Night-only mochi pounding experience and tea ceremony experience.
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MOCHI & MATCHA EXPERIENCE KYOTO
- Experience traditional mochi-making using a wooden mallet and mortar (a technique passed down through centuries)
- Taste freshly pounded mochi
- Enjoy a simple and beginner-friendly matcha tea experience in a calm environment
- Learn how to prepare and enjoy matcha without any prior knowledge
- A valuable opportunity to actually handle a real Japanese sword under the guidance of an expert
- Acquire basic knowledge about the history and cultural significance of the sword
- A Kyoto-style experience that combines food, tea ceremony, and samurai culture—an experience that goes beyond ordinary sightseeing
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What to expect
Kyoto: The only place in Japan where you can experience the entire process from mochi pounding to eating it. Furthermore, you can experience a tea ceremony using high-quality Uji matcha and authentic tea utensils. Finally, you can hold a real Japanese sword, which cannot be owned without national authorization, and experience the feeling of being a samurai. 90-minute system, limited to 10 people, English support. Please enjoy the heartwarming hospitality unique to Kyoto.
You can experience making mochi (rice cakes) and then eat freshly made mochi.
You can receive polite, one-on-one instruction from a tea ceremony master.
After pounding the mochi, you can actually shape it yourself and eat the freshly made mochi right away.
You can actually handle and possess real Japanese swords, which even Japanese citizens cannot touch or possess without applying to the government.
At the end of the experience, you can pick up mochi-making tools, a real Japanese sword, or a bow and enjoy taking photos.
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