Experience Japanese Sumi-e Painting with a Master in Tokyo

Hello and welcome!

I am a Certified Sumi-e Master, and you will have an unforgettable experience not only creating sumi-e at my studio, but also discovering the Japanese lifestyle.
I have been a sumi-e master since 2017. I studied at a horticulture school and at Kyoto University of Art and Design. I paint not only with traditional Indian ink but also with colors, blending my horticultural background into my artwork.
I would love to share my unique horticultural sumi-e world with you.

Reiho Furukawa

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Founder, Hajime-no-Ippo Sumi-e School
Chair, Setagaya Art and Calligraphy Federation
Certified Master Instructor, International Sumi-e Association
B.A. in Arts & Culture and Painting & Calligraphy,
Kyoto University of the Arts

Reiho Furukawa is a sumi-e (Japanese ink painting) artist and instructor based in Tokyo. In 2017, she founded Hajime-no-Ippo Sumi-e School in Setagaya, Tokyo, and has since expanded her teaching to Yokohama (Kami-Ooka and Kikuna), the Yokohama Lifelong Learning Center, the Minami-Rinkan and Sagami-Ono Culture Centers, as well as elementary and junior high schools.

Her achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Encouragement Award, Cultural Award, International Excellence Award, International Cultural Award, and the Fudemae Award. She continues to create and teach works that honor traditional techniques while embracing a modern sensibility.

Discover the Art of Sumi-e　
The Four Gentlemen and the Beauty of Bamboo Painting

We will meet you at Yoga Station, approximately 25 minutes from Shibuya by train. From there, we will walk together along the Yoga Promenade, designed by the renowned Japanese architectural firm Atelier Zo.

Along the way, you can enjoy seasonal flowers, including plum and cherry blossoms, listen to the gentle sound of the stream, and discover poems from Hyakunin Isshu inscribed along the path. We will also pass a bamboo grove, which will inspire the bamboo painting lesson at my studio.

The promenade leads us to my studio.

Yoga promenade

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Hyakunin Isshu

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Learn traditional sumi-e brush techniques and create your own bamboo painting.

Add your name and the Japanese year in shodo calligraphy to complete your artwork.

Take home a unique and meaningful memory of Japan.



CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE

Option 1: Park Walk and Sumi-e Lesson
Approximately 3 hours

Meet at Yoga Station and enjoy a one-hour walk through the nearby park before visiting my studio.

You can see the bamboo grove from a short distance. For safety reasons, visitors are temporarily unable to approach it closely.

After the walk, enjoy a two-hour sumi-e lesson and create your own bamboo painting.

Option 2: Sumi-e Lesson with Car Transfer
Approximately 2 hours

Recommended for guests with limited time.

I will meet you at Yoga Station and drive you directly to my studio for a two-hour bamboo painting lesson. After the lesson, I will drive you back to Yoga Station.  

Workshop fee:
JPY 8,000 per person
The fee is the same for both options.                  
Car transfer is included at no additional charge.

Please send me a few preferred dates and times.
I will be happy to arrange your lesson.

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We will meet you
at Yoga Station.

We will meet you at the ticket gate of Yoga Station (Denentoshi Line), about 25 minutes from Shibuya by subway, and walk together to the studio via “Yoga Promenade.” The promenade ends at my studio.

Yoga Station


Hajime-no-Ippo Sumi-e School Setagaya, Tokyo Reiho Furukawa

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