PROGRAMME
Experience Programs — four kinds of experience around Arimatsu.
Index / AllShibori, town walks, conversation, food and culture. Search across four kinds of experience and choose whatever draws you.
2026.09 – 2026.12 4 Categories
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SHIBORI
Shibori & Dyeing
Bind, dye, open the cloth out. Four hundred years of technique, learned at an artisan’s side.
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PROGRAMME 01 / SHIBORI Booking openMangekyo and tesuji shibori: dye a stole of your own.
Aya Irodori
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PROGRAMME 02 / SHIBORI Booking openSekka itajime: board-clamped snowflake shibori on a tenugui.
Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori Kaikan (Shibori Museum)
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PROGRAMME 03 / SHIBORI Booking openEco print: watch plants print their colour and shape onto cloth.
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PROGRAMME 04 / SHIBORI Booking openMake an original shibori tenugui or large handkerchief.
Arimatsu Kogei
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PROGRAMME 05 / SHIBORI Booking openPick indigo leaves and dye a small piece of your own.
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TOUR
Town Walks & Tours
The Tokaido and its post towns, back lanes and festival floats. Walk the memory of the town.
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PROGRAMME 01 / TOUR Booking openA mini Arimatsu tour: looking round the shops together.
Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori Kaikan (Shibori Museum)
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PROGRAMME 02 / TOUR Booking openArimatsu in English with the Anaibito guides: walking the quiet town.
In front of the ticket gates, Arimatsu Station
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PROGRAMME 03 / TOUR Booking openArimatsu in English with the Anaibito guides: joining the float festival.
In front of the ticket gates, Arimatsu Station
DIALOGUE
Dialogue & Exchange
Meet the artisans and the people carrying the craft forward. In small groups, talk of daily life and handwork.
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PROGRAMME 01 / DIALOGUE Booking openDai-chan the Bonbassador's men's kimono class: “Gentlemen, let's wear yukata.”
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FOOD and CULTURE
Food & Culture
Wagashi, tea and sake, and a machiya table. Taste the hospitality of Arimatsu.
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PROGRAMME 01 / FOOD and CULTURE Booking openIkebana in the Takeda storehouse, with matcha in a historic tea room.
Takeda House
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PROGRAMME 02 / FOOD and CULTURE Booking openNijiiro furin: make a rainbow wind chime, and offer it to the shrine.
Nakamachi Nengyoji
9.14—9.202026 / WEEK 38
September2026
- SHIBORITie-dyeing
- TOURTown walks
- DIALOGUEMeet locals
- FOOD and CULTUREFood & drink
- EventTown events (no booking needed)
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