3 hours
2 languages
Private tour
Mobile ticket

Highlights

Begin your tour by crafting your own Goshuincho, a traditional Japanese temple stamp book to collect stamps from temples and shrines. Start with an hour-long session where you’ll learn about the history and techniques of Karamaru, a unique method of transferring patterns onto Japanese paper using woodblocks. Choose from a selection of timeless designs, then use authentic woodblocks, that has been used for many generations to print your favorite motif. You will create an elegant cover, transforming your stamp book into a cherished record of your visits to temples and shrines. After your experience visit a nearby temple where you'll receive a red seal book and learn the significance of each calligraphy and seal, followed by a visit to a hidden 16th-century garden. There you can admire the Fusuma paintings of national treasures from that era. Here, you’ll also receive a red seal, deepening your connection to this beautiful tradition.

Inclusions

What's included

Guide Fees
1 Taxi Ride during Tour
Temple Stamp
Stamp Book Making Experience
Admission Fees

What's not

Transportation to the meeting point

Itinerary

After learning about the history and techniques of Karakami paper, experience making your own Goshuincho Stamp Book. Collect temple stamps at the temples nearby and visit a hidden 16th-century garden.
3 h

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Know before you go

Meeting point: The exact meeting point will be sent to you after confirmed booking. You will meet your guide nearby the shop, where the Goshuincho workshop takes place. About 8-minute walk from Shijo Station.
Pickup: Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by: Honey J Tours

Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Kyoto

Its from-price is 116% above the median of the 1713 experiences we list in Kyoto.
Its length is typical for the group.

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.

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