Five Tokyo ring making workshops compared on what the booking price covers, what guests actually pay, how hands-on each is and where they are, from $16 coin rings to hammered silver.
What You Should Know
- Two kinds of workshop: coin ring classes, where you punch, stretch and polish a coin into a ring, and hammered silver classes, where you texture a silver or gold band with traditional Japanese hammering.
- Most last about an hour, run daily from morning to early evening, and finish with the ring on your finger. Children can join all five; the silver studios take them from age 4.
- The booking price is rarely the final price. Japanese coins, larger ring sizes and polishing cost extra at the cheapest coin class, and at the silver studios the ring itself is priced on top.
- Coin classes are the more hands-on: guests describe doing every step themselves. At the silver studios, staff cut the band and craftsmen finish it; you choose the design and hammer the texture.
Ring Making Workshops in Tokyo
Quick answer: Ring making workshops in Tokyo cost from $16 to book and take about an hour, and you leave wearing the ring. For a coin ring, Traveling Tokyo's Shinjuku workshop is our pick; for a coin ring made from a Meiji, Taishō or Shōwa era Japanese coin with everything included, Wa-PEN in Asakusa; and for a hammered silver or gold band, nane tokyo in Shibuya or Asakusa.
The five workshops compared below sit in Shinjuku, Shibuya and Asakusa, and split into two crafts. A coin ring class turns an old coin into a band: you punch out the centre, stretch it on a press to your size and file and polish the edge. A hammered ring class, called tsuchime or tankin in Japanese, starts from a plain silver or gold band and you hammer a texture into it before a craftsman polishes it.
The detail that matters most is the one the listings play down: what you pay at the counter. We cover that in full below. If you want a craft to take home that is not jewellery, our Tokyo craft workshop guide compares kintsugi, glass and indigo classes, and our chopstick making guide covers the other popular one-hour souvenir. Making rings together is one of the date ideas in our best things to do in Tokyo for couples guide.
Traveling Tokyo: Vintage Coin Ring Workshop, Shinjuku
An hour making your own coin ring with an instructor, tools and coin included; starts every thirty minutes daily and no review below four stars.
Book NowTokyo Ring Making Workshops: Side-by-Side Comparison
| Workshop | Booking Price | What Guests Pay in Total | Online Rating | Ring | Duration | Ages | Start Times | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Rated Traveling Tokyo Vintage Coin Ring Making Workshop in Shinjuku Book Now |
$16 (children $13) Complete price with a standard coin |
$16; optional extras, not itemised in the listing | ⭐ 5.0 (369 reviews) Read Reviews |
Coin ring | 1 hour | All ages | Daily, every 30 min, 9:00am to 6:00pm | Shinjuku |
| Most Reviewed Traveling Tokyo Vintage Coin Ring Making Workshop in Asakusa Book Now |
$16 (children $14) Complete price with a foreign coin |
$16 with a foreign coin; Japanese coins about $16 to $38 more | ⭐ 5.0 (1,105 reviews) Read Reviews |
Coin ring | 1 hour | All ages | Daily, every 30 min, 9:00am to 6:00pm | Asakusa |
| Wa-PEN Ring-Making Workshop with Japanese Vintage Coins Book Now |
$49 (ages 5 to 12 $35; under 5 free) Complete price for a standard ring |
$49; larger coins and rings cost more | ⭐ 5.0 (50 reviews) Read Reviews |
Meiji, Taishō or Shōwa coin ring | 1 hour | All ages | Daily, hourly, 10:00am to 7:00pm | Asakusa |
| nane tokyo (Cat Street) Private Handmade Ring Workshop in Shibuya Book Now |
$25 per person Deposit, credited to the ring |
About $63 to $112 per silver ring in one recent review; the booking is credited to the ring | ⭐ 5.0 (176 reviews) Read Reviews |
Hammered silver or gold band | 1 hr to 1 hr 30 min | 4+ | Daily, hourly, 11:00am to 5:00pm | Shibuya (Cat Street) |
| nane tokyo (Asakusa) Private Craft Your Own Ring Experience Book Now |
$25 per person Class fee; the ring is extra |
Workshop fee plus the ring, priced by metal, width and size | ⭐ 4.9 (453 reviews) Read Reviews |
Hammered silver or gold band | 1 hr 30 min | 4+ | Daily, hourly, 10:00am to 5:00pm | Asakusa |
Booking prices and ratings read from live operator data on October 23, 2026. All five workshops price in yen; figures were converted at that day's rate (¥156.92 to the dollar) and move with the exchange rate. "What guests pay in total" comes from the operators' own listed extras and from prices quoted in recent guest reviews, not from a published price list, so treat it as a guide. Ratings are rounded to one decimal place, and every workshop here had new reviews within the past three weeks.
