g-now newsletter from gunma november 2013

8/14/2019 G-now Newsletter from Gunma November 2013

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Glass Workshop

Enjoy glass making workshop at Haruna Glass and Tsukiyono Vidro Park. Depending on

your favor and skill, choose the classes for from beginners to experts.

Haruna Glass

Address: 2 Uenohara, Shinto-mura, Kitagunma-gun,

Gunma

Hours: 8:30 - 17:00 (May change according to the

season)Closed: Open 365 days

Access: About 15 minutes by car from Yagihara

Station on JR Joetsu Line or from Ikaho Onsen

Website:

http://www.harunaglass.com/exp/index.html

(Japanese)

Course: Fusing, sandblasting, bitspatch (crystal

collage), making plate, tumbler, bowl, or vase

Tsukiyono Vidro Park

Address: 737-1 Gokan, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun,

Gunma

Hours: 9:00 - 16:00 (Workshop)

Closed: Open 365 days (occasionally closed formaintenance)

Access: About 5 minutes by car from Jomo-Kogen

Station on JR Joetsu Shinkansen or about 10 minutes by

car from Tsukiyono IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway

Website: http://www.vidro-

park.jp/tsukiyono/taiken/index.htm(Japanese)

Course: Glassblowing (making vase, glass and other),

stained glass, sandblasting, musical box, fusing, painting

Kokeshi Workshop

One of characteristics of Kindai (modern) Kokeshi doll is its originality in shape and painting.

Be an artist by painting your only-one Kokeshi doll!

Usaburo KokeshiAddress: 1591 Nagaoka, Shinto-mura, Kitagunma-gun, Gunma

Hours: 8:30 - 15:00

Closed: 29 December - 4 January

Access: About 10 minutes by car from Yagihara Station on JR Joetsu Line or about 20

minutes by car from Shibukawa-Ikaho IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway

Website: http://www.usaburo.com/buy/kanko/etaiken.htm

Course: Painting Kokeshi doll

Gunma-chan,

Mascot of Gunma Prefecture

Haruna Glass

Usaboro Kokeshi
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Daruma Workshop

Try drawing eyebrows and mustache of Takasaki Daruma doll in Gunma, home of Daruma doll.

Daimonya

Address: 124-2 Fujitsuka-machi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma

Hours: 9:00 - 17:00

Closed: Open 365 days

Access: About 10 minutes by bus from JR Takasaki Station or about 15 minutes by car from

Takasaki IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway

Website: http://daimonya.jp/(Japanese)

Course: Drawing eyebrows and mustache of Daruma doll

Handicraft WorkshopTakumi no Sato provides you over 20 varieties of handicraft workshops! Enjoy thetraditional work at the foot of Mt. Tanigawa.

Takumi no Sato

Address: 847 Sugawa, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma

Hours: 9:00 - 17:00 (till 16:00 during early November to mid-March)

Closed: 1 January (Except for the shop and the restaurant in Horaku-kan)

Access: About 25 minutes by bus from Jomo-Kogen Station on JR Joetsu Shinkansen or

about 20 minutes by car from Tsukiyono IC of Kan-Etsu Expressway

Website: http://takuminosato.or.jp/e_horaku/takumi.html

Course: Bamboo work, mask painting, cloisonne ware, painting on earthenware bell andother

Nippon Silk Center has some craft workshops using cocoon or silk cloth.

Nippon Silk Center

Address: 888-1 Kaneko-machi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma

Hours: 10:00 - 15:30(each workshop is available on the fixed day. Please ask at the

center for the schedule.)

Closed: Tuesday, temporary (three days before the exhibition), 27 December - 5 January

Access: About 30 minutes by bus from Maebashi Station on JR Ryomo Line

Course: Silk cloth workshop, weaving, dyeing, cocoon crafting

Daimonya

Nippon Silk Center

(Cocoon crafting)

Takumi no Sato

(cloisonn ware workshop)
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Pottery Workshop

Tsukiyono-yaki Yutaro-gama provides you the experience of making your own

earthenware.

Tsukiyono-yaki Yutaro-gama

Address: 2331 Kamimoku, Minakami-machi, Tone-gun, Gunma

Hours: 9:00 - 17:00

Closed: Wednesday

Access: About 10 minutes by car from Jomo-Kogen Station on JR Joetsu

Shinkansen or about 5 minutes by car from Minakami IC of Kan-Etsu

Expressway

Website: http://www.tsukiyono-yaki.jp/link_10_trial/index.html(Japanese)

Course: Pottery, painting on earthenware

Vegetable Dyeing WorkshopHow about trying indigo dyeing while walking through the historical sites of Kiryu City,

the city of textile.

Textile Museum Yukari

Address: 4-2-24 Higashi, Kiryu-shi, Gunma

Hours: 10:00 - 16:30

Closed: Monday

Access: About 15 minutes by car from Shin-Kiryu Station on Tobu Kiryu Line or

about 30 minutes by car from Ota-Yabuzuka IC of Kita-Kanto ExpresswayWebsite: http://www.morihide.co.jp/senkyakubanrai/schedule.html(Japanese)

Course: Indigo Dyeing, hand weaving

Or, you can try dyeing Kiryus silk stole with madder at Tsuchi to Hi no Sato in Fujioka.

Tsuchi to Hi no Sato

Address: 2240 Kamihino, Fujioka-shi, Gunma

Hours: 9:00 - 15:00

Closed: Monday, 25 December - 4 January

Access: About 30 minutes by car from Yoshii IC of Joshin-Etsu Expressway

Website: http://www.tutihi.com/pg36.html(Japanese)Course: Madder dyeing, pottery, glass work, bamboo work



(Madder dyeing)

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Haruna Glass

Usaburo Kokeshi


Tsukiyono Vidro Park

Takumi no Sato



Tourist spots nearby:

- Ikaho Onsen Relax with the brown-

colored onsen.

- Mizusawa Kannon Visit the historical

temple built more than 1300 years ago.

- Mizusawa Udon You shouldnt miss this

famous udon if you visit the area!


- Isobe Onsen Soak in the nice onsen and quiet

atmosphere.

- Gunma Safari Park Meet the wild animals!

- Sakurayama Park See the beautiful winter

cherry blossom in November to December!


- Minakami Onsen Area Choose your

favorite onsen from 18 onsen including

Hoshi, Takaragawa and so on!

- Fruit piking Enjoy delicious various kinds

of fruit in each season.

- Outdoor activities Get some thrilling

experience through water activities in

summer or snow activities in winter.


- Kiryu City Town Enjoy the townscape

once flourished as the silk industrial town.

Map of

Gunma

Daimonya


- Syorinzan Darumaji Temple Dont

miss to visit the temple of the origin of

Daruma doll.

Nippon Silk Center

For More Information

Tourist Guide of Gunma Prefecture:

http://visitgunma.jp/en/

Gunmas Facebook Page Gface:

https://www.facebook.com/visitgunma.En
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