Private Japanese Calligraphy Class in Kyoto: Dive into the Art of Kanji Characters

Immerse yourself in the art of Japanese calligraphy with a private class in Kyoto. Choose from a variety of kanji characters and take home your own beautifully crafted piece.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • さくら日本文化体験 二条城教室 / SAKURA Experience Japanese Culture Nijo Home - Participate in a Japanese calligraphy class and explore one of Japan’s oldest traditional art forms. Uncover the elegance and rhythm involved in the brush strokes used to create kanji characters. After the session, you can take your calligraphy artwork home.
    Learn the precise brush…
What's Included
  • Original booklet included
  • Use of Calligraphy tools provided
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

For this event, we have a wide variety of Japanese words and phrases in kanji character you might want to incorporate into your writing. Feel free to choose any that you’d like to experiment with!
Naturally, you can take your own calligraphy home, presentable and protected with beautiful traditional Japanese paper!
If you have a particular word or phrase…

Location
さくら日本文化体験 二条城教室 / SAKURA Experience Japanese Culture Nijo Home
3min walk from Nijo Castle and Kyoto subway Tozai line [Nijojomae] station. 3 min walk from Kyoto City Bus [Nijojomae] and [Fucyomae] station. 5min walk from Kyoto subway Karasuma line [Marutamachi] station. 5 min walk from Hankyu line [Shijo] station
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Anders_a
Oct 3, 2024
Great experience - The class is not intended for children (ours are 7 and 9), which is not clear in the Viator description. After some initial discussion, we sorted the situation. We thereafter had a wonderful class which all of us enjoyed. The children must be motivated. Great teacher. Definitely recommend.
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Jeremy
Oct 3, 2024
Do you want to try Japanese calligraphy? This is the place to get the e best experience! - If you’re looking for a Japanese calligraphy experience, you must book this one! Aya-san and her husband are an extremely welcoming and attentive host couple and made us feel welcome in their home. Aya-san is a very capable teacher and helped our group of four (two adults and two 13 year olds) produce some lovely Kanji characters to take home. It was lovely to learn about calligraphy and hear about Aya-san’s experience of learning her art from a very young age.
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Burtonjssc
Aug 17, 2024
Beautiful writing - Had a great class! I really learned a lot about Japanese calligraphy. The teacher was knowledgeable and patient. It was exciting to see my improvement over the course of the lesson and create some beautiful characters to take home.
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Kerri_s
Jul 29, 2024
Great activity to do in Kyoto - Had a great time. We copied some calligraphy and our teacher was very attentive and patient. We learnt about the history too which was very interesting. My son loved it so we bought him some equipment from the recommended shop too. Thank you for having us! Kerri & Finn
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Cb201401
Jul 27, 2024
Beautiful handwriting - Our family really enjoyed this experience, which is located at the host's home. She made it super easy to find her house with detailed instructions. After a brief introduction to calligraphy, each member of our family learned to write four different words. The host attached our final drawings to a matte for us to take home. She took pictures for us of our artwork and a few action shots with our concentration faces on! Our whole family, including teenage boys, had a great time!
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Aviv_o
Jul 20, 2024
Very good - learned a lot about Japanese calligraphy, was fun, great ac, worth it if you are in the area. instructor very kind. recommend!
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Woolfish
Jul 10, 2024
Beautiful art afternoon - We loved this workshop- it was just the two of us (myself and my 11 year old), and our hosts were very generous with their time and knowledge. We walked away with many calligraphy symbols to hang up and an appreciation for the artistry of it. Such a nice way to spend a rainy afternoon in the middle of Kyoto.
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Mikael_s
Jul 10, 2024
A fantastic experience :-) - We had such a good time with Aya san and her husband. Not only with regard to the calligraphy class, in which Aya san showed her deep knowledge and history of the art, but also getting to know each other as we struggled with brushes, ink and paper. The class inspired us to learn more about calligraphy and to continue trying it on our own. Thank you so much Aya san for a fantastic class. We strongly recommend the class. Eva & Mikael from Sweden
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Zazu111
Jul 7, 2024
Buyer Beware - Due to circumstances out of our control, we missed our booking time. We contacted the vendor prior and they refused to refund. They also would not let us change to a different day or time since they were “fully booked.” So unfortunate and expensive for nothing. Would NOT recommend.
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Andrea_u
Jul 7, 2024
Do not recommend! - Unfortunately due to no fault of our own, we could not make the booking on time. We contacted the vendor prior to our time and they refused to offer a refund. They were not able to accomodate us at a future day or time since they stated they were fully booked. I looked at previous reviews and saw similar experiences to ours. Very dissapointing. Not a good practice towards your customers. I would not recommend them. Viator would not assist us either since they leave it to the vendor. Buyer beware.
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