Craft your own frying pan
that you can use for your lifetime.
that you can use for your lifetime.
Frying Pan Blacksmithing Workshop
At the blacksmithing shop with a 150-year history, you can craft your own frying pan out of a piece of iron plate.
The entire process, from forging to installing a handle, is completed by your own hands with great care. Furthermore, BBQ with a freshly made frying pan is exceptional. It’ll be fun to use one-of-a-kind frying pan that fits in your hands the more you use it and you can use for your lifetime.
Tour guides will take you on a bicycle tour through the streets of Tsubame-Sanjo, showing you local spots where you can meet locals.
The entire process, from forging to installing a handle, is completed by your own hands with great care. Furthermore, BBQ with a freshly made frying pan is exceptional. It’ll be fun to use one-of-a-kind frying pan that fits in your hands the more you use it and you can use for your lifetime.
Tour guides will take you on a bicycle tour through the streets of Tsubame-Sanjo, showing you local spots where you can meet locals.
Tour Flow
The tour begins at KRaft's iconic 85-year-old empty warehouse
where has been weaving histories of the industrial.
where has been weaving histories of the industrial.
From the warehouse to the workshop, you will ride a bicycle along the bank of Shinano-River
where you can relax and see a common scenery
such as a railway crossing, a railway bridge and so on.
where you can relax and see a common scenery
such as a railway crossing, a railway bridge and so on.
It’s time to craft your own frying pan!
You will complete your own frying pan with instruction from the craftsman.
You will complete your own frying pan with instruction from the craftsman.
Tsubame-Sanjo is known as a sacred place for outdoor activities as well.
BBQ with a freshly made frying pan and local made ingredients is exceptional.
BBQ with a freshly made frying pan and local made ingredients is exceptional.
After frying pan crafting, the tour guide will take you to local spots frequented by locals.
Please enjoy the night in Tsubame-Sanjo.
Please enjoy the night in Tsubame-Sanjo.
*Tour itinerary is an image only.
Introduction of Craftsmen
KONDO FACTORY CO.
2165-9, Inokoba Shinden, Sanjo, Niigata 959-1151
https://kuwakaji.com/
https://kuwakaji.com/
Takahiko Kondo, the sixth generation.
After working for nine years at a manufacturer that made blades with the latest machine tools, he jump into the world of blacksmithing at the age of 27 to take over the family business as the sixth generation.
Currently, he participates in the "Traditional Forging Technology Inheritance Project" sponsored by the Sanjo Industrial Association. While learning all the techniques involved in the family business, including forging, polishing, pressing, and welding, he handles not only hoes, which have been his forte for generations, but also kitchen knives, iron frying pans, and other items.
Currently, he participates in the "Traditional Forging Technology Inheritance Project" sponsored by the Sanjo Industrial Association. While learning all the techniques involved in the family business, including forging, polishing, pressing, and welding, he handles not only hoes, which have been his forte for generations, but also kitchen knives, iron frying pans, and other items.
Introduction of Tour Guides
Ken
Hi there!
Please call me Ken. I enjoy doing Judo and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in my free time.
I have experience of living in the states. Also, I used to work on the US military base in Japan. I take you around the town, Tsubame-Sanjo and show local spots that cannot be found in guidebooks with making use of my english speaking experience.
Please call me Ken. I enjoy doing Judo and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in my free time.
I have experience of living in the states. Also, I used to work on the US military base in Japan. I take you around the town, Tsubame-Sanjo and show local spots that cannot be found in guidebooks with making use of my english speaking experience.
Workshop Information
- Period: MAR-Mid December.
Participation Fee: 65,000 JPY/Person (for a party of 2 participants)
*For a single participant, the fee will be 100,000 JPY/Person. - The time required: 7.5 hours(excluding pick-up and drop-off times)
- Capacity: 1 group per day (maximum allowed 2 people)
- Age: 18 and over
Notes
- Participation of persons under 18 years old is not allowed.
- For safety reasons during the manufacturing experience at the factory, please refrain from wearing shorts and sandals.
- Tours will proceed even in the rain. We provide rain jackets.
- we cannot accept participants who cannot ride a bicycle.
- Cancellation Policy
- FAQs
