Experience the New Year with your loved ones and bring them good fortune! From January 1 to 8 in Mie Prefecture Special New Year's workshops and New Year's chainsaw art show will be held in Mie Prefecture from January 1 to 8.

kiond (Location: Taki-machi, Mie Prefecture / Headquarters: Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture; President: Yoshiyuki Kuribayashi), operated by Curzoc Corporation, will hold New Year's-only experiences and events from January 1, 2024 (Monday, holiday) to January 8, 2024 (Monday, holiday). We have prepared a variety of unique New Year's experiences, such as painting a picture of a top for families of three generations to enjoy, and making a lucky key chain. The annual New Year's Chainsaw Art Show will also be held.

New Year's Chainsaw Art Show will be held again in 2024.

<Oshogatsu Limited Experience Program Outline

Challenge yourself with a wood lathe! Try your hand at painting a picture on a top.

In this experience, visitors can apply a pen to a frame set on a wood lathe, a machine that rotates wood, to paint on it. After the painting experience, you can immediately spin the tops and play with them. The sound of the spinning tops is believed to drive away evil spirits, making it an auspicious traditional New Year's game.

Date & Time】January 1, 2024 (Monday, national holiday)～January 3, 2024 (Wednesday)

　　　　　　10:30-11:15 / 11:30-12:15 / 13:45-14:30 / 14:45-15:30

Venue] "Workroom" in kiond building

Participation fee】 1,500 yen (tax included) per work

Age Range: 5 years old and up (those under 12 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Reservations are accepted through the official kiond reservation website. Reservations are accepted from kiond's official reservation website.

https://kiond.com/reserve/program/wooden-pieces/

Participants will paint on a top using a wood lathe, a machine that turns wood.

After painting, participants can practice spinning the tops (to be held indoors).

Making Owase Hinoki (Japanese cypress) key chains, a lucky charm that brings good fortune

Participants will make lucky charm key chains by freely decorating them with parts of different shapes and sizes made of Owase cypress, a wood produced in Mie Prefecture. A limited quantity (50 pieces) of dragon-shaped key chains will also be available. Hinoki is considered a lucky tree because it can withstand heat and cold and has a long life span.

Date & Time] January 1 (Mon., holiday), January 3 (Wed.), and January 7 (Sun.), 2024

　　　　　　10:30-11:30 / 12:00-13:00 / 14:30-15:30

Venue] "Workroom" in kiond building

Fee】 1,800 yen (tax included) per work

Age Range: 4 years old and up (those under 12 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Reservations are accepted through the official kiond reservation website. Reservations are accepted from kiond's official reservation website.

https://kiond.com/reserve/program/owasehinoki-key2/

An experience that can be done together by three generations of a family

A limited number of "dragon" base for the Chinese zodiac sign of the Chinese zodiac is also available.

Making a Shakugaru (rice scoop) of the perfect size for a child

You can make a handmade rice scoop that fits your child's hand perfectly out of Owase Hinoki (Japanese cypress). If you make it yourself, your child will be able to help out more easily. Shamojis are considered lucky charms as they "bring good luck. It is also recommended as a gift for your loved ones.

January 2, 2024 (Tuesday)

　　　　　　10:30-11:30 / 12:00-13:00 / 14:30-15:30

Venue】 "Workroom" in the kiond building

Fee】 2,600 yen (tax included) / piece (with original key ring)

Ages 5 years old and up (those under 12 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Reservations are accepted through the official kiond reservation website. Reservations are accepted from kiond's official reservation website.

https://kiond.com/reserve/program/%ef%bd%8daking-a-ricescoop/

Shamojis with the gentle texture of Owase cypress

You can make it in a size that fits your child's hand perfectly.

Making a classic car piggy bank

You can easily make a piggy bank in the shape of a classic car with moving wheels. This is recommended for children's first DIY project, as they can learn how to use a hammer and hammer nails through the experience. This is a great opportunity for children to learn the importance of money.

January 3, 2024 (Wednesday), January 8, 2024 (Monday, national holiday)

　　　　　　10:30-12:00 / 13:30-15:00

Venue] "Workroom" in the kiond building

Fee】 3,500 yen (tax included) per work

Ages 7 years old and up (those under 12 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Reservations are accepted through the official kiond reservation website. Reservations are accepted from kiond's official reservation website.

https://kiond.com/reserve/program/easy-diy-craft2/

Classic car-shaped piggy bank

A perfect first DIY experience!

New Year's Chainsaw Art Show: Chinese Zodiac Sculpture "Dragon" for the year 2024

Annual New Year Chainsaw Art Show. A large log is turned into a lu in just one hour by a chainsaw. Visitors can experience up close the power of the powerful sound of the chainsaw and the violent scattering of wood chips, as well as the delicate techniques used to express the detailed expressions and fur of the animals. The finished lu will be displayed at the entrance of the kiond for one year.

