Special Ikebana Experience Guided by an Ikebana Master, Mrs. Inao
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Private tour
Highlights
Let's try to deepen your understanding of the Japanese people's love of nature and the culture ikebana experience!! Firstly, the interpreter will explain the history and spirit of ikebana at a flower store that has been loved by the locals for 70 years. After that, you will be able to choose one type of flower for yourself. Then, You will travel from the flower store to the classroom through the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter with an interpreter. A teacher from Ikenobo, Japan's oldest school of Ikebana, who has been arranging flowers for 65 years, will teach you everything from techniques to etiquette. This tour is not just a hands-on experience, but also a springboard to a deeper understanding of Ikebana and Japanese culture. The spirit of ikebana is rooted in the idea of giving life back to life by arranging flowers that had once been cut off by plucking. If flower arrangement is an aesthetic of addition, ikebana is an aesthetic of subtraction.
Inclusions
What's included
- Ikebana lesson fee
- Smartphone photography fees
- Rental fee for vase and kenzan* *kenzan=needle-point holder in ikebana
- Interpreter Guide Fee
- Material cost
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.6
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Ratings come from 8 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Here are our meeting points, Sumire Florist (すみれ花店). 3 Chome-8-8 Achi, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0055 A nationally-licensed guide waits for you in front of the store.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- TAKAHASHIGAWA TRAVEL
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- As this activity requires removing your shoes, we kindly ask you to wear socks or bring a pair with you.”
How it compares in Kurashiki
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 32 experiences we list in Kurashiki.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 4 of 32.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Kurashiki
Kurashiki is a canal-side town in Okayama Prefecture, with white-walled warehouses, willows, an art museum and the jeans workshops of Kojima.
In the Bikan Historical Quarter of Kurashiki, willows hang over a narrow canal lined by former rice warehouses with white plaster walls and black tiles, now shops, cafés and galleries. The town grew rich on rice and cotton in the Edo period, and the Ohara Museum of Art, opened in 1930 as Japan's first museum of Western art, holds works by El Greco, Monet and Gauguin.
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