Printing House events

Participation in Printing House events: Prior reservations are required for the following two programs: the Printing House Tour and the Letterpress workshop.

Letterpress workshop: The Letterpress workshop is intended for visitors of elementary school age and above. Preschool-age children will be allowed to participate in the program only if accompanied by their parent or guardian. In such a case, advance reservations are required only for the accompanying adult.

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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	14:00-
Thu		14:00-
Fri		14:00-
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	---
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.