What to Expect at a Ring Making Workshop in Tokyo
- 01Arrival
Find the studio
Most are upstairs in ordinary buildings: the 8th floor in Asakusa, the 2nd floor of GS Plaza Shinjuku, and an intercom for room 501 at Wa-PEN.
- 02First 10 min
Choose the coin or band
Coin, era and which side faces out at the coin classes; metal, width, shape and texture at the silver studios. This is where extras are priced.
- 03Sizing
Measure your finger
Staff size you before you start. Coin rings are stretched to size on a press, which handles even very large sizes.
- 04The making
Punch, stretch, hammer
Coin rings: punch out the centre and stretch the coin into a band. Silver rings: hammer a texture into a pre-cut band.
- 05Finishing
File and polish
You file and polish your own coin ring. At the silver studios a craftsman finishes the ring, which can take longer at busy times.
- 06After about an hour
Wear it home
Every workshop here hands over the finished ring the same day. Some coin classes let you keep the punched-out centre as a pendant.
- 01
Find the studio
Most are upstairs in ordinary buildings: the 8th floor in Asakusa, the 2nd floor of GS Plaza Shinjuku, and an intercom for room 501 at Wa-PEN.
Arrival - First 10 min02
Choose the coin or band
Coin, era and which side faces out at the coin classes; metal, width, shape and texture at the silver studios. This is where extras are priced.
- 03
Measure your finger
Staff size you before you start. Coin rings are stretched to size on a press, which handles even very large sizes.
Sizing - The making04
Punch, stretch, hammer
Coin rings: punch out the centre and stretch the coin into a band. Silver rings: hammer a texture into a pre-cut band.
- 05
File and polish
You file and polish your own coin ring. At the silver studios a craftsman finishes the ring, which can take longer at busy times.
Finishing - After about an hour06
Wear it home
Every workshop here hands over the finished ring the same day. Some coin classes let you keep the punched-out centre as a pendant.
Both kinds of workshop follow the same arc: choose your materials, measure your finger, make the ring with an instructor beside you, then polish it and take it home. Expect an hour at the coin classes and up to ninety minutes at the silver studios, where the polishing is done for you. Four list English-speaking staff or translation devices, reviewers describe good English at the fifth, and language barriers rarely come up.
Best Ring Making Workshops in Tokyo
Five workshops, ordered by how confidently we would book them. All five rate 4.9 or 5.0, so the scores separate almost nothing. Two questions do: do you want a coin ring or a silver band, and how much are you willing to spend once you are at the counter? We'd book a coin class if you want to make the ring with your own hands, and a silver studio if you want a ring you will wear every day.
Traveling Tokyo: Vintage Coin Ring Workshop, Shinjuku
An hour turning a coin into a ring with an instructor at your side, on the second floor of GS Plaza Shinjuku, with start times every thirty minutes from 9:00am to 6:00pm. It has the cleanest record on this page: 5.0 from 369 reviews, 365 of them five stars and none below four. Recent guests describe doing every step themselves, from shaping and resizing to punching designs and polishing, and one recent guest chose a Taishō era coin as the souvenir. Extras are available to make the ring stand out, so set your budget before you choose a coin. It is the same workshop and price as the operator's Asakusa studio, with a cleaner review record and fewer complaints about extras. Guests know the studio as ENNE Ring Shinjuku, which is the name to look for on arrival, and it takes short-notice bookings: one mother and daughter booked fifteen minutes before their start time.
