Do I need to pay the accommodation fee separately?

The price includes the accommodation fee.

Experience

This service allows you to experience Japanese dressmaking in Japan.
Accommodation and meals are included and sightseeing in Beppu can be enjoyed.

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Course List

This is a service that allows you to come to Beppu City in Japan and stay at our share house while experiencing and learning how to make Japanese clothes. You can enjoy sightseeing in Beppu and Japan on your days off, and you can also emersed yourself in Japanese culture.

We offer 4 different courses. We also offer Japanese food.

English-speakers live in the same accommodation that you will stay, so there is no concern about a language barrier.

Samue jacket production course

Samue (jacket) are made using a sewing machine.
You will need to bring fabric to make these “monk’s working clothes”.
(We will ask the height and body shape of the person who will wear it in advance and let you know the amount of fabric required.)

nights 4 days 35,000 yen
Stay in a share house
Japanese food provided (morning and evening meals)
After 3:00 p.m. Free time (Beppu sightseeing etc. is possible)
Schedule
Day 1: Name explanation, workshop tour. Ironing the fabric.
Day 2: Cutting and making Samue with a sewing machine.
Day 3: Completion of Samue Day.
Day 4: Returning home.

Japanese dressmaking basic course

You can learn the basic techniques of Japanese dressmaking, such as “unshin – needle movement”, “kuke – Japanese invisible stitching”, “three-fold kuke”, and “chidori – catch stitch”.

6 nights 7 days Cost 42,000 yen
Stay in a share house
Japanese food provided (morning and evening meals)
After 3:00 p.m. Free time (Beppu sightseeing etc. is possible)
Schedule
Day 1: Brief explanation of the name of the kimono. Workplace visit.
Day 2: of learning how to move needles: Make dish towels while using taught needle technique of “moving the needle”.
Day 3: After moving the needle, learn how to fold in three, kuke, and chidori.
Day 4: Finish using three-fold kuke.
Day 5: Embroidering on a child’s kimono.
Day 6: Creating Your Own Sewing Dictionary.
Day 7: Going Home.

Original Hanten production course

While learning the traditional cotton-filling technique, you will create your very own hanten or Haori by sewing pieces of kimono scraps one by one.

1 month 150,000 yen
Stay in a share house
Japanese food provided (morning and evening meals)
Saturday and Sundays are course holidays

Long stay hand-stitched kimono courses

Choose from a choice of longer courses. There is a one-month course in which you learn the basics of Japanese dressmaking, such as needle movement, as “unshin – needle movement”, “kuke – Japanese invisible stitching”, “three-fold kuke”, and “chidori – catch stitch”.

There is also a 2–3-month course for those who want to learn the techniques in more detail with more time to improve your skills them.

1 month: 80,000 yen 2 months: 150,000 yen 3 months: 220,000 yen
Stay in a share house
Japanese food provided (morning and evening meals)

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Application flow

The accommodation is a share house, there are rules when you move in. After applying, we will send you the rules for the share house before the interview, so please read them and if you are happy to agree to them you can join the course.

Please note that the number of people who can be accepted to the experiences are limited, and it may not be possible to be accepted depending on the time.

Application flow

STEP 1
Application

Please fill out this form . We will ask you about which course you desire and the desired date and time for an online interview.
*Please note that the schedule is not fixed at the time of application.
STEP 2
Confirmation of online interview date and time

We will send you an e-mail notification of the online interview date and time within 3 business days.

*Saturdays, Sundays, and Japanese holidays are not included in business days.
STEP 3
Once the schedule for the online interview

is decided, we will send you an invitation code for the online meeting. Please join the online meeting from the invitation code when the time comes.
STEP 4
Payment

After confirming the schedule, we will send you payment instructions by email, along with confirmation of the course fee.

Payment method: Paypal, credit card
STEP 5
Application completed

Your application will be completed after your payment is confirmed.

Interview content

Present a picture ID (driver’s license, passport, etc.)
Desired course and schedule

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Course Leaders introduction

Hatsumi Ueno

While preserving tradition, you will learn how to dress while flexibly adapting to the ever-changing kimono. Based on my experience cultivated over many years, I welcome you to study together seriously but also having fun.

[qualifications]

Vocational training instructor qualification
Japanese dressmaking national certification 1st grade
First-class dressing technician

Michiyo Ueno

I am a kimono designer with skills in Japanese and Western dressmaking. I will use my experience studying in the UK to provide language support during the experience and during your stay in Japan.

kimono designer

Ed Leather

I am from the UK and therefore, a native English speaker. I will provide language support during the experience and during your stay in Japan.

[qualifications]

Cambridge University Certified English Teacher Qualification

About Beppu

Beppu City, in Oita Prefecture is one of the leading hot spring areas in Japan. There are many hot springs, and steam can be seen everywhere. There are 8 hot springs with their own characteristics, and they are called “Beppu Hatto”.

As a tourist destination, it is popular not only with Japanese people but also with foreigners. The atmospheric townscape of the old centre that has survived and flourished since ancient times, provides various sightseeing spots, and gourmet foods unique to Beppu.

Jigoku Meguri

This is a tour on which you can visit 7 rare hot springs. Among them, four “hells” are nationally designated scenic spots. You can see cobalt blue and bright red, hot springs, and a geyser that spout out hot water.

Kannawa Onsen

One of the “Beppu Hatto”, Kannawa is an area where you can feel the atmosphere of a hot spring town. There are various bathhouses in the city surrounded by steam.

Jigokumushi experience

It is a cooking method that steams ingredients with hot spring steam. The hot spring steam adds saltiness and mineral flavours, and the sweetness of the food stands out.

Takegawara Onsen

It is a hot spring that has been long established in the centre of Beppu. The historic building is attractive, and you can experience the famous sand bath (buried in sand heated by the heat of the hot spring).

Examples of tourism in Japan

Shows the access time from Beppu to major cities in Japan.

Hakata: about 2 hours (by train)
Kyoto/Osaka: about 4 hours (by Shinkansen)
Tokyo: about 4 hours (by plane)
Hokkaido: about 7 hours (by plane, via Haneda Airport)

Accommodation

ED’S SHAREHOUSE

During the kimono experience period, you will stay at the attached “Ed’s Sharehouse”. You will live alongside the landlords, Ed and Michiyo.

The living room is always a place for fun interactions with the residents and landlord’s family. It is a share house that feels more like a homestay. Having said that, we also take your privacy very seriously and you will be able to relax in the large bedrooms provided.

Here is some information about the share house. Once you have applied for a course we will send you the house rules, when you have agreed to them the application will be processed.

Private room infomation

Breadth	8 tatami mats (14.6 square meters)
Facility	air conditioner, closet, toilet

Sharehouse information

Facility	Wif-Fi, parking lot, living room, kitchen(complete with cooking utensils and tableware), hot spring, shower room, washing machine, vacuum cleaner
access	4 hours from Tokyo Haneda Airports to Oita Airport (by plane) Oita Airport to Beppu Station (by bus) Beppu Station to sharehouse (by walk)

Trasportation information

Nearest station	20 minutes walk from JR Beppu Station
bus stop	1 minute walk from Meiho High School Mae
surrounding facilities	Convinience store, supermarket, bookstore, drugstore, restaurant, cafe, post office, city hall, park

Frequently Asked Questions

Q Do I need to pay the accommodation fee separately?: A

The price includes the accommodation fee.

Application form

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