Onore Sho kanji experience & guided tour of World Heritage Site Horyuji Temple (with lunch)
Tour of World Heritage Site Horyuji Temple with an experienced local guide. Learn about the history of Horyuji Temple. After the tour, write your own name in kanji using a brush pen. We will use a style called Onore Sho, which is different from traditional calligraphy and allows you to write your name in a way that reflects your personality. After the workshop, you can take your creation home as a souvenir. Lunch will be a special menu featuring the local specialty of tatsuta-age (fried chicken). Enjoy lunch in a historic Japanese-style house.
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Learn about kanji at a lecture by the instructor
Enjoy a full tour of Horyuji Temple with an experienced local guide
Lunch featuring tatsuta-age, a local specialty of Ikaruga, made from chicken thigh meat (photo for illustration purposes only)
Information
- Minimum Number of Passengers
- 1 person
- Maximum Capacity
- 4 participants
- Meeting and Exchange Areas
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In front of Horyu-ji Sando bus stop (Horyuji I Center)
1-8 Horyuji, Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture 636-0116 - Open Period
- Year-round
- Closed Period
- Closed: Every Wednesday, December 26 to January 5, days when an instructor is unavailable
- Meeting Times and Business Hours
- From 9:30 a.m.
- Tour Schedule
- In front of Horyu-ji Sando bus stop ⇒ Meet guide/instructor ⇒ Horyuji Temple tour ⇒ Walk to location for kanji experience (approx. 5 minutes walk from Horyuji Temple) ⇒ Travel to lunch ⇒ Lunch ⇒ Finish
- Required Time
- 4 hours (Horyuji Temple tour: 2 hours, Kanji experience: 1 hour, Lunch: 1 hour)
- Provision of Meals
- Meals are provided
- Open to meal requests
- Available
- Universal accessibility
- Available at the lunch restaurant only
- Parking
- Available at the lunch restaurant only
- Notes
- Lunch contains chicken thigh meat.
- Related websites
- https://waikaru.com/experience/detail.php?pid=1713160727
This basic information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change.
Please check the official website for the latest information.
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