Check availabilityTraveling Tokyo: Vintage Coin Ring Workshop, Asakusa
The same coin ring class, run as ENNE Ring Asakusa, on the eighth floor of a building in Asakusa, and the most reviewed ring workshop in Tokyo at 5.0 from 1,105 reviews. Guests clearly enjoy it, but recent reviews flag one thing more than any other: the coins included in the $16 are foreign, and a Japanese coin costs extra. Guests report paying ¥2,500 to ¥6,000 (about $16 to $38) more for a Japanese coin, and one paid ¥8,000 (about $51) extra for a larger ring. Polishing to a high shine and special shapes are also extra. Sizes are not a problem: one recent guest's ring set a record for the shop at size 31.
Check availabilityWa-PEN: Ring-Making with Japanese Vintage Coins
Three times the booking price of the coin classes above, but built around what most people want from a coin ring in Japan: a coin from the Meiji, Taishō or Shōwa eras, chosen at the start. Recent guests describe the most complete process of any workshop here, from softening the coin with a blowtorch to pressing out the centre, stretching it to size and polishing it, and several turned the punched-out centre into a pendant. One recent guest called the $48 they paid money well spent. Larger rings and coins can cost more. We'd give it the edge over the $16 classes if a Japanese coin is the point: once a Japanese coin is added in Asakusa, guests there pay about $32 to $54, so Wa-PEN's $49 sits inside that range. 5.0 from 50 reviews, the thinnest record here, with ten hourly start times until 7:00pm in Nishi-Asakusa and a children's rate of $35.
Check availabilitynane tokyo: Hammered Ring Workshop, Shibuya
A private session at the Cat Street shop between Shibuya and Harajuku, where you choose a silver or gold band, its shape and thickness, and hammer a tsuchime texture into it before a craftsman polishes it the same day. The $25 per person is a booking fee, not the price of the ring: recent guests describe it as a deposit credited to the final bill, and one couple paid ¥9,900 and ¥17,500 (about $63 and $112) for two engraved silver rings. Couples are its core audience, with anniversaries, honeymoons and DIY wedding rings throughout its reviews, and guests mention a storage pouch, care instructions and a lifetime warranty on the ring. We'd lean toward this shop over the chain's Asakusa branch: its reviewers describe the costs as clear from the start, while Asakusa's critical reviews centre on upselling. 5.0 from 176 reviews, with no review below four stars.
Check availabilitynane tokyo: Craft Your Own Ring, Asakusa
The same tankin hammering at the chain's Asakusa shop, three minutes from Kaminarimon, with hourly starts from 10:00am. 4.9 from 453 reviews. Its critical reviews describe the gap between the listing and the experience more plainly than any other here: the booking covers the class, the ring is priced separately by metal, width and size, and you texture a band that staff have already cut rather than forming a ring yourself. Several guests felt upsold on thickness and material, and one older review describes a long wait for polishing. The metal list is long, from silver to white, rose, yellow and green gold, and gold is where the bill climbs fastest: one 2025 guest was quoted over $1,000 for a 3.5mm 18k band. We wouldn't choose a silver studio if you want to form a ring from raw metal yourself; that is what the coin classes are for. Book it for the hammered look and a quality silver band, with your budget agreed before you start.
Check availabilityBooking prices are per person and were read from live operator data on October 23, 2026, converted from yen at that day's rate. Totals quoted from guest reviews are examples, not a price list.
Coin Ring or Hammered Silver Ring: Which Workshop Is for You?
| Coin ring workshop | Hammered silver ring workshop | |
|---|---|---|
| What you make | A ring from an old coin, with the coin's lettering or design on the band | A silver or gold band with a hand-hammered texture |
| How hands-on | You do almost every step: punch, stretch, file, polish | Staff cut the band; you hammer the texture; a craftsman polishes |
| Booking price | $16 to $49 | $25 workshop fee |
| Typical total | $16 to $50 or more with a Japanese coin and extras | About $63 to $112 per silver ring in recent reviews; gold far more |
| Best for | A cheap, fun hour; families; a souvenir with a story | Couples, matching or wedding rings, something to wear every day |
| Where | Shinjuku, Asakusa | Shibuya, Asakusa |
Our take (decide what you are paying for): The coin classes sell the experience: you make the ring yourself, and it is a souvenir. The silver studios sell the ring: you shape how it looks, and someone with years of practice makes sure it is good enough to wear for decades. Neither is better. The reviews go wrong when guests book one expecting the other, so match the workshop to which of those two you want.
