Iaido experience in Japan

• Age 15～Age 99
• 2～3 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00 / 16:00 / 19:00

Once your reservation is confirmed, you will receive an email. Please be sure to confirm. This experience can accommodate up to 15 participants. During this experience, you will receive a lecture on Japanese swords, learn kata (cutting techniques), practice sparring, test-fire a bow and arrow, and try slashing with a mock sword. During the test-slash, you will slash multiple targets while moving with the mock sword. Slashing while moving is extremely difficult. Please experience the difficulty for yourself! Your instructor will be Yoshioki Sumida, assistant instructor of the All Japan Toyama-ryu Iaido Federation. With over 27 years of experience, he has taught at overseas branches in the United States, Europe, and Hong Kong. He is one of the very few instructors in the world who has deeply mastered and continues to pass on both kenjutsu and yabusame. Iai will teach you how to handle the sword, gekken will teach you distance from your opponent and attack/defense, and drawing the sword will teach you how to hold the blade. ~Schedule: Time may vary depending on the number of participants~ ① Demonstration (3 minutes) ② Lecture on swords (20 minutes) ③ Changing into training clothes (10 minutes) ④ Iai lesson (20 minutes) ⑤ Kendo lesson (20 minutes) ⑥ Archery lesson (20 minutes) ⑦ Sword test (20 minutes) ⑧ Certificate of Inka (5 minutes) ⑨ Changing into casual clothes (10 minutes)

• Recommendation for Foreigner
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 13～Age 99
• 3～4 hours
• 10:00 / 13:00

This experience is also offered to American military personnel at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. [Important] This experience is a request reservation. Please let us know your preferred date and time. If the venue is arranged by our company, it will be held after the venue is secured. Please contact us early to secure the venue. Please contact us for the implementation date and implementation time (start to end). This plan is implemented for various groups (employee trips, inbound groups, international exchange, etc.). Swordsmanship consists of "Iai", "Gekken", and "Trying out", and you can experience it in one stop with this plan. We also hold trial cutting demonstrations and lectures on swords. As a result, we have done 30 to 60 people, and we will respond to consultation regarding the number of people, the date and time of implementation, and the implementation location. ~ Flow of the day ~ ① Gathering / greeting 10 minutes ② Model demonstration 10 minutes ③ Lecture on swords 30 minutes ④ Iai experience 30 minutes ⑤ Sword fighting 30 minutes ⑥ Trial cutting experience 30 minutes

• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity
• For Groups

• Age 6～Age 70
• 1～2 hours
• 10:00 / 17:00

Samurai culture has been built up over centuries since ancient times. The stage art of "Kembu" carries it on through dance. We want samurai enthusiasts throughout Japan and the world to know the charm of Kembu, so we are holding workshops that extract highlights from the works so that anyone can enjoy them. Why not interpret the poems and dance to their stories and reminisce about the era in which the samurai lived? This time, from among the many performances, we will introduce Rai Sanyo's Chinese poem "Hachiman-ko". Let's dance powerfully to the image of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Ashikaga Takauji's ancestor Minamoto no Yoshiie, who went on an expedition to Oshu during the Gosannen War. - "Sword techniques" required in the play - Basic sword handling - About the expression "mitate" using a fan - Explanation of the poems and texts - Demonstration performance by the instructor - Commemorative photo, if desired, wear "stage costume" - For hygiene reasons, tabi socks can be purchased for 300 yen. If you have tabi, please bring them with you. In addition, we recommend tabi socks with bleached soles.

• Recommendation for Foreigner
• For Rainy Days
• In Door Activity