll.
Daimonya
Address: 124-2 Fujitsuka-machi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma
Hours: 9:00 - 17:00
Closed: Open 365 days
Access: About 10 minutes by bus from JR Takasaki Station or about 15 minutes by car from
Takasaki IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway
Website: http://daimonya.jp/ (Japanese)
Course: Drawing eyebrows and mustache of Daruma doll
Nippon Silk Center
(Cocoon crafting)
Handicraft Workshop
“Takumi no Sato” provides you over 20 varieties of handicraft workshops! Enjoy the
traditional work at the foot of Mt. Tanigawa.
Takumi no Sato
Address: 847 Sugawa, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma
Hours: 9:00 - 17:00 (till 16:00 during early November to mid-March)
Closed: 1 January (Except for the shop and the restaurant in Horaku-kan)
Access: About 25 minutes by bus from Jomo-Kogen Station on JR Joetsu Shinkansen or
about 20 minutes by car from Tsukiyono IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway
Website: http://takuminosato.or.jp/e_horaku/takumi.html
Course: Bamboo work, mask painting, cloisonne ware, painting on earthenware bell and
other
“Nippon Silk Center has some craft workshops using cocoon or silk cloth.
Nippon Silk Center
Address: 888-1 Kaneko-machi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma
Hours: 10:00 - 15:30(each workshop is available on the fixed day. Please ask at the
center for the schedule.)
Closed: Tuesday, temporary (three days before the exhibition), 27 December - 5 January
Access: About 30 minutes by bus from Maebashi Station on JR Ryomo Line
Course: Silk cloth workshop, weaving, dyeing, cocoon crafting
Takumi no Sato
(cloisonné ware workshop)
Vegetable Dyeing Workshop
Textile Museum “Yukari”
How about trying indigo dyeing while walking through the historical sites of Kiryu City,
the city of textile.
Textile Museum “Yukari”
Address: 4-2-24 Higashi, Kiryu-shi, Gunma
Hours: 10:00 - 16:30
Closed: Monday
Access: About 15 minutes by car from Shin-Kiryu Station on Tobu Kiryu Line or
about 30 minutes by car from Ota-Yabuzuka IC of Kita-Kanto Expressway
Website: http://www.morihide.co.jp/senkyakubanrai/schedule.html (Japanese)
Course: Indigo Dyeing, hand weaving
Or, you can try dyeing Kiryu’s silk stole with madder at “Tsuchi to Hi no Sato” in Fujioka.
Tsuchi to Hi no Sato
Address: 2240 Kamihino, Fujioka-shi, Gunma
Hours: 9:00 - 15:00
Closed: Monday, 25 December - 4 January
Access: About 30 minutes by car from Yoshii IC of Joshin-Etsu Expressway
Website: http://www.tutihi.com/pg36.html (Japanese)
Course: Madder dyeing, pottery, glass work, bamboo work
Tsuchi to Hi no Sato
(Madder dyeing)
Pottery Workshop
“Tsukiyono-yaki Yutaro-gama” provides you the experience of making your own
earthenware.
Tsukiyono-yaki Yutaro-gama
Address: 2331 Kamimoku, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma
Hours: 9:00 - 17:00
Closed: Wednesday
Access: About 10 minutes by car from Jomo-Kogen Station on JR Joetsu
Shinkansen or about 5 minutes by car from Minakami IC of Kan-Etsu
Expressway
Website: http://www.tsukiyono-yaki.jp/link_10_trial/index.html (Japanese)
Course: Pottery, painting on earthenware
Tsukiyono-yaki Yutaro-gama
Takumi no Sato
Map of
Gunma
Tsukiyono-yaki Yutaro-gama
Tsukiyono Vidro Park
Tourist spots nearby:
- Minakami Onsen Area … Choose your
favorite onsen from 18 onsen including
Hoshi, Takaragawa and so on!
- Fruit piking … Enjoy delicious various kinds
of fruit in each season.
- Outdoor activities … Get some thrilling
experience through water activities in
summer or snow activities in winter.
Tourist spots nearby:
- Ikaho Onsen … Relax with the browncolored onsen.
- Mizusawa Kannon … Visit the historical
temple built more than 1300 years ago.
- Mizusawa Udon … You shouldn’t miss this
famous udon if you visit the area!
Haruna Glass
Usaburo Kokeshi
Tourist spots nearby:
Textile Museum “Yukari” - Kiryu City Town … Enjoy the townscape
once flourished as the silk industrial town.
Nippon Silk Center
Daimonya
Tourist spots nearby:
- Syorinzan Darumaji Temple … Don’t
miss to visit the temple of the origin of
Daruma doll.
Tsuchi to Hi no Sato
For More Information…
• Tourist Guide of Gunma Prefecture:
http://visitgunma.jp/en/
• Gunma’s Facebook Page “G’face”:
https://www.facebook.com/visitgunma.En
Tourist spots nearby:
- Isobe Onsen … Soak in the nice onsen and quiet
atmosphere.
- Gunma Safari Park … Meet the wild animals!
- Sakurayama Park … See the beautiful winter
cherry blossom in November to December!