Kyoto: Craft Your Own Ninja Weapon/ Shōgun Mask Workshop
Discover a rare hands-on ninja crafting experience in Kyoto using traditional Japanese tin casting techniques. Create a real metal ninja weapon from start to finish by melting tin, pouring it into a mold, cooling it, polishing it, and applying protective finishes.
Choose what to make from belowing: ・Standard：Ninja shuriken(2 hrs) ・Upgrade option： Ninja kunai(2 hrs,+4000yen) ・Premium Plan：Shōgun Mask(2.5 hors,+8000yen) The Shōgun Mask option includes gold leaf detailing and cord attachment, making it a bold wearable or display piece found nowhere else in Kyoto. Perfect for ninja and Japanese culture fans, couples, friends, and solo travelers looking for a unique, memorable experience beyond sightseeing.
What to expect
Craft your own authentic ninja items by traditional Japanese tin casting. In this immersive workshop, you will melt, cast, cool, and finish real metal under the guidance of experienced craftsmen. It offers a rare chance to work hands-on with time-honored methods used in Japanese metalwork.
This Experience is designed to be approachable for beginners and families alike, allowing participants to enjoy the magic of crafting without any prior skills.Our experienced staff provide full step-by-step support through the entire process, ensuring everyone safely experience the excitement of the melting and molding process.
Whether you are visiting with family, friends,or as a couple, this activity offers a memorable way to create something meaningful with your own hands.
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Kyoto: Forge Your Own Ninja Items with Japanese Tin Casting
Step into the world of ninja craftsmanship in Kyoto and create your own authentic ninja weapon using traditional Japanese tin casting. With guidance from skilled craftsmen, you will melt real metal, pour it into a mold, cool it, and finish it by hand.
Choose what to create: a classic shuriken, a powerful kunai, or a striking oni-inspired metal mask. Each piece is crafted by you and taken home as a one-of-a-kind creation. This is not a souvenir, but a true hands-on metalworking experience.
✨ Why You’ll Love This Experience •Create a real metal ninja weapon •Learn traditional Japanese tin casting •Fully hands-on from molten metal to final polish •Optional upgrades for kunai and oni mask •Take home a bold, photo-worthy keepsake
🛠 Experience Flow
Upgrade your experience by crafting an oni-inspired metal mask finished with gold leaf — a bold, wearable work of art found nowhere else in Kyoto. 1.Choose Your Item •Shuriken (throwing star): Included •Kunai (ninja knife): +4,000 JPY •Oni metal mask: +10,000 JPY 2.Make the mold using special casting sand 3.Melt and pour the tin into the mold 4.Cool in water to solidify the metal 5.Shape and polish using files and grinders 6.Apply rust protection and finishing oil
⏱ Duration •Shuriken / Kunai: Approx. 2 hours •Oni Mask: Approx. 2.5 hours
👤 Perfect For •Travelers seeking a unique Kyoto experience •Ninja and Japanese culture fans
Reviews
An excellent experience! They provide all the materials and tools, are attentive to your needs, and guide you kindly. If you want to make the Kunai instead of the Shuriken, there is an extra cost.
Team are attentive and lovely, it is a fun experience making the masks, although i will say i thought the price of the mask was 8000 and when i got there it was 10000 unless i misread on klook but i dont think so. Its definitley interesting and fun to do if you enjoy crafting things
interesting experience. on the pricier side but still quite worth it. Do note that if you want to, you can make the shuriken or kunai blunt to abide your origin country law on sharp objects. due to my country laws, we had to take the mask option.
Amazing experience, and Ako and Take were excellent! We did the ONI mask option and it was well worth it, and now we have a handmade souvenir to take home to remember the trip. Would happily do it again and recommend it to anyone looking for something different.
We had such a great time! the process of making the ninja weapons was really fun, and we loved that there’s the option to engrave something on it :) Would definitely recommend if you want to do something more unique in Kyoto! 🥷
This was so much fun! Shaping the metal with the pliers, files, and sandpaper can get tiring but is suuuper satisfying. The staff was great and even brought out a belt sander on request so I could get my blade super sharp. They add a custom kanji inscribing for you at the end and you can pick whatever you want. 10/10 would bring the homies on my next Japan trip.
Really fun experience, choose your shape, sort the mould and then pour the tin and begin the filing session to shape and sharpen your shuriken. Well worth doing and you end up with a unique self made item as a memory
We got greeted very kindly, had a nice chat with the staff and had so much fun in general. They were always very kind and friendly and explained and guided every step of the process very well. We're so glad we chose this experience and now have fancy souvenirs to take home!
A truly wonderful experience! The kids had a great time creating things and made some beautiful memories and artwork. Thank you to the teachers for their dedication and sharing, very friendly and professional.
Great experience! Ako was an amazing instructor, if you’re able to do this I’d recommend. You can do a number of different shuriken designs, choose a Kunai, or a mask!
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