Treasuring Honor the deep experience of Samurai way of life
➤ The only place near Osaka Castle where you can experience being a Samurai
【Experience Calligraphy / Samurai Calligraphy / Tea Ceremony / related to Zen】
- Highlights,1 - Express your whole body dynamically and put your soul into one character ➤ Words of resignation
- Highlights,2 - Samurai risk their lives to entertain,are entertained at the risk of their lives. ➤ Omotenashi
【Experience swordsmanship and Armor related to Bushido】
- Highlights,3 - Cutting with Samurai sword ➤ Trial Cutting
- Highlights,4 - Before going to war, the Samurai would wear armor and draw their swords to show and inspire their dignity and beauty ➤ To war, let’s go to battle!
- Highlights,5 - A photo was taken with Osaka Castle in the background, wearing armor.
What to expect
Both calligraphy and tea ceremony are closely related to Zen. Bushido is an awareness of the mindset (swordsmanship) and way of life (fighting in armor) of the samurai in a samurai society.
Activity,0 ➤ Before experiencing this, you will be asked to change into kimono.
Activities,1 ➤ Practice calligraphy
Activities,1.5 ➤ Samurai Calligraphy
Activities,2 ➤ Samurai Tea Ceremony
Activities,3 ➤ Samurai Sword Trial cutting
Activities,4 ➤ Samurai Armor in The Battle of Osaka
Activities,5 ➤ You will be photographed on the grounds of Osaka Castle, pretending to be the best soldier．
Option - Activities,6 ➤ Harakiri
Good to know
Tour Guide for Pilgrimage to the Sacred Sites of the Battle of Osaka “Hinomoto Ichi no Soldier”
The “Osaka no Jin (Battle of Osaka)” Holy Land Pilgrimage is a “SAMURAI STYLE” tour of places that are sacred sites associated with the “Osaka Winter Campaign” fought in 1614 and the “Osaka Summer Campaign” resumed in 1615, as well as other battles and Osaka Castle. The “SAMURAI STYLE” is to visit places that are sacred places. The term “the best soldier in Japan” refers to Nobushige Sanada (Yukimura), who was loyal to his lord and never betrayed him, even in terms of money or territory, and who came very close to Ieyasu Tokugawa in the Summer Battle of Osaka. Yukimura Sanada shone with dazzling brilliance as a warlord in the battles that concluded the Warring States period. His vivid life still fascinates many people today, and we will make a pilgrimage to the sacred sites from the glorious Battle of Osaka, where he was praised as “the best soldier in Japan.