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Samurai Knife Making Experience: Visit Gifu Renowned Knife Museum
Make Your Own Samurai Knife at the Knife Museum in Gifu
Samurai Knife Making Experience: Visit Gifu Renowned Knife Museum
Make Your Own Samurai Knife at the Knife Museum in Gifu
Make Your Own Samurai Knife at the Knife Museum in Gifu

Samurai Knife Making Experience: Visit Gifu Renowned Knife Museum

By MOST JAPAN
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$447 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Create Your Own Kitchen Knife Experience
Discover the art of crafting your own kitchen knife with a personalised touch by engraving your handwritten name on a stunning Damascus steel blade. This unique tour goes beyond a simple visit to a tourist spot, offering participants a deeply meaningful and satisfying experience.

Crafting Your Unique Knife
Collaborate with skilled craftsmen to create your own knife, tailored exclusively for you. Be prepared to be amazed by the exceptional cutting performance of your handmade knife.

Explore the Blacksmith Museum
Delve into the rich history of Japanese Samurai swords and Seki City at the Blacksmith Museum. Gain a deeper appreciation for the enduring value of Japanese traditions.

Test Your Knife
Put your newly crafted knife to the test by slicing through vegetable. Experience first-hand the superior quality and performance of your creation.

This tour promises an unforgettable adventure, combining hands-on craftsmanship, cultural exploration.

Activity location

  • Knife Museum
    • 7-3, Hiraka
    • Seki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Sekitomioka Station
    • Hidase
    • 501-3911, Seki, Gifu, Japan

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Samurai Knife Making Experience: Visit Gifu Renowned Knife Museum
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:30 am
Price details
AU$447.21 x 1 AdultAU$447.21
Total
Price is AU$447.21
Until Mon, 25 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional instructor of Knife
  • What's includedWhat's includedKnife making set
  • What's includedWhat's includedAdmission fee (Museum)
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish guide

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Knife Museum
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Make Your Own Samurai Knife at the Knife Museum in Seki city, Gifu pref. You can see several kind of rare and unique knives all over the world. You can have experience for making your own knife with craftsman as your treasure of Japanese memory. G.SAKAI is a leadingJapanese knife producer with trade partners all over the world. The variety of their products and their high-quality knives have been acknowledged by many customers around the globe, in fact they exhibited at the Milan trade fair "Salone del Mobile Milano"in 2017-the global benchmark event for the furnishing and design sector. G.SAKAI's knives are now used in various professional fields, such as cookery, hunting, outdoor sports, and even military training. In this activity, you will visit the Knife Museum just next to G.SAKAI's factory. There you will see interesting rare items and exhibits from all over the world. You will construct your own knife in the atelier by assembly, polishing, sharpening, and writing your name.
Seki Swordsmith Museum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit at Swordsmith Museum, you can learn deeply Samurai and Japanese swords history in Japan. Seki City in Gifu Prefecture developed as a major centre for Sword making as early as the 13th century thanks to rich deposits of iron sand in the local Nagara River. During the Edo period, there were several hundred blacksmiths producing a large number of Samurai Swords and Knives.
Gifu Cutlery Hall
  • 30m
Seki City in Gifu is one of the three cutlery-producing regions in the world and boasts the highest cutlery production volume in Japan. Seki's cutlery has inherited skills and techniques with tradition of more than 700 years. Even today, it continues to produce high-quality blades rich in functionality and design by interesting traditional techniques with the latest technology. You might also find something new here.
Seki Zenko-ji Temple
  • 1h 30m
The foundation of this temple dates back to the mid-eighteenth century. There are "The Great Bell" and "The Tour of the Kaidan which are very famous as a Japanese history and tradition. You can try ring the bell and can enjoy the lingering notes. And there lies a kaidan or holy dark passageway under the main hall. Kaidan literally means a Buddhist ordination platform. It is believed that Buddha would lead people to heaven, their mind and body being purified by following the complete dark passage. Surely you will be able to be blessed with happiness.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKnife Museum
    • 7-3, Hiraka
    • Seki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLESekitomioka Station
    • Hidase
    • 501-3911, Seki, Gifu, Japan

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