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

Samurai Knife Making Experience: Visit Gifu Renowned Knife Museum

By MOST JAPAN
Free cancellation available
Price is ￥45,000 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
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  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Create Your Own Kitchen Knife Experience
Discover the art of crafting your own kitchen knife with a personalized 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 firsthand 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: 10:30am
Price details
￥45,000 x 1 Adult￥45,000
Total
Price is ￥45,000
Until Wed, Jun 19
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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 transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers 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 center 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.
Minoseki
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Have BBQ Lunch at Furusatonoen-Minoseki by cooking with your made knife. You can check performance actually your own knife through preparation of materials for BBQ with local fresh vegetables and meats and so on. And then enjoy BBQ party with other participants and Japanese guide. You might be have a good memory in Gifu Prefecture.

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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