Matsumoto Castle Tour & Samurai Experience

Fantastic experience! Our guide truly immersed us in the ancient world of the Matsumoto samurai. They were very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful! The experience concluded with a magnificent samurai sword lesson, where we learned the basic moves. An unforgettable morning!

Great tour around the castle with our guide, Kei. He really immersed us in the history and showed us all the strategic spots. The samurai experience that followed was just as amazing!

very cool experience. guide is very knowledgeable and very friendly. We loved the walk through the castle and looking at all the old samurai gear and then to be able learn how to use a samurai sword at the end just really topped of the experience.

A truly incredible tour and experience. Colin was our guide, and he was very knowledgeable and kept us safe/on track/ learning about not only the castle but the town and its history. Colin made it very apparent that he respects the Japanese culture and language, which my husband and I valued. After the tour, Miharu sensei showed us her amazing samurai skills and we got to practicing. It was SO much fun, a forever memorable experience. I would SUPER recommend this tour. I seldom write reviews but wanted to endorse this one. thanks everyone!

This was an amazing experience, I highly recommend it. We were running a bit late and Matt was very kind to wait for us. The samurai was really fun and we learnt a lot too. Finally, the Matsumoto castle tour was very engaging and Matt is the greatest guide ever! It was really private and focussed on ourselves only. I’d love to come back to Matsumoto and do this experience again :)

We were picked up from the station by our friendly guide and walked up to Matsumoto Castle at a nice leisurely pace with some local insights on the way. Great tour around the castle and grounds with a lively and informative session. If you’re over 6 foot like me (at 6’5”) the you are going to hit your head on those beams at some point- all in the fun. Samari experience was great. Taken to the site of an old sake brewery just outside of castle grounds to be taught some basic moves with a Samari expert. All good fun and well worth it compared to the price of some other tours in bigger cities.

This was an amazing experience, I highly recommend it. We were running a bit late and Matt was very kind to wait for us. The samurai was really fun and we learnt a lot too. Finally, the Matsumoto castle tour was very engaging and Matt is the greatest guide ever!

An amazing experience, very friendly people and truely a unique experience I will happily look back on

Had an amazing experience at the Matsumoto Castle, Tom was an excellent guide who was very knowledgeable and engaging at the same time and make the whole session so much more enjoyable. Kei was also a great instructor who was very patient and jovial if you intend to attend the Samurai experience. Would definitely recommend both Tom and Kei for anyone intending to go for this package.

A fun informative experience. our guide Akiko was lovely and knowledgeable. the samurai experience was very cool.