Tokyo: Samurai Experience with Real Swords Option

instructor: we had an amazing sensi naoto experience: what a wonderful experience to lean basic samurai class for beginners

this was a last minute decision book for me but if I knew the experience and the kindness I was shown this is an experience to put into your itinerary. Instructor hiryu shiden was very detailed and can tell he wanted u to truly experience the samurai spirit. An experience everyone who comes to Japan should have!

experience: This by far was one of the highlights of my trip to Japan. The chance to live out my samurai dreams whilst entertaining a 17 year old, perfect!

this was a really special experience. I was able to have a one on one experience and experience an authentic samurai experience.

It’s quite unusual to be able to handle a centuries-old katana. Here we were able to use one for tameshigiri, a chance I could not pass up. Our class today was small so we had plenty of time; even a 13-year-old was able to follow along and succeed, thanks to the great instruction and the sword’s own weighty “presence.” As for the calligraphy, I had forgotten how tough it is to write well with ink and brush, yikes! I’m glad they let me practice first. The tea was lovely. Learned a lot and had a great time. PS. We had a moment of panic at the meet-up location, but we were able to call the staff (check the email) and sort everything out.

we had a lot of fun. It was interesting to learn about the samurai and it's culture and experience the training they had to go through. after the samurai experience we learned about making tee and how to serve it to our guest we even got a little paper explaining it if we forgot something. they even paid the taxi because it was too hot.

A well-organized experience that felt very thoughtful. The instructor explained the principles behind samurai kata and sword techniques clearly, and the calligraphy and tea ceremony added meaningful context. Calm, informative, and worth doing if you’re interested in traditional Japanese culture

we had an amazing time and had so much fun learning about the history, culture, sword skills, calligraphy, and tea. The instructor was great and his helper was too. Unforgetable memories thanks to these two.

This was such a fun activity! 🩷 my parents absolutely loved it and our guide (Akiko) & instructor (Hiryu) were the most lovely people. Would 100% do this again 😊 highly recommend!

One of the most incredible experiences of my life! The instructors were super lovely, they made everything really easy and really fun and I could not recommend this experience more.