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Option B: Hands-on Handicrafts

Wood Egg Okonomiyaki Museum

This museum dedicated to the history of the Hiroshima-style savory pancake called okonomiyaki and the museum is located at the plant of a sauce-making company. Here you can learn how to make okonomiyaki from batter and other ingredients, then eat what you've made. The factory tour and museum visit is free and takes one hour. The class to make okonomiyaki on a hotplate is 700 yen and requires three hours; to learn on a griddle the fee is 1,000 yen instead, and advance reservations by phone are required.

For more information about Okonomiyaki in general, please visit the English website:
http://www.otafukusauce.com/e/okonomi/index.html

Address
4-5 Shoko Centre, 7 chome, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 733-0833
Access
From Hiroshima Station, take the JR line to Shin-Iguchi and it's a 25 minute walk (taxi 5 mins; local bus 8 mins). From Iguchi streetcar station it's a 10 minute walk.

Miyajima Traditional Handicrafts Hall

The Miyajima Traditional Handicrafts Hall, near the Miyajima Pier, offers hands-on experiences showing the history and traditions of Miyajima. You can try your hand at making momiji manju (see above), or wooden rice scoops with the aid of instructors. There’s also a gallery where tea ceremony utensils and other handicrafts are exhibited, and craft demonstrations are offered.

For more information on times, fees, directions etc., please visit the English website:
http://www.miyajima.or.jp/english/pickup/experience.html

Address
1165-9 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima, 739-0505