What a Tokyo Ring Making Workshop Really Costs
This is the part of ring making in Tokyo that surprises people most. Across all five workshops, the most common complaint in recent reviews is not the class but the gap between the booking price and the bill.
Coin ring, foreign coin
Traveling Tokyo's base price in Shinjuku and Asakusa. In Asakusa, recent guests say the included coins are foreign rather than Japanese. Children pay $13 to $14.
Coin ring, Japanese coin
At Traveling Tokyo Asakusa, guests report ¥2,500 to ¥6,000 extra for a Japanese coin on top of the $16. Wa-PEN's $49 class is built around a Meiji, Taishō or Shōwa era coin.
Hammered silver ring
nane tokyo's $25 booking fee plus the ring. One recent couple in Shibuya paid ¥9,900 and ¥17,500 for two engraved silver rings, with the booking credited to the bill. Gold, wider bands and larger sizes cost more.
Common extras
High-shine polishing, special shapes and larger rings at the coin classes; metal, width, size and engraving at the silver studios. One guest at nane tokyo Asakusa reports a 10 percent charge for larger sizes.
Booking prices from live operator data on October 23, 2026. Totals and extras come from the operators' listed exclusions and from prices quoted in guest reviews, converted at ¥156.92 to the dollar.
Where Each Tokyo Ring Workshop Is
Every studio here is indoors and most are upstairs in ordinary buildings, so the floor matters as much as the street. These are the directions the operators give; your booking confirmation has the exact address and a map pin.
| Studio | Area | How to find it | Nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENNE Ring Shinjuku (Traveling Tokyo) | Shinjuku | 2nd floor of GS Plaza Shinjuku | Shinjuku's shopping and nightlife streets |
| ENNE Ring Asakusa (Traveling Tokyo) | Asakusa | 8th floor, with a sign at the building entrance; guests mention a single lift | Sensō-ji and Nakamise |
| Wa-PEN | Nishi-Asakusa | Asakusa SP Building, 2-20-6 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito-ku: press the intercom for room 501 and take the lift to the 5th floor | Sensō-ji and Kappabashi kitchen street |
| nane tokyo Cat Street | Jingumae, between Shibuya and Harajuku | Ground floor at 5-11-13 Jingumae on Cat Street | Omotesando and Harajuku |
| nane tokyo Asakusa | Asakusa | 3 minutes' walk from Tokyo Metro Asakusa Station, behind Asakusa Public Hall; or from Kaminarimon, walk up Nakamise and turn left at Asakusa Baien | Kaminarimon and Sensō-ji |
Three of the five are within a short walk of Sensō-ji, so a ring workshop fits neatly into a morning in Asakusa; our Asakusa walking tour guide covers the rest of the district.
Our Take
The pattern we keep seeing is that guests who set a budget before choosing their coin or metal loved the hour, and the unhappy ones were surprised at the counter. Choose the craft first, coin or hammered silver, then treat the booking price as a deposit rather than the total.
Tips for Booking a Ring Making Workshop in Tokyo
- Set a budget before you choose. The extras are chosen at the counter, one at a time, and that is where the final price creeps up. Decide your limit first.
- Ask what coins are included. If a Japanese coin is the point, check whether the base price covers one. At Wa-PEN it does; at Traveling Tokyo Asakusa recent guests say it does not.
- Book together for matching rings. The silver studios are private sessions for your group, and reviewers often make rings for each other.
- Allow time for polishing at the silver studios. The craftsman's finishing is part of the price. Do not book it right before a train.
- Choose the metal you will actually wear. Brass coins can turn your finger green, as one recent guest warned. If you plan to wear the ring daily, ask for a silver coin (Wa-PEN offers them) or choose silver at the hammered-ring studios, and ask for the care instructions.
- Look up the floor before you go. Several studios are upstairs in unmarked buildings: guests found the Asakusa coin studio on the eighth floor with a single lift, and Wa-PEN hidden in an ordinary building, so allow ten extra minutes.
- Bring the kids to a coin class. Both Traveling Tokyo studios have a children's rate, and Wa-PEN lets under-fives join free.
- Visiting in March or June? Our Tokyo in March guide covers the start of the cherry blossom season, and our Tokyo in June guide covers the rainy season, when an indoor workshop is an easy plan.
