Samurai Experience & Kenbu Show in Kyoto
- Short time cultural experience with lesson & show
- 2-3 masters perform kenbu (sword dance) and senbu(folding fan dance) on stage with deteiled narrations
- After the show, you can take photos with performers
- Located in the downtown of Kyoto
- Various programs to satisfy your interests
- All programs are provided in English. Pamphlets are in Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese (Simplified)
What to expect
Samurai experience & Kenbu show Starting time: 14:45/16:15 Duration: 2H Lesson(75min): learning the samurai’s etiquette, the way of using the sword & a folding fan, and costume rental. Kenbu show(30-40min): 2-3 masters perform kenbu (sword dance) and senbu(folding fan dance) on stage with detailed narrations. *Acceptable from 2 guests.
Samurai experience & Mini-Kenbu show Starting time: 10:00/11:45/14:30/17:00 Duration: 1.5H Lesson(75min): learning the samurai’s etiquette, the way of using the sword & a folding fan, and costume rental. Mini-kenbu show(10min): an instructor will perform a kenbu (sword dance) and a senbu (folding fan dance) on stage with detailed narrations. *Acceptable from 1 guest.




Reviews
wow! I am so glad I booked this experience! We got to learn about the Samurai and their deep history and even about Kenbu, the performance style for the samurai. Our instructor Ryu was amazing and made us feel so comfortable. We was taught a routine/story poem and got to perform it. I definitely recommend booking this experience!
A fantastic experience. We were early due to some confusion with times on klook but they had no trouble accommodating us for the early session. It was such an educational but also exciting experience.
As a group of 3 men, in their late 40's and 50's. this is a childhood dream to dress up and learn the history of Samarai and get to learn and use a sword, what more could be asked for! loved it, and thank you, Ryo for your patience with us.
lots of information not only about the samurai’s but about the arts. loved learning how to use the sword and the dance and loved that we got dressed the only thing that we would change is the seriousness of our instructor. he was way to serious but not bad. I was sad that we couldn’t take video of his performance.
This is one of the best experiences we have ever had. The theatrical show was captivating and educational. Fascinating and amazing does not give it justice. The number of ohhhs and ahhhhs during the show were uncountable. Following the show we had the opportunity to participate in the Samurai sword (katana) training and fan training. Ending the experience with a choreographed scene that you are trained on while wearing the Samurai clothes and sword. Can't recommend it enough a must do experience that is a blast and gives you insight on the Samurai way. We can't give the staff and masters enough justice for their patience, training, knowledge and help in this experience. They are genuinely great, respectful, talented and amazing people. 🩷⭐
An authentic experience to discover the samurai world and Kembu art. After an interesting show of about 40 minutes, we were able to practice the art ourselves by handling practice Katanas and wearing the kimono. Highly recommended experience!
all was perfect, just the show was too long. all staff were very friendly and supportive and at the same time professional. we felt comfortable and enjoyed the training and clothing.
Wonderful to experience and people. We really enjoyed learning about Kendo and getting to experience it for ourselves.
Overall great experience. Friendly staff very professional. Big thank you to Kashin our instructor, who is clearly very passionate about what he does. He was very patient and humourous. He also put on a fantastic performance to finish up the experience.
My husband and I had so much fun. A beautiful performance and very kind staff. We did the full experience, it was very fun to dress in the clothing and swing the samauri swords! This was worth every penny.
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