Toyota Green Life Experience From Plant to Paper Washi Booklet

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8 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Tour highlights
-Make traditional “washi”, or Japanese paper, with a history of 500 years, acclaimed for its use in sliding shoji doors and Japanese umbrellas
-Set in a mountain town using plant-derived materials in its famous, local paper brand
-Explanation by curator of Obara’s washi paper culture and production processes
-Make your own authentic washi from the first step of pounding paper mulberry material to the finished product
-Enjoy local, seasonal bistro at a restaurant in a traditional Japanese folk house
-Take home your own Japanese paper booklet made with your own two hands every step of the way

Tour details
Experience the Toyota Green Life series in Obara, a region famed for traditional washi. Learn how paper mulberry becomes paper as you pound bark, add colors and patterns, and bind your own unique washi booklet. Enjoy lunch in a rustic folk house using seasonal local ingredients. This hands-on tour offers an authentic look into Japan’s traditional papermaking culture.

What's Included

Travel insurance
Lunch
Transportation
Hands-on papermaking experience
English interpreter
Drinks
Transportation to the meeting point (without hotel pick-up option)

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Your interpreter guide or driver will be waiting for you in the lobby of your hotel holding a name board.

Itinerary

Duration: 8 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Nagoya

    Your interpreter guide or driver will be waiting for you in the lobby of your hotel holding a name board.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    Spend a day in the lush natural setting of Obara in Toyota City. Obara is known for its washi—or Japanese paper—culture, and you have the chance to create your own washi in an authentically bound booklet. Learn the production process of washi in the surrounding natural paradise where the raw ingredients actually grow. Pound the inner bark of paper mulberry to kick off the papermaking process and add your own color and patterns to the front and back covers for a 100% unique booklet great for journaling, scrapbooking, or just jotting down memos.

    4 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 3

    Take a break at our dining hall, renovated from a traditional Japanese country house. We serve dishes made with seasonal local ingredients.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Nagoya

    We'll take you back to the hotel to end the tour.

    1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please contact us beforehand in case of any dietary restrictions
  • Children aged 4 and above are charged the adult rate. Children aged 3 and under can join free of charge (no lunch provided).
Supplied by Tourism Designers Co., Ltd.

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Small Group
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