Make Japan beautiful.
Japan is a country where traditional culture, handed down throughout a long history, still lives on. Within that culture, the unique Japanese spirit of valuing hospitality and consideration for others has been nurtured. Experience traditional Japanese culture in a Japanese garden that changes with the seasons, with cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.
About
Experience Japanese culture at Happo-en
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A Japanese garden dating back to the Edo period
The gardens of Happo-en are filled with seasonal flowers, and show different faces every day of the year. You can enjoy a Japanese cultural experience in this historic garden that dates back to the Edo period.
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Custom-made design
We offer custom-made plans based on the situation, number of people, etc. We can coordinate multiple activities and also offer online experiences.
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Experience Japanese culture at home
We have prepared a take-home experience kit so that you can enjoy the experience again at your own pace at home.
Contents
Experience content
Tea ceremony experience
Discover the charm of Japanese culture through the tea ceremony experience. The instructor will carefully teach you everything from how to use the tools to the proper etiquette, so even beginners can feel free to join. Please enjoy the luxurious moment of making a cup of tea with time and care.
Tea Ceremony
Premium Plan
This plan allows you to experience the tea ceremony at the traditional Japanese restaurant "Kochuan" in the historic Happo-en Garden. You can experience an authentic tea ceremony in a tatami room overlooking the garden.
¥55,000 per person (tax and service charges included)
Plan details
Duration: Approximately 1.5-2 hours
Capacity: 10 people and up
・Garden walk (with earphone guide)
・Complete self-tea ceremony experience kit
・Sweets (Happoen original brand "kiki" chocolates and dried sweets)
・Lecturer
・Tea ceremony experience gift box *You can take it home
・Group photo taken by a photographer (1 shot/data delivery)
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax, service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
*Table and chair experience is also available. Please feel free to contact us.
Standard Plan
This is a self-tea ceremony experience plan that comes with a tea ceremony experience gift box so that you can experience it again at home.
¥19,800 per person (tax and service charges included)
Plan details
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Capacity: 10 people and up
・Garden stroll
・Complete self-tea ceremony experience kit
・Sweets (Happoen original brand "kiki" chocolates and dried sweets)
・Lecturer
・Tea ceremony experience gift box *You can take it home
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax, service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Casual Plan
A plan for a hands-on tea ceremony experience that allows you to casually experience the tea ceremony.
¥16,500 per person (tax and service charges included)
Plan details
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Capacity: 10 people and up
・Garden stroll
・Complete self-tea ceremony experience kit
・Sweets (Happoen original brand "kiki" chocolates and dried sweets)
・Lecturer
・Tea whisk *You can take it home
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax, service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Tea ceremony experience gift box
Matcha bowl / Chasen (tea whisk) / Chasen straightener / Chashaku (tea scoop) / Matcha (30g) *Enjoy about 15 servings of matcha. / Instructions on how to make tea
Located within the vast Japanese garden of Happo-en is the teahouse "Mu-an." It is a historic structure that was relocated from a teahouse built by Tanaka Heihachi, a Yokohama raw silk trader who was active from the end of the Edo period to the early Meiji period.
We can also arrange a tea ceremony experience in a traditional tea house.
Please contact us for more details.
Hand-rolled sushi experience
A special sushi-making lesson by a Japanese chef from Happo-en. This plan allows you to make your own sushi rolls under the guidance of a chef and enjoy them together with a Japanese bento lunch.
Hand Rolled Sushi
Standard Plan (Japanese lunch included)
A plan that includes a sushi rolling lesson taught by a Japanese chef from Happoen and a Japanese lunch.
¥19,800 per person (tax and service charges included)
Plan details
Duration: Approximately 1.5 hours
Capacity: 10 people and up
・Garden stroll
・Temaki sushi experience with a lecture by a Japanese chef from Happo-en
・Japanese lunch box
・Free flow soft drinks
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax, service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Standard Plan (gift box included)
This plan includes a gift set that includes a sushi-rolling experience, allowing you to recreate the sushi-rolling skills you learned from a Japanese chef at home.
¥19,800 per person (tax and service charges included)
Plan details
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
*If you add an option, it will take about 1.5 hours.
Capacity: 10 people and up
・Garden stroll
・Temaki sushi experience with lecture by Happo-en chef
・Sushi-making experience gift box *You can take it home
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax, service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Hand-rolled sushi experience gift box
Nori (5 sheets) / Hokusai Edo original rice (300g) / Sushi tub / Rolling mat / Rice scoop
Experience making Happoen dashi and rolled omelet
¥1,200 per person (tax and service charges included)
*Please order the same number as the number of participants.
