Experience A

Katakamuna Clothes Fitting Experience & Picture Taking with smartphone

Let’s have fun wearing Katakamuna clothes. Please take lots of photos! There are many variations for both men and women, so you can choose from them. This will be your most memorable photo of Kyoto, Japan.

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Experience B

Learning Basic Katakamuna Movement (dance) & Katakamuna Poetry singing without Katamanuna Clothes

By learning this method, Your mind will find peace, your body will be energized, and you will feel your breathing become deeper. It will be moving meditation.

Pricing & Required Time

Experience C

Included Experience Both A & B

Have a exclusive Japanese experience you can feel it by your spirit and soul!

Pricing & Required Time

Enjoy your tranquility at Wakouan

Organic “Gyokuro” from Kagoshima/ enjoy your daily life with it

Tea has been a favorite drink in every Japanese household for a long time. The highest peak is “Gyokuro”.

High-grade “Gyokuro” cannot be grown without using a lot of pesticides. However, this time, a young producer in Kagoshima has succeeded in organically growing high-quality “Gyokuro”. It’s so delicious that you’ll be surprised at the first bite!

The taste and aroma change over time as it is repeatedly roasted. The fact that you can enjoy it is proof that your mind and body are happy. The relaxing effects of “Gyokuro” and the ease of drinking that permeates the body thanks to its organic nature. You can have this special experience in retro atmosphere at Wakouan by yourself.

Afterwards, you can continue to enjoy your morning cup of tea to maintain your health and beauty and start your day refreshed and energized. We will give you tea leaves as a gift.

Please try the taste made with the passion of young producers. You’ll understand when you drink it❗️

Mr. Sato is currently holding Otsu-e exhibitions and classes in Kyoto and various locations in Shiga Prefecture. In 2017, he held a solo exhibition, an Otsu-e experience class, and a “tea ceremony experience” in Frankfurt, Germany. (Associate Professor Mushanokoji Senke) Currently, he is the representative of “Atelier Aomiha”. Board member of the Japan Otsue Culture Association.

by Mitsumasa Sato

Otsu-e, a folk painting that was born on the roads around Otsu Oiwake, a post town on the Tokaido, developed from the early Edo period onward, along with special products such as abacus and needles, and developed as souvenirs. At that time, there were about 40 shops of various types, and there were also “Otsu-e shops” scattered throughout the area. It was produced and sold by anonymous painters. Initially, it started with Buddhist paintings for the common people, and later, paintings of beautiful women and caricatures were added, and it spread across the country through the hands of travelers who bought it, developing into folk paintings that represent Japan.