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Last week I was in Jakarta or the second time to visit Elm's corner which is a certified school of Wagashi Promotion Association(WPA) Japan in Indonesia. Wagashi Promotion Association is an organization I run which is dedicated to sharing the beauty and traditions of wagashi. We are excited to have them onboard to promote wagashi in Indonesia together. In my last trip they have taken our Nerikiri Basic Course, which is a certificate course to learn the basic techniques in wagashi making. For those residing in Indonesia, this course can be now taken at Elm's corner and be certified as an instructor by WPA.  The team at Elm's corner In this recent trip, I had an opportunity to take my sensei, Junichi Mitsubori's Master Class. It was a great experience to learn from the master himself as the past classes were online.  Demonstration on Nagashigashi  Mitsubori-sensei's works are out of the ordinary  The Indonesian national flag  Koi in water  Everyone seemed to enjoy the workshop! I was also amazed that so many people took interested in wagashi making in Indonesia. Although it was not an easy course, everyone did their best to make a beautiful wagashi. I hope by this experience they would be eager to learn more about wagashi making.
WPA makes sure that all the techniques that are taught in our certified schools are authentic using classic tools and modern tools. We also try to teach the cultural background of wagashi as with it is strongly connected with our history and nature. So anyone who is taking classes or courses in our schools have a unique cultural experience, which makes it not just a cooking class. As I have witnessed a strong interest in nerikiri making in Asia region with our popular wagashi artists holding workshops overseas, I feel that we need to introduce our Master Course as soon as possible. We will continue to support Elm's Corner to promote wagashi in Indonesia. If there are other schools in other countries which are interested in introducing wagashi to their country, please reach out to WPA and we would be more than happy to support you. For details on how to become a WPA certified school. please contact WPA using our contact form.
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Last month we hosted a corporate team building event at our studio for a foreign company based in Yokohama. We started off with a short presentation on wagashi (Japanese sweets), then moved on to actually making them. First we made two seasonal motifs, the sakura and the sakura leaf.   Then each table had to undergo the task of making original designs based on the given theme.   This table's theme was "spring". Very original and creative, with spring colors! Both teams did a brilliant job and it was a tough call, but as this is a team building event, we chose the spring team as all team members worked together to create one artwork,  Congrats to the winning team. They won a prize!   This table's theme was "Autumn" with autumn flowers, autumn leaf and pumpkin. What a great job!  A big hand to the autumn team. although, they didn't win the team award, one of the members received the best nerikiri award.  After the award ceremony, they all ate one of their creations with a bowl of matcha they learn how to whisk themselves as well as learning the etiquette on how to drink matcha.
A big thank you for giving us the opportunity to host this fun event. All of our instructors also enjoyed this event too. I personally realized again how wagashi making can be such a fun team building event with a bit of competition. For inquiries on corporate events please visit This page or contact us for a quotation. |
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