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Wagashi Making Workshop in London – Autumn Colours

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Dear Wagashi Lovers,

The clock has just turned back to Winter time here in the UK and we are officially in Autumn now. When we talk about Autumn in Japan, the thing we cannot forget is ‘Momiji’ Japanese maple. Also as a part of British culture Guy Fawkes night, the 5th of November, is something significant for next month.

Wagashi Making Workshop – Autumn Colours

So, in next month’s Wagashi workshop we are going to create these three sweets.

  • ‘Momiji’ Japanese Maple
  • Fallen Leaf
  • Firework

Each piece has a different centre filling so you can enjoy the unique flavour in each sweet as well as the pretty creations.

*All of them are vegan and free from gluten & major allergy sources.

No experience is necessary. Come along with your friends and family for a fun and memorable afternoon.

[Details and Tickets] Please go to the detail page from here

See you there!

Wagashi Workshop in London

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Dear Wagashi lovers,

The wonderful season has arrived for making Japanese sweets. There are so many beautiful colours in nature that we can use as motifs for Wagashi designs. So I made a plan for the Wagashi Making Workshop in Autumn this month.

Wagashi Making Workshop in Autumn

In this workshop we are going to learn how to use a traditional tool and the technique to create these three sweets.

  • Rabbit
  • ‘Kikyo’ Balloon flower
  • ‘Temari’ Hand-ball in Autumn colour

*They are all vegan and free from gluten & major allergy sources.

Every sweet has a different centre filling so you can enjoy the unique flavour in each sweet as well as the pretty creations.

No experience is necessary as our expert instructor will guide you through the process, sharing tips and tricks along the way. Whether you’re a beginner or familiar in Japanese culture, this workshop is a fun and exciting way to spend your afternoon. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the art of Japanese confectionery!

Bring your friends and family along for a fun and memorable afternoon.

You can take home and consume all your creations.

[Details/Tickets] Please click here

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Spring Wagashi Workshop in London

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Dear Wagashi Lovers,

Japanese Sweets Making Workshop is coming soon. It’s a wonderful season for making Japanese sweets because we have a great selection of materials to choose from as the design source. The workshop will be in late April so I chose these three designs that are suitable for April and May.

[ The sweets we are going to make ]

  • Yae-zakura (Multi-petaled Cherry blossom)
  • Temari Ball
  • Koinobori ( Koi carp figure for upcoming Children’s day, May the 5th)
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Japanese Sweets Making Workshop in London

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Come join us for an afternoon of creating delicious Japanese sweets at our in-person event. Get into the Christmas spirit and learn how to make traditional Wagashi treats with a festive twist.

Wagashi is the general term for Japanese sweets and there are many types. In this workshop we will make three designs of the fresh type of Japanese sweet called ‘Nerikiri’. These are often accompanied with a bowl of Matcha tea in a tea ceremony. Although it is traditionally Japanese, the design can be contemporary and this time we are going to make three designs in the Christmas theme. They are all vegan and gluten free.

No experience is necessary, as our expert instructor will guide you through the process step by step. Bring your friends and family along for a fun and memorable experience. (*Suitable for ages 12+ yr, but we advise children are accompanied by an adult on a separate ticket.) Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn a new skill and enjoy some tasty treats! You can take home and consume all your creations.

[Link to the Details & Tickets below]

Look forward to seeing you there!

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Wagashi Workshop in London

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Dear Wagashi Lovers,

Your long waiting is over! I am pleased to announce that the ‘Wagashi’ Japanese Sweets Making Workshop in London will be held next month. The theme of the workshop is “Autumn Colour” and we are going to make ‘Momiji’ Japanese maple, Ginkgo leaf and Chrysanthemum. All the sweets we will make are vegan and gluten free.


Although it will be held at our usual venue, the Havan Store, because of the concern regarding the pandemic, this time we’ll have two sessions of a smaller class with a limited number of participants.

Wagashi Making Workshop in Autumn

  • Date: the 13th November (Saturday)
  • Time: 11:30 – 13:00 / 14:45  – 16:15

The ticket sales have just started. For getting your seat could you please visit:

https://thehavan.com/product-category/event/

Hope to see you there.

Wagashi Workshop in London in Summer

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I have hosted several ‘Wagashi’ Japanese Sweet Making Workshops. They were mainly for adults and I had been thinking that it would be great if I could have a Workshop that people could participate with their children. In order to make this plan possible there were several issues to clear and the biggest one of them was that the event has to be held daytime. For solving the problem I thought it would be best if the event was held during the school holiday period. In case this idea happens, I have been considering several designs for sweets which are attractive and also simple enough for children to make but enjoyable for adults too. After going through many possibilities I finally picked three designs in the summer theme and set up a date and the venue to have a workshop on the 25th of July.

 

Wagashi Making Workshop (July/’19)

I had a ‘Wagashi’ Japanese Sweet Making Workshop in the Summer theme on the 25th of July and it ended well.

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Wagashi Workshop in London (May/19)

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It is so great that my ‘Wagashi’ Japanese Sweet Making Workshop is becoming almost a monthly event. This time it was at a new venue that was in an interior shop with a beautifully setting located in a quiet courtyard in North London.

 

Wagashi Making Workshop (May/19)

I had five participants who were willing to join me for this workshop. They are three female and two male, two of which were Japanese. I was very pleased to have this wonderfully mixed group of people.

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Wagashi Workshop in London (April/19)

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How was your Easter? It was very nice that we had great weather for this Bank Holiday weekend. About one week before Easter time six people gathered in a Tea shop in Soho London and my Workshop in April finished successfully. It’s great the daytime is becoming longer now and when we started the Workshop at 7pm the outside is still bright.

Wagashi Making Workshop (April/19)

This time all the participants had tasted my sweets before and we had two workshop repeaters amongst them.

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Look how smiley everybody in the workshop is. Of course they looked very serious when they had to concentrate on making the shape of the sweet but quite often we all went in bursting a laughter! It was such a relaxed great atmosphere. It’s great to see everyone was enjoying the time being there.

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Wagashi Workshop in London (03/18)

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Two weeks ago I hold a ‘Wagashi’ Japanese Sweet Making Workshop. It was at a Tea specialty shop in Soho London and the workshop was combined with a Japanese Tea tasting session. This time we had six participants and they were composed of two friends with a daughter, a couple and a French lady. They all had been to Japan or lived there before so everyone knew what we were going to create so I could start the class very smoothly.

Wagashi Making Workshop (03/2018)

These are the Wagashi sweets I planned to make together with the participants.

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A Field with Full of Spring!

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Summertime has started in the UK. We lost one hour last sunday but we have longer daylight now. That is great!

When I was searching for a good design for ‘Wagashi’ Making Workshop in Springtime, this sweet was born. What I needed was something easy to make, visually pretty and also something represents this season well.

 

Spring Field – Full of Spring

I was imagining a vast field which was covered with lots of wild plants bursting out  their flowers. In that kind of pretty field we surely have butterflies too. Yes, it’s true I might have topped it up with a little too many pieces. Maybe it’s not that suitable for a workshop but I believe that it certainly looks very spring-like.

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