- Pair it with a neighbourhood walk. Three of the five are in Asakusa, a few minutes from Sensō-ji, and fit easily before or after a temple visit.
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Rooms from the 18th floor up in the Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, about 700 metres from Shinjuku Station; 9.1 on 3,823 reviews, and its 100 most recent average 9.3, with the views the most praised. There is no real lobby, and Kabukicho's nightlife is right outside.
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A simple 3-star about 300 metres north of Senso-ji and a 3-minute walk from the Tsukuba Express; 9.4 on 2,989 reviews, with the location, staff and cleanliness most praised. The lowest rate on this list in every month we sampled; rooms are tight for three, and check-out is at 10 am.
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Inside the 1914 red-brick Tokyo Station building, with a spa and several restaurants; 9.5 on 2,106 reviews, and the highest recent average on this list at 9.6. By far the dearest hotel here, and some rooms overlook the tracks.
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How We Selected These Workshops
The Local Japan Guides team searched every ring making and jewellery workshop bookable in Tokyo and found nine active listings. We compared booking price, what the price includes and excludes, duration, ages, start times, location, how hands-on each is and review volume, and we read recent reviews of the five on this page, including the most recent reviews rated one to three stars, to find what each one costs in practice. We set a floor of 50 reviews. That left out four promising newer listings: a Silver 950 ring workshop in Asakusa with free engraving (three reviews, priced for small sizes with a top-up above Japanese size 5), a kintsugi jewellery class in Shibuya where rings are one of the options (sixteen reviews), a low-cost coin ring class in Asakusa (nine reviews) and a kintsugi accessory class that does not make rings, which we cover on our Tokyo craft workshop page. We verified every listing against live operator data on October 23, 2026, confirming each was active, Tokyo-based and currently bookable, and we checked review recency: all five had new reviews within the past three weeks. Totals beyond the booking price come from the operators' listed extras and from prices guests quote in their reviews; no operator here publishes a full price list in its listing. To be explicit about how this page is made and paid for: we have not taken these workshops ourselves, and nothing here is written as though we had. Our judgements come from operator listing data and published guest reviews. Prices were read in yen on October 23, 2026, and converted at that day's rate, so they move with the exchange rate. Booking links are affiliate links and we may earn a commission if you book through them, at no extra cost to you. No operator paid for inclusion, for a label, or for its position in the table.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a ring making workshop in Tokyo cost?+
Booking prices run from $16 to $49 per person, read from live operator data on October 23, 2026. The final bill is often higher: a coin ring with a Japanese coin typically comes to about $32 to $54, and a hammered silver ring at nane tokyo cost one recent couple about $63 and $112 per ring.
Where can I make a coin ring in Tokyo?+
Traveling Tokyo runs coin ring workshops in Shinjuku and Asakusa from $16, with start times every thirty minutes, and Wa-PEN in Asakusa runs a $49 class using Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa era Japanese coins.
Are Japanese coins included in Tokyo coin ring workshops?+
Not always. Recent guests at Traveling Tokyo's Asakusa studio say the coins in the $16 price are foreign and a Japanese coin costs ¥2,500 to ¥6,000 more. Wa-PEN's $49 workshop is built around vintage Japanese coins.
How long does it take to make a ring in Tokyo?+
About an hour at the coin ring workshops and sixty to ninety minutes at the hammered silver studios, where a craftsman polishes the ring. You take it home the same day at all five.
Can children make rings in Tokyo?+
Yes. Both Traveling Tokyo studios take all ages with a children's rate of $13 to $14, Wa-PEN charges $35 for ages 5 to 12 and lets under-fives join free, and the nane tokyo silver studios accept children from age 4.
Can couples make wedding rings at a Tokyo workshop?+
Yes. The nane tokyo studios in Shibuya and Asakusa run private sessions where couples choose silver or gold, shape and thickness and hammer each other's rings, and recent reviews include honeymoons, anniversaries and wedding rings.
Do you really make the ring yourself?+
At the coin ring workshops, yes: guests describe punching, stretching, filing and polishing the coin themselves. At the silver studios, staff cut the band to your choices, you hammer the texture, and a craftsman finishes it.
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