Zen Garden Making and Matcha Tasting in Handmade Pottery Shop
- 30 minutes
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Usually, Zen garden is something to be appreciated, and there are not many places where it can be experienced. This experience allows gests to create their own unique design using sand for Zen garden, albeit in a small garden. There are no hard movements, so everyone can enjoy it, from small children to the elderly. You can take pictures of yourself eating Matcha and Japanese sweets in front of the Zen garden you have made, which will be a wonderful memory of Kyoto culture. You can also buy handmade pottery as a souvenir of Kyoto at the store. Since they are dishwasher and microwave safe, they are popular even among people from overseas.
Inclusions
What's included
- Matcha (cold or warm) from Ippodo, a famous matcha manufacturer in Kyoto, and seasonal Japanese sweets from Senbon Tamajyuken
- All Fees and Taxes
- Guide is not licensed or certified
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.0
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Ratings come from 3 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
- After entering Ninshu Pottery Gallery & Matcha Cafe, please tell the staff that you are the one who has made a reservation for Zen garden experience. 11 minutes walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station (Subway Tozai Line) 9 minutes walk from Jingu-marutamachi Station (Keihan Railway Main Line)
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 8 travellers
- Operated by
- 仁秀 器ギャラリー ＆ 抹茶処
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Some Japanese sweets may contain "wheat" "egg" or "yams". Please inform us if you have any allergies. We can serve Japanese sweets that do not contain the above allergens.
How it compares in Kyoto
- Its from-price is 88% below the median of the 1713 experiences we list in Kyoto.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 708 of 1713.
- 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.
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