Enjoy experiences that are unique to Hakata Old
Town! Japanese cooking classes and events for experiencing Japanese culture meant for visitors from abroad will be held to coincide with the festival period.
Take a stroll through the streets of Hakata wearing traditional kimono or yukata. Located next to the Kushida Shrine, Kofukofu will rent you a traditional kimono or yukata and help you put it on. Enjoy strolling through Hakata Old Town wearing a kimono or yukata.
With a 300-year history dating back to 1716, Mitsuyasuseikaen is representative of Hakata’s long-established tea shops. Enjoy a set of green tea and traditional Japanese sweets while also learning how to brew tea the Japanese way at the Japanese tea café Chayuseika, which is adjacent to the shop’s Kannai Headquarters.
The shop designs lanterns that are considered elements of Hakata culture, including numerous lanterns used in the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival, as well as lanterns used in the Hakata Dontaku Parade. To enable people to feel more familiar with these lanterns, the shop offers a lantern painting experience that you can decorate characters or drawings of your choice. The lanterns can be displayed standing up and can be carried home easily in a special box provided by the store.
The Hakatamachiya is a facility that primarily focuses on displaying the Hakata area's way of life from past to present. Here you can enjoy the experience of painting on ceramics, which is a traditional Hakata craft.
Broth/soup stock making and Tempura udon class
Hakata ramen noodles and gyoza dumpling cooking class
Japanese home cooking class
We are waiting for you with beer, Japanese sake, various drinks and snacks.
Please feel free to use the cafe and bar only. Check Instagram for opening hours.
Origami paper folding
Furoshiki cloth wrapping
etsuke painting
Experience origami paper folding, furoshiki cloth wrapping, and/or etsuke painting on ceramics.You can also enjoy the ceramics painting experience provided at the Hakatamachiya Furusatokan museum here in the Kawabata Shopping Arcade as well.
