The garden of Happo-en is full of seasonal flowers, and the beauty of each season will captivate you no matter when you come.
You can experience Japanese culture as well as the location.
Make Japan Beautiful
Japan has a long history of traditional culture that has been handed down from generation to generation,
and within this culture, the Japanese spirit of valuing hospitality and consideration for others has been created.
At Happo-en, you can experience Japanese culture in a historical Japanese garden that has been around since the Edo period.
Experience the traditional beauty of Japanese culture with a garden that changes with the seasons, such as cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.
What is Happo-en’s
Japanese cultural experience?
Set in a Japanese garden that
has been passed on since the Edo period
Custom-made plans
We propose a custom-made plan according to the occasion and the Number of Participants. In addition to coordinating multiple activities, we can offer online experiences as well.
Experience Japanese culture at home
We have prepared a take-out experience kit that allows you to enjoy the contents of your experience at home again.
Experience contents
Japanese Tea
Ceremony Experience
Discover the charm of Japanese culture through tea ceremony. The tea master explains everything from how to use the tools to how to prepare the tea, so that even beginners can enjoy the activity. Spending time on finishing a cup and putting your heart into preparing the tea is a splendid moment. Enjoy it to the fullest!
Premium
Plan
- Including Tea Ceremony Gift Box
Matcha Workshop Plan including a Tea Ceremony Gift Box to recreate the tea ceremony in your home.
￥19,800/ person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1 hour
- Number of Participants
- from 10 people
- Garden walk
- DIY kit
- Sweets (Happo-en Original Kiki Chocolate, Japanese sweets)
- Tea Master
- Tea Ceremony Gift Box (to take home)
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Casual
Plan
Matcha Workshop Plan to Freely Experience Tea Ceremony.
￥16,500/ person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1 hour
- Number of Participants
- from 10 people
- Garden walk
- Sweets (Happo-en Original Kiki Chocolate, Japanese sweets)
- Tea Master
- Tea Whisk (to take home)
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Kochuan
Plan
- Including Tea Ceremony Gift Box
With this plan, you can experience tea ceremony in Happoen`s historical restaurant, Kochuan. Enjoy the most spectacular tea ceremony in a tatami room with a beautiful view to the garden.
￥55,000/ person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 - 2hour
- Number of Participants
- from 10 people
- Garden Walk (including audio guide)
- DIY kit
- Sweets (Happo-en Original Kiki Chocolate, Japanese sweets)
- Tea Master
- Tea Ceremony Gift Box(to take home)
- Group Picture (1 photo sent as data)
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee 15%
- Bilingual staff
- Seated style workshop at table is possible. Please feel free to contact us for details!
Tea Ceremony Gift Box
Matcha Tea BowlTea WhiskWhisk HolderTea ScoopMatcha (30g) *You can enjoy matcha for about 15 times.Instruction manual for making green tea
Muan is a teahouse located in the vast Japanese garden of Happo-en.
It is a historic building built by Heihachi Tanaka, a raw silk trader in Yokohama who was active from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period. He brought over the teahouse from Yokohama.
We can also arrange a tea ceremony experience in the traditional tea house.
Please contact us for more information.
Hand-rolled Sushi Experience
Special Hand-Rolled Sushi Workshop with a professional chef. With the instructions of the chef, make your own hand-rolled sushi and enjoy it in a bento box!
Lunch
Plan
Hand-Rolled Sushi workshop with a professional chef and lunch box set.
￥19,800/ person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 hours
- Number of Participants
- from 10 people
- Garden walk
- Hand-Rolled Sushi Workshop with professional chef
- Bento Box
- All-you-can-drink Soft Drinks
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Norimaki
Plan
- Including Sushi Gift Box
Recreate in your home what you learned from the professional chef with this Sushi Gift Box.
