• Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum
  • Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum

Tokyo: Calligraphy Workshop at Tokyo National Museum

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ID: GYG1518016-2316952
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Pays: Cuba

Durée du projet: 01:00 horaires


Description

Write with brush and sumi ink in Kujo-kan, a historic hall in the museum garden that is normally closed to the public, guided by an award-winning calligrapher. Take home your own fan or board.
Spend 60 minutes with a brush and sumi ink inside Kujo-kan, a wooden hall in the garden of the Tokyo National Museum that is normally closed to the public and opened specially for this workshop. The hall once belonged to the Kujo family, one of the five noble houses from which Japan's imperial regents were chosen. It began in the grounds of the Kyoto Imperial Palace and was moved to the museum garden in 1934.

Your teacher is Yoshun Teranishi, who has studied calligraphy since the age of eight and received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the 87th Shodan-in Exhibition. She runs Atelier Kakko, a calligraphy school in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, and spent ten years teaching Japanese as a second language, so she is used to explaining characters to people meeting them for the first time.

You begin by learning how hiragana, katakana and kanji are connected and practise basic strokes with simple characters such as 三 (three) and 川 (river). Then you choose the characters you would like to write, practise them from a model, and write your final piece on an uchiwa fan or a shikishi board of your choice, finished with a seal stamp. If you let us know your name in advance, a model of it in katakana can be prepared for you.

The aim is not a perfect copy but a brushstroke that is recognisably your own. The session is led using simple English and demonstrations by the instructor with two assistants, and Japanese guests are supported in Japanese. Beginners and solo travellers are welcome.

Held on one day only: Friday, October 23, 2026.

Faits saillants

  • Write inside Kujo-kan, a historic hall normally closed to the public
  • Learn from an award-winning calligrapher with two assistants
  • Take home your sealed uchiwa fan or shikishi board and practice sheets

Langues

INFORMATION IMPORTANTE
Please arrive at Kujo-kan 15 minutes before your session
Enter the Tokyo National Museum through the Main Gate. Kujo-kan is in the garden behind Honkan, about 10 minutes' walk from the gate including the ticket check
Museum admission is not included in the workshop fee (JPY 1,000 for adults, JPY 500 for university students, free for visitors under 18 and over 70). Please buy your ticket at the Main Gate
Sumi ink is used, so please wear clothes you don't mind getting ink on
Seating is at low tables on tatami. If sitting on the floor is difficult, a chair can be requested on the day
Suitcases are not permitted inside the museum. Please use a coin locker at Ueno Station
Minimum age is 7. There is no child rate
If the museum closes due to a disaster or transport disruption, the session will be cancelled with a full refund
Meet at Kujo-kan, a single-storey wooden building with a tiled roof and a veranda, in the garden of the Tokyo National Museum. Enter through the Main Gate, walk towards Toyokan (Asian Gallery) on your right, and follow the path into the garden behind Honkan. Allow about 10 minutes from the Main Gate including the ticket check.
INCLUS
  • 60-minute calligraphy workshop led by the instructor with two assistants
  • All tools and materials (brush, sumi ink, paper, uchiwa fan or shikishi board)
  • Your finished piece and practice sheets to take home
NON INCLUS
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (meet directly at Kujo-kan)

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Annulations

Cette excursion peut être annulée sans frais jusqu'à : heures d'annulation avant le début du voyage. Si vous l'annulez après les heures d'annulation ou si vous ne vous présentez pas à l'excursion, le prix total de l'activité vous sera toujours facturé. Tout retard à la prise en charge ou au départ sera considéré comme un retard.