Tokyo

Ginza Natsuno
Chopstick Craft Workshop

銀座夏野箸作り体験工房

Ginza Natsuno is one of Japan's largest chopstick specialists, offering more than 3,000 varieties crafted by artisans from across the country. Right next to the flagship store, the dedicated workshop offers the opportunity to shape your own pair of chopsticks by hand using a traditional Japanese plane.

Workshop conducted in English

A paper lantern marked with the character for chopsticks hanging outside the shop, beside a bare-branched tree

Hands feeding a strip of wood through a planing jig, shavings scattered across the bench

A finished pair of chopsticks held up between finger and thumb, the tips being checked

About the workshop

What started the workshop was how many overseas customers said they wanted to try making chopsticks. As a shop that specializes in chopsticks, Ginza Natsuno felt they should offer not only beautifully made chopsticks, but also the experience of creating them.

They think of chopstick-making as the most approachable way into materials like wood and lacquer. Whether you live in Japan or are visiting from abroad, they want you to discover the natural warmth, lightness, and character of wood firsthand.

What matters to them is making things by hand, relying on machines as little as they can — preserving a simple, hands-on approach to craftsmanship. The workshop focuses on shaping unfinished wooden chopsticks by hand. In the adjoining Ginza Natsuno store, you'll also find handcrafted chopsticks created by skilled artisans using traditional techniques such as lacquer finishing and decorative inlay with shell and eggshell. They hope this experience inspires more people to discover and appreciate that tradition. For them, that is at the heart of what they do.

Ginza Natsuno, founded 1999

Lengths of wood and hand tools laid along the bench, a hand steadying one of them

All necessary tools and materials are provided.

Before you book

Language: The workshop is conducted in English.
Length: Approximately 60 minutesAdditional workshop time, if required, is charged at ¥550 per 15 minutes.
Price: ¥2,640 (incl. tax) + wood from ¥660Your ticket covers the workshop experience. Choose your preferred wood when you arrive and pay for it at the shop — from ¥660 for cypress or cedar, more for other woods. The shop takes cards.Adult and child tickets are the same price.
Included: Use of all the tools and equipmentNot included: your wood — chosen and paid for at the shop, from ¥660.
Group size: Up to 10 participants per session
What to bring: NothingAll necessary tools and materials are provided.
Age: Children aged 9 and under must be accompanied and assisted by a parent or guardian throughout the workshop.
Where: AOYAMA R NATSUNO Bldg 1F, 4-2-17 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, TokyoOpen in Google Maps →
Cancellation: Free cancellation with a full refund up to 24 hours before your slot. Within 24 hours, and for no-shows, no refund. Please contact the workshop by email.Email: natsunocraftexperience@gmail.comExceptions are handled case by case for typhoons, earthquakes, and canceled trains or flights. If the workshop cannot run for reasons on their side, you are refunded in full.

Participants in front of the shop's display wall, laughing, holding the bagged chopsticks they have just made

You take home the pair you shaped yourself.

Book a slot

Sessions run daily in one-hour slots, with occasional closures.

Pick a start time and you go straight to its booking screen.

You choose your wood at the shop, from ¥660.

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