Possibly the best time of my life was the time I spent in Kyoto, Japan in 2013. Hopefully, with a bit of luck and a bit of finagling I might get to go back... Anyway, whilst in Japan, I dragged my poor unsuspecting boyfriend to do a number of craft activities (most of them traditional Japanese where possible) and I got to experience some wonderful crafts and meet some lovely craftspeople.
Here, at the Kyoto Handicraft Centre, I painted a Dorei doll, which is a small clay doll with a bell in it that sits on a little red pillow. It was such fun! The people there were really helpful and kind, even though I spoke barely any Japanese at all (they speak good English). You can also do many other traditional Japanese handicrafts here; we also did Woodblock Printing on an original woodblock set, but all the photos had people in who might not want to be on the internet.
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