Art For Relaxation | May 5

Art and Reflection Workshop at Second Home Cafe Fushimi

Golden Week does not always feel relaxing. Sometimes it just gives you more time to notice how hectic and loud life can be.

The Art for Relaxation Workshop, being held at Second Home Cafe in Fushimi on Tuesday, May 5, offers a calmer option: two hours of guided art-making, reflective coaching, dessert, and a drink, with no art experience required.

Presented by Catherine Halliday Art and Red Sugar Coaching, the session is built around a simple premise — that making something with your hands can help move emotions out of the vague, noisy place where they tend to sit. Not as performance. Not as therapy in disguise. Just as a way to get what is in your head into your hands for a while.

Catherine Halliday provides live art instruction. Red, a certified life and health coach, offers guidance on using the creative process as a healthy, reflective outlet. Materials are included, so there is nothing to bring and nothing to pretend you know.

The event makes a point of stating no art experience is necessary, which is probably the most important part for anyone who still remembers being judged for drawing badly in school. The point is not to produce something impressive. The point is to free the mind and release stress.

The cafe setting keeps things from feeling clinical. The session includes an indulgent dessert and drink from Second Home Cafe — because sometimes the correct emotional support material is paper, ink, and something sweet. This is a small, guided workshop near Fushimi Station, not a silent retreat and not a formal class. Two hours, a table, materials, and a little room to check in with the inner calm and tap in with your creative drive - whatever you make is for you. This is not about display.

The workshop runs from 16:00 to 18:00. Space is limited, so reserve your spot in advance via This Link — payment is at the door, but your set meal needs to be pre-ordered when you sign up.

The Details

Art for Relaxation Workshop

Venue:
Second Home Cafe

Date:
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Time:
16:00–18:00

Price:
¥3,500

Includes:
Art materials
Live art instruction
Coaching guidance
Dessert and drink

Address:
Second Home
Ark Shirakawa Koen Bldg., B1F
2-2-23 Sakae, Naka-ku
Nagoya

Reservations:
Please Use This FORM

Access

By Subway:
Take the Higashiyama Line or Tsurumai Line to Fushimi Station. Exit 5 is likely the simplest route. The venue is about 3 minutes on foot.

Second Home Cafe is on B1F of the Ark Shirakawa Koen Building.

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