Kyoto: Calligraphy & Matcha Experience in a Zen Studio
- 1h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This experience offers exclusive access to a modern, minimalist studio designed by a local architect. Unlike standard tourist classes, we combine the mindfulness of whisking your own Matcha green tea with authentic Japanese calligraphy. You will write your chosen Kanji on a premium Washi postcard and mail it home from a vintage Japanese postbox. Furthermore, the host, a professional designer, offers premium on-site upgrades (payable at the studio). You can choose to have your artwork professionally digitized into vector files (perfect for a lifetime tattoo or logo) or take it home in a custom-made wooden box packed with aromatic Hinoki wood shavings.
Inclusions
What's included
- Guidance by a professional Japanese architect and designer
- All calligraphy tools and materials (varies based on the selected plan)
- Traditional Washi postcard and international mailing stamp
- Complimentary Hinoki (cypress) wood shaving scent bag
- Matcha green tea making experience (whisking your own tea)
- 90-minute Zen calligraphy and matcha experience
What's not
- Digital logo/tattoo vector files (AI, SVG) - Available as a premium upgrade on-site
- Custom Paulownia wooden box packaging - Available as a premium upgrade on-site
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks (other than the provided Matcha)
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- MOMOYAMA HILLS 3F, inside the covered Fushimi-Momoyama shopping street. Glass-block building between a snack shop and a tea shop. Ground floor has a small “MEDICAL DENTAL ESTE” sticker. Use stairs. Owner TOMOYUKI will meet you at the entrance. Arrive 5 minutes early.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 6 travellers
- Operated by
- Shologo Kyoto – Kanji Logo Calligraphy Workshop
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Kyoto
- Its from-price is 35% below the median of the 1713 experiences we list in Kyoto.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan's imperial capital for over a thousand years, is a city of temples, gardens, wooden townhouses and refined traditions.
The city holds many of Japan's most treasured sites. Fushimi Inari Taisha's thousands of vermilion torii gates climb a wooded mountain, Kinkaku-ji's Golden Pavilion shimmers over its pond, and Kiyomizu-dera's wooden stage juts from the hillside above the city. The rock garden of Ryoan-ji and the mossy grounds of Ginkaku-ji invite quiet contemplation.
Top-ranked sights in Kyoto: Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari Taisha), Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
Special offers in Kyoto
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
