The hour · 60 min

1. 0–5 min
   Welcome & Today’s wordsHello, and the English words we will use today, including the names of the tools.
2. 5–10 min
   Listening GameColour, shape, animal, weather, place. A warm-up answering single English words.
3. 10–20 min
   Piece 1: Listen and paintListen to music and paint what you feel.
4. 20–30 min
   Piece 2: Smell, touch and paintScent and touch first, then another painting.
5. 30–43 min
   Piece 3: All togetherEvery sense combined into a final painting.
6. 43–50 min
   ReflectionLooking back at the work and finishing it.
7. 50–60 min
   Show & TellParents join us to watch the children present their work.

Timings are a guide; we follow the children. Today’s words and picture cards stay on the table, so no one gets stuck on a word.

Instructor

Instructor

Minami Morris

Minami (Tagaki) Morris is a Tokyo-based multidisciplinary artist and creative educator whose practice explores identity, memory, perception, and human connection, working across painting, drawing, movement, and photography. She is interested in how people experience, interpret, and make meaning of the world through their senses, emotions, and lived experiences.

minamimorris.com

Gallery

Images are illustrative

Studio

GAJYUKU Art School for ChildrenMonzen-nakacho Studio

1F Kikuchi Building, 2-10-10 Furuishiba
Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0045

• Monzen-nakacho Station, 9 min walkTokyo Metro Tozai Line / Toei Oedo Line
• Etchujima Station, 8 min walkJR Keiyo Line

There is no car or bicycle parking. Please come by public transport.

Google Maps Studio page

Booking

• Places are first come, first served, and each session closes when it is full.
• Bookings close at 23:59 on Sunday 22 November.
• Bookings made from Tuesday 17 November cannot be refunded if cancelled.
• Bookings are taken on Luma, an external booking service, which opens in a new tab.
• Each session has its own booking page. Please book from the button for the session that fits your child's age.

Before you book

• We use scents: lavender, lemon, orange, rose and vanilla. Please tell us about any allergies on the booking form.
• The booking form asks about your child’s English. Children new to English are welcome.
• We photograph and film the session. You can choose on the booking form how the images may be used. Children who should not be photographed wear a different coloured name tag.
• We use watercolour paint, so please wear clothes that can get messy. We provide all materials and tools.
• Parents wait outside the room during the session and join for the last 10 minutes (Show & Tell).
• If Minami Morris is unable to teach because of illness or other reasons, a GAJYUKU English teacher will lead the session instead.
• Please read the cancellation and refund policy below.

Cancellations and refunds

If you need to cancel, please do so from the booking page (Luma). The refund depends on the date you cancel. For anything else, please contact us through Luma as well. Refunds are made to the card you paid with, within 7 working days of our confirming your cancellation.

• Up to 14 days before (by 23:59 on Monday 9 November): the fee is refunded, less payment and booking-service charges.
• 13 to 7 days before (Tuesday 10 to 23:59 on Monday 16 November): 50% of the fee is refunded.
• From 6 days before (from Tuesday 17 November), on the day, or no-show without notice: no refund.

• Because materials are prepared for each child, we cannot refund last-minute cancellations.
• If GAJYUKU cancels the workshop, including for a typhoon, earthquake or suspended transport, we refund the fee in full.
• A change of instructor (Minami Morris → a GAJYUKU English teacher) does not qualify for a refund, as the program stays the same.
• We will announce any cancellation or change on this page, by email through Luma, and through in-app notifications (for Luma App users).
• You may transfer your place to another child in the same session's age group if you ask us through Luma by the day before.

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