Onigawara Creation Class: Personalized Crafting in Homey Workshop Environment

Create your own personalized Onigawara in a small, cozy workshop environment. No experience necessary - anyone can easily make these traditional Japanese roof tiles!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 373 Yamazakichō - To celebrate our opening, we are currently offering a special discount price.
    We accept groups of 5 or more people.
    Up to 40 people
    For groups, the location will change.
    In this experience, we will explore the history of Kawara—the traditional roof tiles of Japan. Typically featuring a design with the fearless faces of ogres and…
What's Included
  • Bottled water provided
What's Not Included
  • Epron
Additional Information

Hi everyone♪
Welcome to Kyoto
Do you know ONIGAWARA? It is on the rooftop of Japanese temples and old houses.
It’s a talisman with a scary face. It has a history of about 1378 to 1400 years.
Although it looks difficult, we have developed a method that makes it easy to make.
Anyone can easily make it.
Everything is handmade from lumps of soil.
Would you…

Location
瓦工房 You家 kawarakoubouyouya
Please come to my store, a 10-minute walk from Shimizu Gojo Station. Please look for the name Kawara Kobo You on Google Maps.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Raphaelpascal_e
Sep 24, 2024
A favorite unique experience - The instructor is very nice and knows how to explain the steps for creating the onigawara so that laymen can understand it well. Also, for non-japanese speakers, the instructor knows English pretty well.
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James_l
Sep 12, 2024
Excellent Experience! - This is such a fun and unique experience and a great way to bring home a truly meaningful souvenir. Neither myself or my wife are skilled at pottery, but it was so much fun watching our creations come to life. Our instructor Yuya, was very kind and a great teacher. This was definitely a highlight of our trip and we cannot wait to see the final product.
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Marc_c
Jul 23, 2024
Great and fun experience! - My teenage daughter and I booked the class for our visit to Kyoto this year. It was a fun activity for both and we had a great time chatting with Sensei about various topics while our onigawaras took shape under his precise and patient guidance. My daughter was even able to add her own twist for a truly unique piece! Can't wait to have them delivered!
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Melody_l
Jun 27, 2024
A fun and unique experience! - A really fun, unique experience! The instrucion was super easy to follow, and everyone's onigawara in our class came out looking amazing. Our teacher was incredibly tallented and very helpful. My group had both total beginners and experienced sculpters, and we all had a lot of fun. Highly recommend.
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Heididf5358ig
Jun 27, 2024
Fun for the whole family - Super unique experience, great step by step instruction. We all love our masks and they are all completely different. They will be fired and sent home to us. Best souvenir ever!!
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929kristak
Jun 18, 2024
Creativity for the whole family - This was an amazing experience!! The artist was patient and helped us create beautiful works to send home. Would absolutely recommend, it was a highlight of our Kyoto experience.
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Kathleen_f
May 23, 2024
Great experience even for beginners - Yuuya-San was a great teacher! He will teach you how to turn a large lump of clay into your own onigawara. I was amazed at how the end product appeared for everyone in my group, as there will be different versions of the same product. We were all beginners with clay. He is very kind and speaks great English. He could explain everything in a way easy to understand. We would highly recommend this experience!
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Crumpetlily
May 22, 2024
Really fun experience! - We ventured into this experience looking for something different to do in Kyoto and we were sold when we saw this! The instructor, Yuya, is very flexible and knowledgable of his craft and his instructions were clear all the time. Yuya had a very positive and encouraging attitude. Also, we really enjoyed chatting away with him while we created the Onigawara’s. Happy to say that my sister and I were successful in our artistic endeavour, I cannot wait to receive my Oni in its final form :) Thanks Yuya for such a chill and fun experience! 100% would recommend.
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Richard_s
May 14, 2024
Great teacher, fun, with clear instructions. - From the moment of pickup I felt welcomed. Yu was a patient teacher and gave clear and simple step by step instructions. The workshop is simple and honest making the whole experience feel authentic to Kyoto. Ultimately, I was able to make both a wonderful Onigawara, and some amazing memories.
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Valerie_g
Apr 28, 2024
Relax and create! - So much fun! Our teacher was patient and very clear with the instructions. It’s was a nice change in our trip to sit down and be creative. Loved it!
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