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By Name of Japan. Kamakura HANKO

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Features

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Overview

    1. Meet Your Fourth-Generation Master
      Step inside the historic Kamakura atelier and learn about the art of Japanese seals.

    2. Discover the Master's Craft
      View award-winning works, traditional tools and a live engraving demonstration.

    3. Experience Japanese Calligraphy
      Selected characters on paper.

    4. Carve and Stamp Your Stone Seal
      Choose a character, carve it with careful step-by-step guidance, and stamp it onto your calligraphy.

    5. Design Your Name Hanko
      Discuss kanji or katakana options for your name and the design of your personalized wooden name seal with the master.

    6. Explore Kamakura
      Take home your calligraphy and stone seal in its pouch, then enjoy Kamakura while the master hand-finishes your name seal

    7. The Master Finishes Your Seal
      Your wooden name hanko is carefully hand-finished by the fourth-generation master.

    8. Pick Up or Delivery
      Collect your finished hanko at the atelier the same day, or have it delivered to your hotel in Japan or shipped overseas

Activity location

  • 2-9-1-A Onarimachi
    • 1-A 9
    • 248-0012, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 2-9-1-A Onarimachi
    • 1-A 9
    • 248-0012, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Stone seal you carve yourself, with guidance from the craftsman
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    Hanko case
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    English guidance throughout
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    Specially crafted wooden seals carved by master artisans—custom-made with your name.
  • Inclusions
    Calligraphy you write, to take home
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    Original pouch
  • Exclusions
    Upgraded materials: buffalo horn, premium woods, gemstone
  • Exclusions
    Kanji engraving / typeface upgrade
  • Exclusions
    Red INK
  • Exclusions
    Shipping (if you prefer not to collect the same afternoon)

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Meet a fourth-generation master seal engraver in a private Kamakura atelier, and take home two different Japanese seals: one you carve yourself and one personally hand-finished for your name by the craftsman. This is KAMAKURA SIGNET's signature experience. In Japan, a personal name seal (hanko) is still used in place of a handwritten signature. The family tradition behind this atelier dates back to 1898. See award-winning engraving, traditional tools and a live demonstration, then discover how Japanese characters, seal carving and brush calligraphy express names and meaningful wishes.

Location

Activity location

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    2-9-1-A Onarimachi
    • 1-A 9
    • 248-0012, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    2-9-1-A Onarimachi
    • 1-A 9
    • 248-0012, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

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