Workshops in Tokyo

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Tokyo · Craft

Ginzabashi (Kinokurashi Ginza)

You pick a wood from more than 20 kinds, set it in a jig and shape it with a Japanese hand plane, sand it and oil it, and take the chopsticks home the same day. It takes about an hour and costs from ¥3,980, and some woods cost more. Name engraving is an extra ¥1,100 per side. The workshop is on the ground floor of the Kinokurashi wood shop, a minute's walk from exit 11 of Ginza-itchome Station, and is open 9:00 to 19:00 with last entry at 18:00. Staff guide you in English, and an online booking takes up to four people.

¥3,980 · ≈ $25Maps Source Book on Klook

Price checked October 2026

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Tokyo · Food

TSUKIJI COOKING

You make sushi with an instructor, along with teriyaki fish and miso soup, and eat what you made. The class lasts two hours and costs ¥15,400, and with a guided tour of the Tsukiji outer market it lasts three hours and costs ¥17,600. The instruction is in English, and you pick a date from the class calendar on the website and pay in advance. The class without the tour is not offered on every date, and a cancellation in the last week is not refunded. The food is not kosher and is based on raw fish.

¥15,400 · ≈ $98Maps Source Book on Klook

Price checked October 2026

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Tokyo · Craft

Tsugu Tsugu (Asakusa Studio)

In the traditional workshop you finish the repair of a broken vessel with natural lacquer (urushi) and 23K gold powder, on a vessel prepared in advance, because real lacquer needs days and weeks to dry. It lasts 90 minutes and costs ¥22,000, from age 13, and you take the vessel the same day in a drying box, collect it from the studio later, or have it shipped abroad for a fee. The kintsugi-style workshop, one hour at ¥6,600 from age 6, is a different thing: you make small items such as earrings or chopstick rests with epoxy and a brass finish, and do not repair a vessel. The studio has English-speaking staff, and there are also studios in Ebisu and Kyoto.

¥22,000 · ≈ $139Maps Source Book on Klook

Price checked November 2026

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Tokyo · Craft

Wanariya

You dye a cotton item in indigo using the shibori method, in which the fabric is tied and folded so that every pattern comes out different, and the staff speak English. A handkerchief costs ¥2,500 and a tenugui towel ¥3,800, an hour to an hour and a quarter, and a T-shirt ¥8,000, about an hour and a half. Booking is required and only for two people or more, so a solo traveller cannot join. Paying in advance on the website saves ¥100 to ¥500. Children from age 4 can take part, and the studio is a 10-minute walk from Iriya Station.

¥3,800 · ≈ $24Maps Source

Price checked November 2026

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Tokyo · Craft

Sokichi Kiriko Workshop

You cut a traditional Edo kiriko pattern with a grinding machine on a glass that you choose on the day of the workshop. A 90-minute workshop costs ¥3,630 with a clear glass, and a colored glass or one in a special shape adds ¥1,100 to ¥4,510. The instruction is in English, from age 9, and payment is in cash only. On weekends there is a session as early as 8:30, and the 17:00 session costs ¥550 more.

¥3,630 · ≈ $23Maps Source Book on Klook

Price checked November 2026

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Tokyo · Culture

Chazen

You hear a short explanation of the tea ceremony, watch matcha being prepared, drink it with a Japanese sweet and serve a bowl yourself. The shared session lasts 45 minutes and costs ¥3,500, and a private session for two or more is ¥5,000 per person. The instruction is in Japanese and English, there is a session every hour between 10:00 and 17:00, and you pay in advance through a link sent after booking. You do not enter the tea room barefoot, and cancelling a shared session from a week before costs half the price (for a private session, from two weeks before).

¥3,500 · ≈ $22Maps Source Book on Klook

Price checked September 2026

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Tokyo · Craft

Kumihimo Experience by DOMYO

You braid silk threads on the tools that Domyo's craftspeople work with, and leave with a cord or a bracelet that you braided. The workshop lasts two hours and costs ¥7,700, with instruction in English and up to 8 people per booking. You can cancel until the day before, and on the day itself you pay the full price. The studio is a 5-minute walk from Ushigome-Kagurazaka and Kagurazaka stations.

¥7,700 · ≈ $49Maps Source Book on Klook

Price checked November 2026

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