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Tokyo "Discover all about samurai" half-day guided tour
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 4h
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Overview
- Experience Iaido, a dominant art of swordsmanship practiced by samurai.
- Visit a samurai-related landmark.
- Learn the values samurai adhered to and its inheritance by the modern Japanese.
- Appreciate the sheer beauty of swords as work of art at the sword museum.
- Visit a sword shop (included but optional).
Activity location
- Taito City
- Taito City, Tokyo, Japan
Meeting/Redemption Point
- The meeting point is Exit A4 of Toei Asakusa Line Kuramae station (A17). Please step outside when you reach Exit A4. Your guide will be holding a recognizable sign. Toei Oedo Line has a station carrying the same name, Kuramae. You should get on Toei Asakusa Line but NOT on Toei Oedo Line
- Taito City, Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo "Discover all about samurai" half-day guided tour
- 4h
- English
What's included, what's not
- Swordsmanship experience at a dojo
- Visit to a samurai related landmark
- Admission ticket to the sword museum
- Visit to a sword shop
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- City train fare for about JPY500
What you can expect
Why does understanding samurail become an important part of your Japan trip? There are a couple of formidable reasons.
1) Samurai ruled Japan for 7 centuries just until 160 years ago.
2) Values they prized are inherited and adhered to by the modern day Japanese.
This tour focuses on the sword as the very soul of samurai AND on the values they have prized.
1) Sword
① Relive their discipline with a sword by experiencing Iaido, a dominant art of swordsmanship practiced by samurai. If you can imagine a samurai swiftly and deftly slicing a roll of straw mat, that is Iaido. After arriving at the Iaido dojo, change into a samurai attire with a sword. Learn from a master what Iaido is about, flow of experience, and actually slash a cardboard with a sword; not a roll of straw mat for your safety.
Observe solo demonstration of the master up close to marvel at his skill, which is especially impressive after your own experience. You will receive a certificate of completion at the end.
② At the sword museum, learn materials used to produce a sword, its manufacturing process, and first and foremost, appreciate the sheer beauty of swords as work of art.
③ Travelers are often so intrigued by the beauty of swords that they buy and bring one back home. We will take you to a sword shop as well. The shop carries authentic Japanese swords and daggers; they are not souvenirs but real ones made to traditional standards. You may want to buy a real sword there to take back home. Otherwise, you can just look around the store. In either case, the guide will help you as an interpreter in the shop.
At the sword shop, take your time to look around; the guide will interpret as needed.
2) Samurai values
Visit a samurai related landmark to learn the values samurai adhered to, and the shogunate regime they lived in. Get a clue as to how the modern day Japanese have inherited the values samurai prized.
Location
Activity location
- Taito City
- Taito City, Tokyo, Japan
Meeting/Redemption Point
- The meeting point is Exit A4 of Toei Asakusa Line Kuramae station (A17). Please step outside when you reach Exit A4. Your guide will be holding a recognizable sign. Toei Oedo Line has a station carrying the same name, Kuramae. You should get on Toei Asakusa Line but NOT on Toei Oedo Line
- Taito City, Tokyo, Japan