Travel time: about 30 minutes
Calligraphy experience plan
Calligraphy is a traditional Japanese culture that is proud of its global appeal and was selected as a registered intangible cultural asset in 2021. It is said that using a brush and ink, concentrating on the tip of the brush to draw lines, also has a mindfulness effect.
¥27,500 per person (tax and service charges included)
Travel time
Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of people available
20 people or more
Plan details
・Garden walk (with earphone guide)
・Calligraphy experience kit
・Lecturer
・Calligraphy experience gift set *You can take it home
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax and service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Calligraphy
Calligraphy experience gift set
Brush/Ink/Suzuri
Ink painting experience
Ink painting can express texture, depth, and even dynamism through techniques such as ink shading, bleeding, and blurring. The constraint of expressing with only black stimulates creativity, and you can enjoy a mindful time concentrating on rubbing the ink.
¥27,500 per person (tax and service charges included)
Travel time
Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of people available
20 people or more
Plan details
・Garden walk (with earphone guide)
・Complete ink painting experience kit *You can take home your own painting as a hanging scroll
・Lecturer
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax and service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Ink Painting
Origami experience
Origami is a uniquely Japanese art form that uses a single sheet of paper to create animals, plants, and various other shapes. It is said that its origins came from the practice of "wrapping with all your heart." Come experience the profound and delicate world of origami for yourself.
¥13,200 per person (tax and service charges included)
Travel time
Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of people available
20 people or more
Plan details
・Garden walk (with earphone guide)
・Origami experience kit
・Lecturer
・Origami experience gift set *You can take it home
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax and service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Origami
Origami experience gift set
A set of origami instructions book in four languages (Japanese, English, Spanish, and French) and origami paper (2 sheets each of 12 colors)
Kintsugi experience
Kintsugi is a repair technique in which cracked, chipped or broken ceramics are glued together with lacquer and decorated with gold, etc. Rather than immediately throwing away broken items, the Japanese breathe new life into them and continue to use them, a sustainable culture unique to the Japanese, which is attracting attention from around the world.
¥27,500 per person (tax and service charges included)
Travel time
Approximately 2 hours
Number of people available
20 people or more
Plan details
・Garden walk (with earphone guide)
・A complete Kintsugi experience kit *You can take home the work you create
・Lecturer
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax and service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Kintsugi
Incense Ceremony Experience
In the world of incense, smelling the incense is expressed as "listening to it." Please enjoy the time to clear your mind and clear your senses.
10 people ¥330,000(tax and service charges included)
Travel time
Approximately 2 hours
Number of people available
10 people
Plan details
・Garden stroll
・Kodo experience (bilingual support available)
・Lecturer
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax, service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Incense
Japanese drum experience
This activity program allows you to learn about Japanese culture while having fun moving your body at Hakuhokan, located in the garden. It is recommended not only for overseas guests, but also for corporate team building.
¥55,000 per person (tax and service charges included)
Travel time
Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of people available
20 people or more
Plan details
・Garden walk (with earphone guide)
・Lecture by a taiko drummer
・Original card *You can take it home
・Room fee
・Planning fee, tax and service charge
・Support from bilingual staff
Japanese Drums
Options
Option
We also offer options to make your Japanese cultural experience even more enjoyable.
Enjoy your time at Happo-en and experience a deeper immersion in Japanese culture.
*This option is only available to customers who have applied for each experience.
*We ask that you refrain from applying for options alone.
Earphone Guide
1,100 yen (tax included)
*Orders accepted from 10 units
We recommend this tour to anyone who wants to learn more about this 400-year-old Japanese garden.
Supported languages: Japanese, English, Italian
Yukata dressing experience
¥38,500 per person (tax and service charges included)
*Available for parties of 10 or more
You can enjoy each experience content while wearing a yukata, a traditional kimono from the Edo period. Enjoy a memorable time wearing a yukata with your favorite design.
Snapshot (data provided)
1 cut ¥38,500 (tax included)
2 hours (100-200 cuts) ¥126,500 (tax included)
Why not capture your time at Happo-en in professional photographs? You can choose between a single commemorative shot or a leisurely two-hour photoshoot.
*This option is only available to customers who have applied for each experience.
*We ask that you refrain from applying for options alone.
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