Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Become our Lokal Curator
Are you ready to turn your hobbies into a business?
• Like a homestay experience — welcomed as family, homemade matcha, authentic hospitality.
• Write your name in kanji or choose a word like “peace” or “love”— guided by an award-winning artist.
• Learn traditional brush techniques using authentic tools at your own pace.
• Create and take home a professionally framed artwork as a unique souvenir.
• Receive photos and video of your creation as digital memories.
• Whisk your own matcha latte using traditional tea tools, then relax with a Japanese sweet in a peaceful home.
• Optional upgrade: write your art on a Japanese-style T-shirt (+¥1,000 per person, materials included) — wear your creation home.
• Intimate & personal — maximum 5 gue...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All calligraphy materials: brush, ink, washi paper
Photos and video of your creation
Professionally framed finished artwork
90-minute calligraphy lesson with an award-winning artist
Matcha latte & Japanese sweet (wagashi)
Personalized digital certificate of completion
All Fees and Taxes
Transportation to/from Umeda Sky Building
T-shirt upgrade (optional: +¥1,000 per person, materials included)
Meeting Points
Departure
Umeda Sky Building
We will meet at Mazda Brand Space Osaka, 1st Floor of Umeda Sky Building, facing Osaka Station. It’s directly in front of the main entrance and very easy to spot. I’ll be waiting just outside. From there, it’s a 5-minute walk to our home for the calligraphy experience.
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Japanese Calligraphy & Matcha Experience
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• Like a homestay experience — welcomed as family, homemade matcha, authentic hospitality.
• Write your name in kanji or choose a word like “peace” or “love”— guided by an award-winning artist.
• Learn traditional brush techniques using authentic tools at your own pace.
• Create and take home a professionally framed artwork as a unique souvenir.
• Receive photos and video of your creation as digital memories.
• Whisk your own matcha latte using traditional tea tools, then relax with a Japanese sweet in a peaceful home.
• Optional upgrade: write your art on a Japanese-style T-shirt (+¥1,000 per person, materials included) — wear your creation home.
• Intimate & personal — maximum 5 gue...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All calligraphy materials: brush, ink, washi paper
Photos and video of your creation
Professionally framed finished artwork
90-minute calligraphy lesson with an award-winning artist
Matcha latte & Japanese sweet (wagashi)
Personalized digital certificate of completion
All Fees and Taxes
Transportation to/from Umeda Sky Building
T-shirt upgrade (optional: +¥1,000 per person, materials included)
Meeting Points
Departure
Umeda Sky Building
We will meet at Mazda Brand Space Osaka, 1st Floor of Umeda Sky Building, facing Osaka Station. It’s directly in front of the main entrance and very easy to spot. I’ll be waiting just outside. From there, it’s a 5-minute walk to our home for the calligraphy experience.
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Itinerary
Discover a side of Osaka that most tourists never experience. Learn traditional Japanese calligraphy from an award-winning artist, create your own framed artwork to take home, and enjoy freshly whisked matcha in a welcoming home studio.
Your experience begins at Umeda Sky Building, just a 5-minute walk from the host’s bright, sun-filled home studio. Here, you’ll learn the fundamentals of Japanese calligraphy (shodo) from an instructor with 10+ years of experience and award-winning calligraphy.
Choose your own word — your name in kanji, or a meaningful word like “peace,” “love,” or “dream” — and learn proper brush techniques using traditional tools: brush, ink, and washi paper. Your instruc...
