Highlights of the tour
Try Your Hand at Making Traditional Japanese Folk Craｆｔ
Hands-on Program of Hakata Doll Painting
You learn about the orgin and history of Hakata dolls with fine and expressive faces and try your hand at decorating dolls (about 1 hour). Here you can also find Hakata dolls made by the professional artist and items suitable for souvenirs. Those who wish to see Hakata-ori can visit the third floor of the same building.
Tour itinerary 
A short lecture on the history of Hakata dolls after reception
→Decorate a doll
→(Those who are interested visit the Hakata-ori textile workshop at Hakata Ichiju, on the 3rd floor of the same building)
→ Tour ends at Shogetsudo
Basic info
- Meeting place
- Hakata Doll Shop Shogetsudo
- Address
- 5-1-22, Nakasu, Hakata-ku
- Access
- 10 minutes walk from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station
10 minutes walk from Tenjin Subway Station
10 minutes walk from Tenjin Bus Center - Date
- Everyday
- Minimum number
- 1 person
- Restrictions
- None
- Cost
- from 1,575 yen~ * An extra fee is needed if an interpreter is required.
- Download materials
- 博多人形会館 松月堂パンフレット（JPG：2 MB）
How to reserve
- Reservation desk
- Hakata Doll Shop Shogetsudo
- Details
- Sponsor’s homepage
- About reservations
- We recommend a reservation be made before the day
- How to reserve
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Land-line phone：092-687-4961
- Other
- Fukutabi Information Line for Foreign Visitors offers multilingual services in English, Korean and Chinese／092-286-4478 (available from 8 AM to 8 PM)／※In case you make a call from outside Japan, please add 81 (country code of Japan)before the phone number above and omit the first 0 of the area code.