Date & Time: Wednesday, January 3, 2024

　　　　　　11:00-/13:30- 1 hour each time *to be cancelled in case of rain

Venue】 Wavison area "Shokusai Plaza

Admission】 Free

A dynamic and delicate chainsaw sculpture art show (as it will be in 2023)

The scene at the Gourmet Festival Square in 2022

＜Outline of the New Year's Day VISON

VISON is one of the largest commercial resort complexes in Japan, with more than 70 stores. Here, visitors can enjoy a wide variety of experiences under the themes of "healing," "food," and "knowledge. Through the "Gakusu VISON," a learning event that combines each of these specialties, new "knowledge" experiences are being created. Gakwison events unique to the New Year will be held at the beginning of the New Year as well.

Wishing for good health and good fortune, Nanakusa Porridge - Learn about Japanese traditional foods

It is a uniquely Japanese custom to eat "Shichikusa (seven herbs) porridge" on January 7. The seven herbs are said to ward off evil spirits because they are the first to sprout in early spring, and the rice porridge has been eaten to wish for good health for the whole family. The seven herbs are said to ward off evil spirits because they sprout early in the spring, and people have been eating rice gruel to pray for good health and good health for the whole family.

This is the first time for Vison to offer the seven herbs porridge. The "Japanese x Spanish" porridge, which can only be tasted here, will be served under the supervision of Chef Ryo Nakatake of IZURUN, which is certified as a "Restaurants From Spain (RFS)" restaurant offering high quality Spanish cuisine. The porridge will be served in a "Japanese x Spanish" style only available at this event.

Date & Time: Sunday, January 7, 2024

　　　　　　11:00-15:00 *Close as soon as all the porridge is gone.

Venue】 "Mokuiku Hiroba" on the south side of the kiond building

Fee】 500 yen (tax included)

Special Japanese-Spanish Nanakusa Porridge (image photo)

The venue is "Mokuiku Hiroba," a plaza rich in nature.

Around things in daily life - Learning about the culture of daily life

D&DEPARTMENT, with the theme of "Long Life," has been collecting usable paper bags from users at its stores since 2000, and putting D&DEPARTMENT logo stickers on them for use as recycled shoppers. Visitors will learn about D&DEPARTMENT's concept of "lifestyle culture" while experiencing the process of decorating paper bags to bring them back to life. Visitors can also try their hand at making mini dorayaki (dorayaki made with Mie ingredients) at D&DEPARTMENT MIE by VISON.

Date and Time】 January 8, 2024 (Monday, national holiday) 10:30-12:30

Venue】 "Workroom" in kiond building, D&DEPARTMENT MIE by VISON

Fee] 2,000 yen (tax included)

Experience to learn about D&DEPARTMENT's concept of living culture.

Mini d-dorayaki experience

Excellent Mitarashi dumplings baked with the brewery's original secret sauce - Learn about Japanese food culture

A gastronomic experience unique to VISON, making freshly baked Mitarashi dumplings with the secret sauce of Ise Shoyu Honpo, a soy sauce brewery, and Mirin VIRIN de ISE, a mirin (sweet cooking rice wine) brewery. It is said that eating rice cakes and dumplings during New Year's brings you a healthy year. Please enjoy the exquisite dumplings grilled over charcoal.

Date & Time】January 8, 2024 (Monday, national holiday)

　　　　　　11:00-15:00 *Close as soon as all the dumplings are gone.

Venue】Waison area "Shokusai Hiroba" (food festival plaza)

Price】 500 yen (tax included)

Excellent Mitarashi dumplings served with VISON's secret sauce

You can spend a relaxing time around the fire.

Venue Details

＜kiond＞ Location

Location ： 672-1 Kiiku, Taki-machi, Taki-gun, Mie Prefecture

Business hours: 10:00-18:00

TEL ： 0598-67-4291

Access： https://kiond.com/access/

URL ： https://kiond.com/

＜VISON

Location ： 672-1, Vison, Taki-machi, Taki-gun, Mie-ken

Business hours: 9:00-22:00

　　　　　 Hours of operation vary by store.

　　　　　 (Details https://vison.jp/openhours/ )

TEL ： 0598-39-3190

URL ： https://vison.jp/

≪About Curzok Co.

Established in April 1971 as a company that maintains and operates rooftop amusement parks. Currently, the company operates family amusement facilities such as indoor amusement parks as tenants in shopping centers, and has opened 41 facilities in the Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka areas. In April 2023, the company merged with a private tutoring school operator and began operating five individual tutoring schools mainly in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, as part of its ICT education business.