Face To Face Workshop in Asakusabashi, TOKYO!!
~Joint Project with Tsumami Kanzashi School Online~
The English-speaking instructor will teach you the basic skills hands-on.
Nothing to worry about, even if you have no knowledge or skills of tsumami zaiku. The lesson will start with how to use tools, and how to knead the starch glue to make a neat tsumami zaiku.
Your instructor will teach you in private, so you can finish the assignment with confidence and with no rush.
Asakusabashi Location
Asakusabashi is famous as a handicraft town. You will find many shops with crafting components, fabrics, etc.
Location: Aoi-kai Studio 葵会(Tsumami zaiku Workshop Place) (Check the bottom part of this page for the location.)
”Incredible! I never knew something so traditional and beautiful was something that I could create myself. I hope to do this again in the future. ” from Canada
“Instructor was very knowledgeable and friendly. In fact, would love to take more workshops. Very pleased!!!” from Hawaii
We have three types of workshops according to your schedule and skills. (Please inquire about the schedule)
Customized workshops, group workshops for tourists, visiting workshops, etc. are also welcome.
Please feel free to contact us!
1. Experience the traditional Tsumami zaiku technique
For beginners and kids who want to try out a traditional way to make Tsumami.
✓Target skill level: Beginners (from age 6~)
✓Activity time: 1h 30 min.
✓Items: Maru-tsumami “Hair Clip”
✓Price: Workshop Ticket
US$60: For 1 person(materials, and rental tools fee all included)
US$40: For parties per person (materials, and rental tools fee all included)
✓Special gifts！
Mini “Tatami” place mat
2. One full day traditional Tsumami zaiku lessons
One-day lesson for those who want to learn deeply about the traditional two basic skills.
✓Target skill level: From beginners～
✓Activity time: two lessons, total 4 hours (1-hour lunch break included)
✓Items:
You learn “Tsumami zaiku School Online Basic Course Lesson 1/2“.
*lesson1: Maru-tsumami “Shikishi” (Japanese wall decoration)
*lesson2: Kentsukiki ume clip brooch (hair ornament)
✓Contents:
a. Small lecture about historical kanzashi, traditional tools, and materials.
b. Learning two basic techniques, “Maru-tsumami”(round type figure) and “Ken-tsumami”(sharply pointed figure).
c. Learning how to make “sagari” (Tsumami petals forming a Japanese wisteria like ornament)
✓Price: US$200 (Japanese tax, materials, and rental tools fee all included).
✓Special gifts！
1. Professional-level tools for special discount!
2. Get a discount coupon ($200 off) for “Tsumami kanzashi School Online Basic Course”! (You can review everything you have learned and go to the next step)
3. Three days Intensive course
It is a course where you can learn from basics to advanced level of Tsumami in three days.
✓Target skill level: From beginners
✓Activity time: three days, twelve hours(one hour lunch break for Day1&2 included)
*Day1: Five hours lesson1,2,3
*Day2: Five hours lesson3
*Day3: Two hours lesson4
✓Items:
You will learn “Tsumami zaiku School Online Basic Course Lesson 1/2/3/4“.
*lesson1: Maru-tsumami “Shikishi” (Japanese wall decoration)
*lesson2: Kentsukiki ume clip brooch (hair ornament)
*lesson3: “Shichigosan*” 3 years old kanzashi (flower making)
*lesson4: “Shichigosan*” 3 years old kanzashi (kanzashi assembling)
✓Price: US$800 (Japanese tax, materials, and rental tools fee all included).
✓Special gifts！
1. Professional-level tools to use. （Tweezers, wood board, spatula, starch glue worth US$60)
2. All lesson videos of “Tsumami kanzashi School Online Basic Course”! (You can review everything you learned at home) worth US$540!
Our Workshop Studio at Asakusabashi
Asakusabashi, where our workshop will be held, is famous as a handcraft town with many stores selling handcraft components and is filled with a downtown atmosphere.
Space Name: Aoi-kai Studio (Tsumami zaiku Workshop Place)
Address: 1-33-3 Asakusabashi,Taito-ku, Tokyo-to 111-0053 Japan
Three minutes walk from JR Asakusabashi Station(The next station after Akihabara, Soubu-Line)
On the second floor of the building. *First floor is the Chinese Restaurant.
“Nice teacher and I learned how to make Tsumami step by step. Thanks so much and I enjoyed the class a lot:) ” from Hong Kong
”Everything was great! All the materials were ready and we moved efficiently through the steps. It`s awesome. I love learning traditional crafts!” from Alaska
Tomomi Yamashita, Instructor
If you have interested,
please ask us from this contact form.
or mail to us!
info@tsumami-kanzashi.com