Printing House events

Printing House events

Printing House General Events

Schedule

Tour of the Printing House

Letterpress workshop

Wooden printing
press
demonstration

Mon

Museum closed

Tue

14:00-

Wed

Thu

14:00-

Fri

Sat/
Sun/
public
holidays

14:00-

16:00-

15:00-

Event Information

Tour of the Printing House

Letterpress workshop

Wooden printing press demonstration

Content

  • Guided tour of the Printing House.
  • Instructors will guide visitors around the Printing House.
  • Visitors make and keep a letterpress printing as a souvenir.
  • Workshop with letterpress printing experience.
  • Visitors can take home the matter they print.
    *The letterpress workshop program is subject to change.
  • Demonstration of a replica of the world’s oldest wooden printing press.

Time required

about 20 minutes

about 30 minutes

about 10 minutes

Place

Printing House

Printing House

Prologue

How to join

  • Reservation required (Make reservations through the Advanced Reservation portal on this website.)
  • Those who have made reservations are requested to be In front of the Printing House in time for the start time.
  • Reservation required (Make reservations through the Advanced Reservation portal on this website.)
  • Those who have made reservations are requested to be In front of the Printing House in time for the start time.
  • Interested visitors should meet in front of the wooden printing press in The Prologue at the scheduled time.

Capacity

10 persons

6 persons

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As the target age of Printing House General Events is elementary school age or older, children below elementary school age must be accompanied by a parent or a guardian to attend it.

Event Information

Tour of the Printing House

  • Content

    • Guided tour of the Printing House.

    • Instructors will guide visitors around the Printing House.

    • Visitors make and keep a letterpress printing as a souvenir.

  • Time required

    about 20 minutes

  • Place

    Printing House

  • How to join

    • Reservation required (Make reservations through the Advanced Reservation portal on this website.)

    • Those who have made reservations are requested to be In front of the Printing House in time for the start time.

  • Capacity

    10 persons

Letterpress workshop

  • Content

    • Workshop with letterpress printing experience.

    • Visitors can take home the matter they print.
      *The letterpress workshop program is subject to change.

  • Time required

    about 30 minutes

  • Place

    Printing House

  • How to join

    • Reservation required (Make reservations through the Advanced Reservation portal on this website.)

    • Those who have made reservations are requested to be In front of the Printing House in time for the start time.

  • Capacity

    6 persons

Wooden printing press demonstration

  • Content

    • Demonstration of a replica of the world’s oldest wooden printing press.

  • Time required

    about 10 minutes

  • Place

    Prologue

  • How to join

    • Interested visitors should meet in front of the wooden printing press in The Prologue at the scheduled time.

  • Capacity

    ---

An instructor provides a guided tour
around the Printing House.

Please be sure to come and look at all sorts of
letterpress printing processes, tools and machinery.
Simple printing is also conducted.

A workshop-style experience of letterpress printing.

Visitors can arrange the type they choose and print them out on a tabletop printer. There are also many programs conducted through the seasons. Visitors can take home the matter they print.

  • Spring

    Message cards

    Visitors can print small cards with their individual messages using Japanese type.

  • Summer

    Coasters

    Visitors can print coasters with their individual messages using Western type.

  • Autumn

    Bookmarks

    Visitors can print bookmarks with their individual messages using Japanese type.

  • Winter

    Greeting cards

    Visitors can print greeting cards with their individual messages using Western type.

A demonstration by one of
the Printing House instructors.

Visitors are invited to see a demonstration of a replica of the world’s oldest wooden printing press.

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