Accompanying persons'programPlease pick up the activities you are interested in and register through thesystem in advance. Registration for some cultural programs (origami,calligraphy, and shopping tour) is available at the hospitality desk locatedin the venue hall on August 18. The organizer can cancel the program incase of insufficient number of participants, we hope you understand.

Weekly Overview: August 18-22
18 FRI

19 SAT

20 SUN

21 MON

22 TUEDay tour tomaketraditionalJapanese
paper-washi
Makingorigami (Int.
center-freeof charge)

Day tour to
Akiyu HotSpring andtraditionalcrafts
Making yourchopsticks(Int. center)

Mid-trip

Teaceremonyand kimonowearing
experience(Int. center)

Caligraphyclass (Int.
center-freeof charge)

dayThe date of the shopping tour and Nikka whiskey plant visit will be decided based on theparticipants' and volunteers' preferences.

Cultural Activities organizing in the International Center (conference venue)
Date

ActivityFees

18 FRIORIGAMINONEED﻿

Activity description
Time: 10:00-15:00
Approx. duration: 1-2 hr.
We will make traditional Japanese origami withInt. Center volunteers.

CHOPSTICKS

19 SAT﻿NONEED

Time: 10:00-15:00
Approx. duration: 1 hr.
We will make uniquely designed chopsticks which
will be your souvenir at the end.

20 SUN

Mid-trip day

21 MONTEACEREMONYAND

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Matsushima bay
Zao volcano and fox village
Geibikei gorge and Chūson-ji temple
Approx. duration: 3-4 hr.
Maximum participants number: 25 persons.
Fees: 11000-13000 jpy ( ≈85-93 USD) for theprogram (depending on registrations number).

KIMONO﻿You will have an opportunity to wear traditional
kimono (with professional help), take somepictures, and participate in the tea ceremony. Thisis an authentic experience plan hardly to bediscovered by ordinary tourists. Learn how to put
on the notoriously difficult kimono and thendiscover the spiritual processes of the tea
ceremony from masters.

﻿22 TUECALIGRAPHY﻿NONEED

Time: 10:00-15:00
Duration: 1-2 hr.
Do your best and try to write some hieroglyphs.

Full-day bus tours
Date/Place

Activity

Details
Instructor: Tsukahara Hideo（塚原 英男）
Duration: 1 hr. 30 min for paper-making class.
Number of participants: up to 10 participants.
※There is no minimum number of participants

18 FRI
Kawasaki
townHandmade
Japanese
PaperExperience

Contents: Japanese paper handmade class.

Total fees (including transportation, venue, instruction,materials, hands-on papermaking experience ) 13200
yen (94 USD).
Place: Handmade Washi Workshop Ushiogami〒989-1502 Sasadani-machi, Imajuku, Kawasaki-cho,Shibata-gun 80

Instructor: Venue owner・craftsmans
Duration: 5 hours (departure 9:00 - arrival 16:00 inSendai)
Number of participants: up to 30 participants.
※There is no minimum number of participants

19 SAT

Traditional

Akiyu HotSprings

Handicraft

Crafts andExperience

Contents: a. Exhibition and sale of works by local artists
and craftsmen, b. Japanese garden & footbath, naturewalk, c. Experience using Japanese crafts, lunch using
artisans' works (tableware, etc.) d. Making and painting
traditional crafts.
Total fees (including transportation, lunch, admissionfee, and footbath, making and painting craft class) :11000 yen (≈80 USD) per 1 person
Places： ①Akiyu hot spring area・Tree house ② Sendai
Akiu Onsen Tenshokaku Nature Park ③ Akiu Craft Village

What to bring: we recommend you bring a hat, sun cream, water, an umbrella, or a raincoat. If
you want to try hot springs, please bring your towel, or you can purchase one in the Akiyuarea.

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August 21 Tea ceremony and kimono-wearing experience

View from traditional japanese room during
tea ceremony.

Japanese garden for taking pictures inkimono.

Japanese room where tea ceremony will beheld.

Old Japanese House (used to be inside themuseum) where you can enter to takepictures.