[Kyoto] Night-only mochi pounding experience and tea ceremony experience.
- Overview
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- You can experience mochi pounding and a tea ceremony in an authentic Kyoto machiya built over 100 years ago!
- Almost 100% of our guests are foreign tourists, and all services are available in English, so you can rest assured.
- Furthermore, a luxurious sandalwood souvenir is included as a delightful bonus.
- You can receive the best hospitality!
- What to expect
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In this experience, held exclusively at night in Kyoto, you can enjoy a set of authentic mochi-pounding and traditional Japanese tea ceremony experiences, which are part of Japan's traditional culture. In addition to being strictly by reservation only, this is a special experience limited to 20 people per day. After check-in, you will wear a happi coat, and we will explain the history of Japanese mochi-pounding and the tea ceremony in an easy-to-understand short video. Next, you will try authentic mochi-pounding using a traditional mortar (usu) and pestle (kine). For 40 minutes right up until the experience, you will actually pound steamed glutinous rice with the pestle and make mochi from scratch alongside a professional, and you can actually eat and drink the warm, freshly made mochi. Furthermore, you will experience whisking matcha using authentic tea ceremony utensils. We will carefully explain traditional utensils that you rarely get to hold in daily life, such as the tea whisk (chasen), tea scoop (chash