From Tokyo: Tsubame-Sanjo Copper & Knife Workshop Day
ID: GYG1497782-2297812
Catégorie:
Pays: Pérou
Durée du projet:
13:00 horaires
Description
Private long day from Tokyo to Tsubame-Sanjo: hammer your own copper cup at 200-year-old Gyokusendo and forge a blade at a working blacksmith dojo. Both pieces are yours to keep.
Tsubame-Sanjo has hammered copper and forged steel for two hundred years, and this day puts the tools in your hands at both the copperware workshop and the blacksmith dojo instead of watching from behind glass.
Pickup is at 06:00 from your Tokyo hotel or address for the drive to Tsubame-Sanjo. At Gyokusendo, a copperware workshop open since the Edo period, you watch the open factory floor and then hammer your own copper cup under a craftsman's instruction. At Sanjo Kajidojo, a working blacksmith dojo, an instructor guides you through heating and sharpening a small blade at the forge. Between the two workshops, the Tsubame metalware museum fills in the history of the region's tool making, and the group stops for Sanjo's local curry ramen for lunch (own cost) before the drive back to Tokyo.
Gyokusendo's open factory floor lets you watch craftsmen at full-size hammering stations before you sit at a smaller bench yourself, tapping a copper blank into a cup shape under close guidance so the metal does not crack. At Sanjo Kajidojo the forge is genuinely hot and the hammering genuinely loud, and the instructor keeps a close eye on grip and angle so your blade comes out sharp and straight rather than bent.
Both workshop sessions, the copper cup you hammer and the blade you forge, are included in the price, along with the private van and driver-guide. Lunch is own cost.
Built for anyone who likes making something with their hands and taking it home, and for travellers interested in Japanese craft traditions beyond a museum display case.
If the copperware and knife workshops, 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.
Faits saillants
- Hammer your own copper cup at Gyokusendo
- Forge and sharpen a blade at a blacksmith dojo
- Take both finished pieces home
- Visit the Tsubame metalware museum between the workshops
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INFORMATION IMPORTANTE
Departs 06:00, a thirteen-hour day. Both workshops involve standing at a bench with hand tools and some heat from the forge, so wear closed shoes and clothes you do not mind getting a little marked. Factories and workshops are closed on Sundays, so this trip does not run that day. Runs year-round otherwise. If something included cannot run on your date because of weather, closure or availability, you get a full refund of your booking, guaranteed; we only offer an alternative if you prefer it
INCLUS
- Private air-conditioned van with English, Hindi and Urdu speaking driver-guide
- Hotel or address pickup and drop-off anywhere in Tokyo 23 wards
- Fuel, tolls and parking
- Bottled water
- Gyokusendo copperware workshop, copper cup included
- Sanjo Kajidojo blacksmith forging class, forged blade included
NON INCLUS
- Meals and drinks (own cost)
- Curry ramen lunch in Sanjo (own cost)
- Personal expenses
- Optional activities not listed as included
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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.
