Chopstick Crafting: Shape Your Own Masterpiece

Craft your own chopsticks in Tokyo’s Shinjuku. Shape raw wood with traditional tools. Perfect for beginners. Choose from beautiful Japanese woods.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 7-chōme-4-5 Nishishinjuku - Design a unique keepsake — custom-made chopsticks!

Engage in this interactive cultural activity where you will create a personalized pair of chopsticks from raw wood using a traditional Japanese kanna (small hand plane). With the assistance of welcoming staff, you will shape, refine, and customize your chopsticks — an enjoyable and fulfilling experience ideal for novices!

What's Included
  • Chopstick making workshop
  • Use of tools and materials
  • Make your own chopsticks
  • Choice of wood
  • Two types are free. The others are made from higher-grade wood and have an extra charge
Additional Information

• Transform Raw Wood into Personalized Chopsticks
Begin with basic wooden sticks and craft them into stylish, practical chopsticks using a traditional kanna (Japanese hand plane). Embrace the texture, shape the surface, and enjoy the satisfaction of creating with your hands.
• Guided, Hands-On Crafting Experience
Progress from rough wood to a smooth…

Location
7-chōme-4-5 Nishishinjuku
Please meet us at the 10th floor of the Shinjuku West Building. Please come up using the Elevator.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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L1702veelleno
Oct 6, 2025
Great staff - Great experience, the straff was great, Hoshi, Ben and Marija. Would recommend going here, they also let you engrave it afterwards, for an extra fee of 1500yen.
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Katarina_renaldi
Oct 5, 2025
Great chopstick making workshop! - We had a wonderful time making chopsticks under the diligent instruction of Shu, Nicolas and Shane. All the instructors were sociable, helpful and attentive and made an extra effort to help us prevent going too far with the shaving of the wood. There is a variety of wood to choose from, but only a soft, light variety is provided while other types start from 2000¥ extra, with the most expensive being 10000¥ extra. Engraving is 1500¥ extra. We found the time lovely and were able to socialize with other travelers while there. The wood blocks themselves could probably use better stops at the end so you can more easily shave down the wood, but I'd imagine with the use and number of visitors this place sees, it's inevitable! Thank you for all the help and instruction, we really enjoyed ourselves and look forward to using our creation at home🥳🥳💜
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2693
Oct 5, 2025
Fun activity on our last day! - Great fun in the heart of Shinjuku! And a cool souvenir to take home. Thanks to Shane, Shu and Nicolas for your hospitality!
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Naz2410
Oct 5, 2025
Awesome Chopstick making Experience - Awesome experience! Helpful crew. Shane, Nicholas and Shu were all fantastic. Thankyou! Highly recommend! 🤙🥢🍜😁
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623rushib
Oct 5, 2025
Chopstick Making - We had a blast at the chopstick-making workshop! Totally fun and a must-do!!! Shane, Nicolas, and Shu were fantastic!!
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Jaypr261yg
Oct 5, 2025
Chop sticks made! - Shane and Shu were very warm and friendly. They spoke English well and were very easy to communicate with. Overall a 10/10 experience!
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Tourist19471954844
Oct 5, 2025
Fancy Chopsticks - Made fancy chopsticks, Shane and Shu were very helpful and kind as well. Both speak good English and help out when needed
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T2786gkankita
Oct 5, 2025
Best Chopstick making course! - Loved the experience of chopstick making right here! Shane, Nicolas and Shu are amazing and great people to hang around with! Do visit and give this a try. Totally worth it!!
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Chireel
Oct 6, 2025
Good experience! Fun activity! - These guys were very friendly! It was a fun little activity/craft that couples or groups can do together. Only a couple of things I could say is that the place was a little hard to find. Btw, it's up on the 10th floor. Ask again for the instructions if you're not quite sure. Good experience over all :)
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Steves_rickshaw
Oct 6, 2025
Staff was useless!!! - Staff is NOT helpful. They just hand you blocks of wood and tell you make a chopstick. NO GUIDANCE. Then instead of offering assistance they want to talk about where you are from, and socialize with each other. We did ask for help and the response was “try a different work station” and “keep trying” (no advice on how to do that). The blocks of wood used to hold the chopsticks in place are old and worn so no longer serve their purpose (theoretically dangerous as working with sharp objects). The blades in the planes are also old and not useful. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME. Just go buy some nice chopsticks that you will actually use, save money.
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From $42
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).