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name: "Sample Kobo (Food Sample Workshop)"
lat: 35.7483
lng: 136.9645
official_url: "https://samplekobo.com/"
fee: "Two ways to pay. If you only look round, admission to the Retro Art Hall is ¥500 for anyone from high school age up, ¥300 for a primary or junior high school child, free below primary school age and free for wheelchair users, though a footnote adds that wheelchair users can see only part of the paid area; groups of twenty or more pay ¥400 and ¥200. If you make something, admission is included in the session price and you pay nothing extra — but anyone coming along who does not make something still pays admission. Session prices run in three bands (high school and up / primary and junior high / under primary age): spilt ice cream phone stand ¥1,500 / ¥1,300 / ¥1,100; spilt milk bottle stand ¥2,000 / ¥1,800 / ¥1,600; sweet tart memo stand the same; sushi phone-and-pen stand ¥2,400 / ¥2,200 / ¥2,000; tempura ¥3,000 / ¥2,800 and not available below primary school age. A second piece can be added at a lower rate — ¥1,100 for the ice cream, ¥1,600 for the milk bottle or the tart, ¥2,000 for the sushi, ¥2,600 for the tempura."
last_verified: "2026-08-15"
---

# Sample Kobo (Food Sample Workshop)

Gujo Hachiman's local industry is fake food: a group founded by a man from the town, Takizo Iwasaki, made most of what Japan uses. The workshop sits in a 150-year-old townhouse. Its Retro Art Hall holds samples, toys, appliances and magazines from the 1950s to the 1990s, all of it handleable. Five things can be made. A spilt ice cream phone stand, a milk bottle one, a sweet tart memo stand, sushi, and tempura poured as molten wax into hot water.

- Area: gifu
- Type: activity
- Average stay: 30 min
- Hours: Open 10:00-17:00, closed only over the New Year period. It stays open through the Gujo Odori dance season and may extend its hours then. Telephone enquiries are taken 10:00-16:00.
- Last verified: 2026-08-15

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor | Everything is inside a 150-year-old townhouse — the display floors, the shop and the making room — with a small courtyard in the middle. Rain does not change the visit. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://samplekobo.com/shop/buy/) |
| Best-fit ages (guide) | Yes | The tempura session is for primary school age and up: it uses hot wax, and pre-schoolers cannot take part even with a parent beside them. The other four — spilt ice cream, spilt milk bottle, sweet tart, sushi — carry no stated age limit and are described as easy for children, with the sweet tart called the easiest of the set. Each takes 20 to 30 minutes. | 2026-08-15 (web) | [source](https://samplekobo.com/experience/kojin/) |
| Stroller friendly | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Diaper changing table | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Nursing space | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Family restroom | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| English support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Outside food allowed | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Elevator | Not checked yet |  |  |  |