我が息子達の夏休みの最後の日だったので、軽井沢に連れて行って、軽井沢ガラス工房で吹きガラスを体験した。

自分は一度体験したので、工房のＨＰを見たら小学生も出来るって書いてあったから、子供達の夏休みで最後でもう一つな良い思い出を作りたかったから、行ってみました。

私の自家、シアトルはガラスアートの世界の中で、ベネチアに次ぎぐらいに重要な街です。子供のころから芸術家のＣｈｉｈｕｌｙさんの作品を見て、いつも憧れていました。しかし、吹きガラスの体験はなかなかできない。

という事で、この同じ長野県の軽井沢で吹きガラスの体験が出来る場所がって、嬉しいです。尚且つ、親子で楽しめて、とっても良い思い出になりました。

For our sons' last day of summer vacation, I wanted to do something special with them. So I took them to Karuizawa to try glass blowing.

At the Karuizawa Glass Studio, you can blow your own glass. Their website said kids from 6+ can do it. So I made a reservation, and we all piled in the car and went for a drive to Karuizawa. It took approx. 1 hour to get there from Kamesei Ryokan.

My home town of Seattle is probably second behind Venice in glass art. I grew up drooling over the creative works of glass artist Dale Chihuly, and had always dreamt about trying glass blowing. But there just aren't a lot of studios in Seattle where amateurs can try it.

Which is why I am so excited that here in Nagano Prefecture, in Karuizawa Town, there is a studio where beginners can try their hand at blowing glass. It was great to experience with together with the boys. Working around the white-hot kiln, under the steady guidance of the studio staff, making your own glass was a confidence-building and rewarding experience.

軽井沢ガラス工房 Karuizawa Glass Studio