Craft workshops
Sumida Edo Kiriko-kan — cut-glass making
すみだ江戸切子館 江戸切子体験
Near Ryogoku/Kinshicho (Taihei, Sumida) · near Kinshicho Station (JR Sobu Line, North Exit, ~10 min) (10 min walk)
A shop and workshop of the 120-year-old Hirota Glass company where you cut traditional Edo Kiriko patterns into glass. Adults make a take-home glass; a children's course (from 4th grade) makes a lidded piece.
Why children love it: Cut sparkling geometric patterns into a real glass with a spinning wheel and take your own Edo Kiriko piece home.
Sumida Edo Kiriko-kan — cut-glass making
- Best for
- Toddlers (2–4), Primary (5–11), Teens (12–17)
- Time to allow
- 1.5h
- Opening hours
- 10:00–18:00
- Price
- Adults (middle-school+) 5,000 yen + tax (take-home cut glass); elementary children (grade 4+) 2,500 yen + tax (take-home lidded piece)
- Booking
- Reserve ahead
- Indoor / weather
- indoor · rainy-day ok
- Confidence
- Well-corroborated
Editor’s note: Located in Sumida near Kinshicho — just outside the named neighbourhoods but close to Ryogoku, so flagged. Children's course has a firm minimum of elementary 4th grade and requires phone booking.