What to do and see in Sumida, Kanto: The Best Classes & Workshops

Let’s take the air dressing beautiful kimono that reflects a sense of the season. As we know, we have beautiful four seasons in Japan. We would like you to feel how comfortable to wear Kimono in rhythm with the seasons

Cooking classes are the bread and butter (or rice and seaweed) of Shitamachi Yoitoko and visitors can choose from among four menus. The tempura and soba menu and okonomiyaki options are crowd pleasers, while the handmade udon – served in combination with steamed egg custard and easy-to-make traditional sweets – is one of the more unique dishes on offer. The noodles themselves may be unremarkable, but the traditional method of preparation involves stomping on the dough multiple times (in a sanitary manner, of course) and carefully slicing it into strips. Uchiyama also offers a sweets-only menu, where participants whip up various rice-flour treats such as shiratama dango (white rice flour dumplings) or sweet mochi. Most classes end with a tasting hour, where participants get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Those who participant in the udon class even get to take home the extra dough or noodles, as well as a pair of chopsticks.

We are the Dream Academy. We provide experience workshops of Wadaiko(Japanese drums), Shamisen(Japanese guitar), and Shinobue(Japanese flute). Depending on the desired date and time and the number of users, we will set up an experience venue mainly in Tokyo. You can apply from anywhere, any day in the year, from 1 to 500 participants. Please have a look at our YouTube and blog to get a picture of our workshop’s atmosphere! We are looking forward to your contact.

The mother company of the company is an English conversation class, but because of the location of Oshiage, we offer meals and souvenirs for foreign tourists. The purpose of this service is to have lanterns write kanji and to sell goods. We also offer guests the opportunity to enjoy Japanese sweets.

We are a glass workshop in Sumida Ward that was founded in 1922 where glass craftsmen make hand blown glass products. We have a wide selection of souvenirs as well. You can freely read 850 books about glass here. You can also take part in a glass engraving workshop (a reservation is required).

Enjoy a variety of authentic Japanese foods with locals at their place, in either cooking classes or dining sessions. You'll get to chose from various sessions: from mom’s taste to organic, Ayurvedic, vegan, Halal hosted by warm-hearted hosts!

Merikoti is a indoor footwear specialty shop located in Ryogoku that offers zori (Japanese-slipper) making workshops.

Here is an opportunity to draw a Chinese character on a lantern, a handy fan or a fan: the character You have chosen from 7 listed below: 1 美 beautiful--utukushii 2 愛 love---ai 3 夢 dream---yume 4 和 circle or harmony--wa 5 花 flower---hana 6 道 road---michi 7 絆

This is a contact point for sharing information that conveys the changes that are happening today and Kyoshima's unique lifestyle. “Nagaya”, one of the characteristics of Kyoshima, has been talked about in many negative aspects as it is simply an old, narrow building with many hazards. However, it is necessary to rethink it as an important cultural asset that conveys the lives of people before and after the war in Tokyo. Nagaya is small and may lack functionality, but there is a sense of value that can be obtained from the connection of people who shared the space, making it easy to get out of the town from the building makes you feel the town as your own field Encourage the senses. I think that there are many important tips for living abundantly in modern Japan in a town with such a long house. Rather than just looking at a house as a building, we aim to reconstruct and inherit it as an important culture that should not be lost.