Kougei Expo is a three-day event which will feature seven crafts from Fukuoka Prefecture: Hakata-ori (textile), Hakata ningyo (doll), Kurume kasuri (fabric), Koishiwarayaki (ceramic), Yame Fukushima butsudan (Buddhist altar), Aganoyaki (ceramic), and Yame chochin (paper lantern) as well as a variety of traditional crafts from all over Japan. View the main exhibition at Marine Messe and join special bus tours for a chance to learn about these crafts up close at their birthplaces in Fukuoka Prefecture. With three one-day tour courses to choose from, we will visit studios and exhibition centers to learn and experience making these crafts, as well as try local food! Choose a bus tour which catches your fancy and sign up now. English guide available throughout the entire trip. Enjoy and experience Fukuoka through its traditional crafts!
Available courses
A) 11/2 (Fri.): Hakata-ori and Hakata dolls
B) 11/3 (Sat.): Aganoyaki and Koishiwarayaki
C) 11/4 (Sun.): Yame chochin (paper lantern), Yame Fukushima butsudan (Buddhist altar) and Kurume kasuri
The following conditions apply to all courses:
• Participation fee (lunch incl.): Adult ¥3,500, ES and under ¥2,000 (lunch set differs from adult’s)
• Payment: Cash only, to be collected in the bus
• Tour start and end: Tenjin (in front of Bank of Japan, 4-2-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka)
• Limit 80 persons per tour
Reserve now!
Use this form to make a reservation.
Each participant must fill out the form, so if there are two participants, the form must be filled out twice.
Course A: Hakata-ori and Hakata Ningyo (Doll)
Nov. 2 (Fri.)
Itinerary
10:30 Depart from Tenjin (in front of Bank of Japan, 4-2-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka)
11:00 Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum and Hakata Machiya Folk Museum (split in two groups, approx. 30 min.)
12:30 Lunch at The Market F, Grand Hyatt (semi buffet-style)
14:00 Hakata-ori Kogeikan
15:30 Jotenji Temple
16:30 Kogei Expo at Marine Messe
17:00 Return to Tenjin (in front Bank of Japan, 4-2-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku)
Use this form to make a reservation.
Each participant must fill out the form, so if there are two participants, the form must be filled out twice.
Course B: Aganoyaki and Koishiwarayaki (Ceramic)
Nov. 3 (Sat.)
Itinerary
9:30 Depart from Tenjin (in front of Bank of Japan, 4-2-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka)
11:00 Aganoyaki Pottery Center
12:30 Lunch at Aogiri Restaurant (Japanese set meal)
14:00 Koishiwarayaki Traditional Industry Hall
15:30 Takatoriyaki Onimaru Setsuzan Kamamoto
18:00 Return to Tenjin (in front Bank of Japan, 4-2-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku)
Use this form to make a reservation.
Each participant must fill out the form, so if there are two participants, the form must be filled out twice.
Course C: Yame chochin (paper lantern), Yame Fukushima butsudan (Buddhist altar) and Kurume kasuri
Nov. 4 (Sun)
Itinerary
9:00 Depart from Tenjin (in front of Bank of Japan, 4-2-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka)
11:00 Yame Traditional Craft and Design Museum, behind the scenes tour of toro ningyo (traditional Yame puppet show)
13:30 Steamed eel lunch at Tomimatsu Unagi
15:00 Moriyama Kasuri Studio
16:15 Kurume Kasuri Museum
18:00 Return to Tenjin (in front Bank of Japan, 4-2-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku)
Reserve now!
Use this form to make a reservation.
Each participant must fill out the form, so if there are two participants, the form must be filled out twice.
