Wear a Kimono and Choose a Japanese Cultural Activity to Enjoy

【OUTLINE】

This is a premium plan where you can experience an authentic Japanese cultural activity in the Japanese historical garden Shukkeien Garden! Shukkeien Garden was created around 400 years ago (a period where samurai still existed) by the top military commander in Hiroshima.  Please enjoy strolling around in this garden, experiencing Japanese culture dressed in a kimono, and fully immersing yourself in the environment. It's also possible to have the guide or staff of Shukkeien Garden take pictures of you!

【HIGHLIGHTS】

• After changing into a kimono, we will learn Japanese-style artistic movement through tea ceremony.
  
• This is a special experience of wearing a kimono with a seasonal pattern made from a comfortable silk material.
• The tea ceremony experience is a Japanese cultural experience where experts from the Omotesenke school, which originated from Sen no Rikyu, teach about their way of tea.
• Shukkeien, a Japanese garden in downtown Hiroshima, has the image of the Seto Inland Sea and you can travel back in time to the samurai era.
• After learning about the heart of the Japanese, you will look more beautiful wearing a kimono in the Japanese garden.

【SCHEDULE】

Arrival→Stroll around Shukkeien Garden→Japanese culture experience→Change clothes
※You can walk around Shukkeien garden before or after experiencing Japanese culture.

【DETAILS】

After arriving at the store, change into your favorite kimono from more than 100 types. The staff will help you get dressed. 

You can stroll around Shukkeien Garden while wearing a kimono. As an option, an English-speaking guide can show you around the garden. Shukkeien Garden was created 400 years ago in the time of the samurai, and it's said that it contains in its landscape a variety of different sceneries in shrunken form. You can deeply feel different sceneries such as a tea house, a pond, a paddy field, mountains, a bamboo forest, a tea garden and a pergola in the garden. Even though the garden received serious damage from the atomic bombing, it has recovered and is ready to welcome visitors! Please enjoy, dressed in kimono, a Japanese garden brimming with history. 

After this, please enjoy a Japanese cultural experience taught by an expert teacher. Please choose 1 from the following 4 experiences.

①Tea ceremony experience
Enjoy a laid-back tea ceremony experience. After watching the tea ceremony demonstration of the teacher, try to make tea by yourself.

②Calligraphy experience
Spiritual unity through the smell of ink. Get a sense of the hearts of the Japanese by learning about the meaning behind certain characters. You can also come in contact with tools related to Hiroshima such as a Kumano brush and Otake Japanese paper. 

After the Japanese cultural experience, you will change clothes, and that will end the experience.
(In summer, yukata (summer kimono) dressing experience is available.)

※You can take a walk in Shukkeien garden before experiencing Japanese culture. You can walk around at your leisure. 

【THINGS TO NOTE】

• Time：3 Hours (approx.)
• Meeting Point：Shukkeien Garden
  2-11, Kaminobori-cho, Naka-ku,  Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 
• ACCESS：
  【On foot】About 15 minutes from Hiroshima Station, or 25 minutes from the Atomic Bomb Dome.
  【Tram】
  ・ From Hiroshima Station
  Take the Hiroshima Electric Railway bound for Miyajimaguchi and transfer to the Hiroshima Electric Railway Hakushima Line bound for Hakushima at "Hatchobori". Get off at "Shukkeien-mae".
  
  ・From the Atomic Bomb Dome
  Take the Hiroshima Electric Railway bound for Hiroshima Station and transfer to the Hiroshima Electric Railway Hakushima Line bound for Hakushima at "Hatchobori". Get off at "Shukkeien-mae".
  About a 2-minute walk from the Shukkeien-mae tram stop.
  Cross the pedestrian crossing and turn left at the Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art for about 150m. It is on the front left hand side. 

• Language support：English, Japanese
• Included：Kimono rental, Kimono dressing, Japanese cultural experience 　※In the summer period you will wear a yukata
• Excluded：The admission fee of Shukkeien Garden is not included in this cost. ( 260 yen / per adult, 100 yen / per child ）
• Clothes：We have a wide selection of kimonos for you, so you may come to the event in your own clothes.
• Toilet  ： 〇（Western-style）
• Other things to note：
  ・Due to constraints of the instructor and/or the facility where the event is held, there are times when your request may not be met.
  ・A visit service is available. If requested from a group with three or more persons, the experience can be held at their guest house or a facility they like.
  ・Japanese people are welcome to join the tour.

【HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES】

・Face masks required for travelers in public areas
・Face masks required for guides in public areas
・Face masks provided for travelers as needed
・Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
・Social distancing enforced throughout the experience
・Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
・Gear/equipment sanitized between uses
・Regular temperature checks for staff
・Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
・Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

【CANCELLATION POLICY】

7 to 4 days before the tour date 40%  of the tour price
3 to 2 days before the tour date 60%  of the tour price
The day before the tour date, On the day of the tour 100%  of the tour price

※Right after the online settlement is made, a cancellation fee of 10% will be incurred in case of cancellation.
※The cancellation fee includes handling charges.