Top 10 Classes & Workshops in Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku

「Experience Hirosaki Neputa Festival」「Tsugaru Shamisen Live Performance」「Demonstration of Local Craft of Aomori・Tsugaru Area」「Take a walk in Japanese Garden (Registered Monuments of Japan)」

Earth, water, wood and fire. At our factory "Tsugaru Ujoyaki", we only use materials that exist in the nature. With red pine that melted and became ash in the klin, all our pottery have unique designs and colors that you can only find here. In August 2019, our klin was certified by the Guiness World Records as the longest klin in the world. Please come visit us and find your favorite piece.

"Tsugaru Kokeshi Doll Museum" displays approximately 4,000 traditional kokeshi, the tallest jumbo kokeshi in Japan, and a giant wood-based Dharma. You can see Kokeshi craftsmanship by Kokeshi craftsmen, and you can also experience Kokeshi painting. Kokeshi goods, kokeshi miscellaneous goods, as well as traditional kokeshi can be purchased as souvenirs. What is Kokeshi? In the latter half of the Edo period, people called kijishi, who made wood sawn bowls and trays, began to make kokeshi as souvenirs for children. Traditional kokeshi are classified into 11 types, all of which are located in the Tohoku region, and are manufactured using patterns and techniques that are appropriate for each region. Kokeshi continues to be made by inheriting the pattern from the teacher to the apprentice, and its creator is called Kokeshi Kojin. Kuroishi City, Aomori Prefecture is a production area of ​​Tsugaru Kokeshi, one of 11 types of Kokeshi.

Welcome to Aomori! We offer Apple-charaben cooking class with all-start Aomori grown ingredients for those who travel to eat local and learn local. In this 2.5 hours hands-on lesson in a clean & comfortable community kitchen in down town Aomori, you will learn how to make ​ ・Apple-shaped Temari-Sushi with Tuna sashimi ・Heart-shaped Tamagoyaki Egg omelet ・Kinpira-Gobo (sweet and sour flavored burdock) ・Chick-look-a-like Chikuwa tubes (fish-paste cake) ・Dashi stock with dried Katsuobushi (bonito) ・Miso soup with seasonal veggies In addition to these menu, you will also bring back home knowledge about ​ ・Unique food culture &ingredients in Aomori ・How to make perfectly round rice balls ・Tips to choose and use Japanese condiments ・Tsugaruben words (notorious thick accent Aomori-dialect) to express "oishii!". Also included in the price are ・Welcome Tea ・Take-home recipes and ・Apron