Sword Experience (Family Friendly)at Samurai Ninja Museum Asakusa
Description
You will put on the traditional samurai outfit and wield a katana just like a real samurai. This is the only samurai sword experience in Tokyo where you would feel like a real samurai and have a real hands on sword experience different from some simple costume play. Many people come to Japan to learn about the history of samurai and fulfill their childhood dream of being a samurai and this is it. The lesson includes hakama wearing,, wearing samurai armor and samurai helmet and posing in front of several samurai-theme backgrounds. ！Children under 3 can not enter the samurai venue.！ ！This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers！
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(179)
This was a very touristy experience but was super fun! Kenny and Yu were full of energy and gave a great historical account that complimented the hands-on portion. Our 13-yo son had a blast. I would definitely recommend this for anyone with kids 5 and up. The adults also enjoyed it, especially the part where we threw ninja stars.
Was a great experience. Went with a friend, but would definitely bring my kids back here if I ever bring them to Japan
My husband and I fully enjoyed our samurai experience. Dressing up and learning the movements, along with some history made it a great experience.
Absolutely amazing! Super cool! As a practictionaer of bokken, I learned a lot. Even if you know nothing of the practice they teach you everything you need to know to feel like a samurai!
Must do the option of dressing up in samurai and learning dome moves with the swords, an absolute must in Japan, great experience from start to finish.
We did the sword lesson with dress up and ninja history with star throwing. We had a private sword lesson it was great and we had so much fun! History was great, good English speaking guide. Star throwing was a highlight for my 10 year old son.
Good experience. Super cool, super informative. Our group made it kind of annoying but the actual staff and the experience itself was nice.
Great experience going with family - would certainly recommend. Kids friendly (there were some kids aged 6+) but mostly were adults / families. Tatsui (first trainer) was the sword arena trainer - did a pretty good job explaining (and also helped us with some pretty good click postures). Recommendation - Go with a realistic / open mind (and open to some simple fun), and you'd come out liking the experience. Improvement: - Would have loved to see 2 trained people do an actual sword fight. We've all seen movies, in person would have been great (I know another Sumo programme does this). - IMHO the museum has a lot to see / learn but the pronunciation of the the second person was quite difficult to comprehend (very heavy MTI). They were carrying a mic which really helped, but still. - Sword fighting arena felt a tad little more filled-up than what would have been comfortable to swing plastic swords. Nothing happened, but ideally a smaller batch would have been nice.
Great fun with the family not too long & good to do with kids. Entertaining & fun to try with the swords
Our instructor Akira was incredible. Definitely an expert on the Samurai sword techniques and attire. It was a fun learning experience with him. But I was very nervous when we mentioned a recording would take place of all the moves he had taught us. Thankfully it was just on our personal phones and fully guided by him the entire way. But I could've done without that part. Due to my stage fright. Other than that the museum was full of great information, a knowledgeable guide, a fun ninja shuriken contest. And a great gift shop that was full of great souvenirs.