￥19,800/ person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- about 1 hour
- Number of Participants
- from 10 people
- Garden walk
- Hand-Rolled Sushi Workshop with professional chef
- Sushi Gift Box (to take home)
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Take-out experience Gift Box
Seaweed (5 sheets) Hokusai Edo Original Rice (300g) Wooden Sushi Rice BucketBamboo RollRice scoop
Optional
Happoen Dashi Soup & Japanese omelet
Happoen Dashi Soup & Japanese omelet
¥1,200/person (incl. tax, service fee)
*Please order for all participants
Duration about 30 minutes
Calligraphy
- Calligraphy Gift Set
Calligraphy is a world-class Japanese tradition that was selected as one of the Japanese Cultural Treasures in 2021. Enjoy writing with ink and brush! Writing a line with the tip of your brush makes you concentrate, therefore calligraphy is considered a form of mindfulness.
￥27,500/ person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 hours
- Number of Participants
- from 20 people
- Garden Walk (including audio guide)
- Calligraphy DIY kit
- Calligraphy Master
- Calligraphy Gift Set (to take home)
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Calligraphy Gift Box
BrushInkInkstone
Ink Painting
Ink Painting is a technique that can express texture, depth, and even dynamism using ink shading, blotting, and blurring. You can create a work of art if you follow your soul while rubbing the ink wholeheartedly.
Spend a moment of mindfulness that stimulates your creativity and refreshes your soul.
￥27,500/person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 hours
- Number of Participants
- from 20 people
- Garden Walk (including audio guide)
- Ink Painting DIY kit (to try painting at home)
*You can take home your own painting as a Wall Scroll! - Instructor
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Origami
- Origami DIY Gift Box
Origami is the unique Japanese craft of forming animals, plants and such out of a sheet of paper. Originally, it was a religious practice to "fold your heart into the paper". Experience the wide world of origami.
￥13,200/person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 hours
- Number of Participants
- from 20 people
- Garden Walk (including audio guide)
- Origami DIY kit
- Origami Master
- Origami DIY Gift Set (to take home)
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Origami DIY Gift Box
Origami Instruction Book, available in 4 languages: Japanese, English, Spanish and French/Origami Paper (12 colors, 2 sheets each)
Kintsugi
Kintsugi is a repairing technique in which you fix a broken, cracked, or chipped ceramic with lacquer and decorate it with gold. The gold breathes new life into the broken object. This sustainable culture, unique in Japan, where items are being fixed and used with care instead of being thrown away, is attracting the world`s attention.
￥27,500/person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 2 hours
- Number of Participants
- from 20 people
- Garden Walk (including audio guide)
- Kintsugi DIY kit
*You can take home the work you created - Instructor
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Incense
Experience Plan
In Incense Ceremony terminology, incense is not smelled but heard. "Monko" is the art of deeply appreciating fragrance with an innocent and refined sensibility. Enjoy the historical incense ceremony with an incense master.
10 people ￥330,000 (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 2 hours
- Number of Participants
- from 10 people
- Garden walk
- Incense Ceremony
- Instructor
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
- Hakuho-kan exclusive plan
Taiko Drum
- Mini Taiko Gift Box
The Taiko Drum Activity takes place in Hakuhokan, our annex residing in the garden. In this program, you can learn about Japanese culture in a fun way while moving your body. We recommend this workshop not only to international guests but also company team buildings.
¥55,000/ person (incl. tax, service fee)
Contents
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 hours
- Number of Participants
- from 20 people
- Garden walk
- Taiko Workshop with Instructor
- Mini Taiko Gift Box (to take home)
- Room Charge
- Planning fee, Tax, Service Fee
- Bilingual staff
Mini Taiko Gift Box
As a present you can take home a Mini Taiko.
Options
We have prepared some options for you to enjoy the cultural experience.
While exploring deeply the Japanese culture, spend some time in the Happo-en garden.
※These options are reserved for clients of the cultural experience plans. The options are not sold separately.
Audio guide
￥1,100 per device (including tax)
*Reservations start from 10 devices
Recommended for those who want to know more about the long history of the Happo-en Japanese garden.
Available languages: Japanese, English, Italian
Yukata Dressing
￥38,500 (incl. tax, service fee)
*From 10 people
You can enjoy each service while wearing Yukata a traditional Japanese dress from the Edo period.
Wear the design you like the most and create an unforgettable memory.
Photoshoot
(Data will be shared)
1shot ￥38,500 (including tax)
2 hours (100~200 photos) ￥126,500 (including tax)
Take home the memories you made at Happoen in pictures. Choose one commemorative picture or a relaxed two-hour shooting.