Tokyo: Nihonbashi Washi Paper Making Flexible Private Tour

A flexible private half-day for 1-6 guests by van in Nihonbashi: hand-make washi paper at a paper house founded in 1653, then explore the old merchant district.
Ozu Washi has sold Japanese paper in Nihonbashi since 1653, and in its studio you lift a screen of wet fibre out of the vat and make a sheet of washi yourself.

Your driver-guide collects you at 10:30 in a private van for one to six guests and drives to Nihonbashi, the old merchant heart of Edo. Around 11:00 you begin at the Ozu Washi studio and gallery. An instructor explains how washi is made from mulberry bark, then shows you how to dip the frame, and shake it to spread the fibres evenly. Each guest makes one A4 sheet, which is dried for you to take home. The studio takes up to four guests per session, so groups of five or six split into two short sessions while the others browse the paper gallery. After lunch at your own cost, your guide walks you to Nihonbashi Bridge, with its bronze kirin and lion statues and the marker from which Japan's road distances are measured. You can step into Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi, a grand department store building, and Haibara, a shop selling washi stationery since the early 1800s. Fukutoku Shrine sits small and calm among the office towers of Coredo Muromachi. You are back at your hotel around 14:30.

This is a flexible private tour: choose three to five stops from the menu, which is the Ozu Washi paper-making studio and gallery, Nihonbashi Bridge, the Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi main store, Haibara washi stationery, Fukutoku Shrine, and Coredo Muromachi. Your driver-guide adjusts the order and pace during the tour to suit the weather, opening hours and your energy. Included tickets stay included whichever stops you choose.

Washi paper making, one A4 sheet per guest, is included. The private van, driver-guide, pickup and drop-off anywhere in the Tokyo 23 wards, fuel, tolls, parking and bottled water are included. Meals, drinks and shopping are at your own cost.

This half-day suits families, artists, stationery lovers and anyone who wants a calm, hands-on activity in a historic part of Tokyo.

If the washi making class or any other included stop, ticket or activity cannot run on your date because of weather, closure or availability, you can take a full refund of your booking, guaranteed; an equivalent alternative is offered only if you prefer it.

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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.