2-Hour Genuine Samurai Experience

Immerse yourself in the world of the Samurai with a 2-hour Kendo workshop in Tokyo. Learn the art of swordsmanship, practice etiquette, and experience the thrill of combat. Perfect for first-time visitors to Japan.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

誠道館ビル - What is Kendo experience? It is about swordsmanship, a traditional Japanese martial arts skill of the samurai, the path of the sword in Japan. The experience allows you to work with a kendo instructor who speaks English in an easy to understand way.

Highlight
・Samurai culture instruction
・Practical guidance by a well trained guide
・Guide demonstration
・Tournament style combat game

What's Included
  • Japanese hand towel
  • Rental of kendo armor and equipment
  • Professional guide/instructor
  • Bottled mineral water
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Kendo is about swordsmanship, a traditional Japanese martial arts skill of the Samurai, the path of the sword in Japan.
You can practice Kendo,

  • Unify your spirits
  • Manners
  • Lifelong Kendo
    These three benefits can be created as a kendo. Please feel free to touch it.
    The experience allows you to work with a Kendo instructor who speaks…
Location
誠道館ビル
10~12 minutes from JR Uguisudani station North exit 4-7-2,Higashinippori,Arakawa-ku,Tokyo "誠道館"
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Mickeysk7530st
Jan 22, 2025
Fun and Active Samurai Experience - Kenji was awesome. My wife, adult son and daughter and I had a great time. Fun and active Samurai experience. We had a blast. Thanks Kenji!
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John_t
Jan 1, 2025
Memorable Kendo day in Tokyo - We had a wonderful time with Keshi at the dojo! Our group came with a limited understanding of Kendo and its principles, but left with one of our best memories yet of Tokyo! In the days since our group can occassionally be found breaking out into calls of our favorites strikes ("Men! Dō!"). What a wonderful and immersive experience for our group of 4. Advice: be prepared to take off glasses and rings. You will be issued very appropriate Kendo attire, and be ready to sweat! Don't be afraid of the sparring, it's all part of the learning! Kenshi, our instructor, was also incredibly accomodating -- we had booked our experience for the 31st of December during the New Year holiday period in Japan. 5 stars out of 5!
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Patrick
Nov 1, 2024
Very good introduction to Kendo! - Kenshi-San and his two colleagues are experienced instructors. We learned three basic striking techniques (men, kote, do) and some counter techniques, and fought a few playful games against each other and against the instructor. Too bad it only lasted two hours! The whole experience is very family friendly. Definitely recommend if you want to give Kendo a try.
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293wangy
Oct 9, 2024
Excellent and perfect for beginnger - Such an interesting and inspiring experience to have! Highly recommend to anyone who's interested in kendo or japanese culture! As a total beginnger, this experience session definitely lighten up my eager to learn kendo for a longer term. The teacher is really funny and super nice. I left the session feeling energized and with a newfound appreciation for the art of Kendo. It was a great blend of discipline and fun!
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Ahmedhu3048pz
Oct 8, 2024
Absolutely Amazing experience. 10000000/1000000 - This experience is incredible, you get to learn about the Kendo hitting techniques. You will also get to face against your friends that you bring with you, it’s a really really amazing experience and I highly recommend it for anyone going to Japan. It’s not too far from centre of Japan aswell, it was like 30 min from where I was staying.
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Alfredo33373
Aug 21, 2024
It was an unforgetable ecperience - There were thorough explanations. It was a friendly atmosphere indeed. We were half an hour late but we could catch Up without problema. I reccomend this activity indeed.
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538traciec
Jun 24, 2024
Amazing Experience!! - The Genuine Samurai Experience was amazing !! Sensei and his assistant were so knowledgeable and took great patience with everyone. So glad I decided to book this experience!!
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Adam
Jun 14, 2024
Excellent communication even through I got sick and couldn’t attend - I was looking forward to this visit however fell sick a couple of days prior. I engaged with the provider and they were extremely accommodating in refunding the payment. The communication for booking, how to travel and inclusions was very clear and simple. I hope to get the chance to do this next time I’m in town.
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John_b
Jun 9, 2024
We had a lot of fun - My two boys and I had a lot of fun with it. I would recommend it. It was a fun family activity and a little exercise.
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Lucasbroderick
Jan 30, 2025
Qualified instructor, authentic environment, but no English as promised! - I'll start by saying that the instructor clearly knew what he was doing and I appreciated seeing a real Kendo dojo with real students in action. The reason for the 2 stars is that the description of this event says "The experience allows you to work with a kendo instructor who speaks English in an easy to understand way." and that simply was not true. The instructor did not speak any English, nor did he have any assistants who could translate. Without the ability to understand what we were doing, what he wanted us to do, what was going on at all really, this was not a good experience.
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