Japan Tourism Agency's "Special Experience": After a private viewing of the Sumida Hokusai Museum, experience making a Karakuri Ukiyo-e folding screen, enjoy Edomae sushi, and green tea.

• Table of Contents
• A high-value-added inbound tour where you can enjoy Hokusai Katsushika's ukiyo-e arts, traditional Japanese craft culture, food culture, and tea ceremony all at once
• schedule
• Venue: Sumida Hokusai Museum, 1F lecture room, Directions from Ryogoku Station
• How to enjoy this tour
• Tour Details

A high-value-added inbound tour where you can enjoy Hokusai Katsushika's ukiyo-e arts, traditional Japanese craft culture, food culture, and tea ceremony all at once

This tour is the only one that allows you to visit the Sumida Hokusai Museum in the early morning. Tour participants can view the works of Katsushika Hokusai before the general admission. After the visit, you can take home a Karakuri Ukiyo-e folding screen that you made during the Karakuri Ukiyo-e folding screen making experience using Hokusai's ukiyo-e. For lunch, we will provide you with Edomae sushi, a favorite among foreign tourists, in a special bento box only available on this tour. After the meal, we will demonstrate how to make matcha tea and serve it with Japanese sweets. This is a high-value-added tour for inbound tourists, with a professional guide-interpreter (English) providing language support.

schedule

A total of 44 sessions will be held on designated dates from September 26, 2024 to January 17, 2025.

*The event will not take place if the minimum number of participants is not reached.

*This is a recruitment-based tour, so please check the official website for the schedule.

Venue: Sumida Hokusai Museum, 1F lecture room, Directions from Ryogoku Station

The Sumida Hokusai Museum in Sumida Ward is a 5-minute walk from the A3 exit of Ryogoku Station on the Toei Oedo Line. It is adjacent to Midoricho Park.

■ 5 minutes walk from A3 exit of Ryogoku Station on the Toei Subway Oedo Line

■ 9 minutes walk from the East exit of Ryogoku Station on the JR Sobu Line

■ 5 minutes walk from Toei Ryogoku Station

■Straight from the Sumida Ward Circular Bus "Sumida Hokusai Museum (Tsugaru Family Residence Site)" stop

How to enjoy this tour

The best part of this tour is experiencing traditional Japanese culture. It's a full course of Japanese culture. Other highlights include the traditional Japanese craft experience workshops, and the opportunity to see Edomae sushi, a part of Japanese food culture, and matcha tea ceremony right in front of you. Enjoy this tour to your heart's content, which brings together all the experiences that inbound tourists want to experience when they come to Japan.

Tour Details

・Dates: September 26, 2024 to January 17, 2025 (44 sessions in total. Check the website for the dates)

・Event time: 09:20-14:00

・Venue: Sumida Hokusai Museum, 1F lecture room

・Nearest station: Ryogoku Station (about 5 minutes walk)

・Official website: https://hokusai-project.com/en/