Hand-make your very own Japaense sword in a one-day swordsmith class with a true Japanese sword maker and master

1. Your instructor is a certified Japanese Swordsmith, accredited by the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs. You will use a traditional technique to make the sword. The steel in Japan comes from iron-sand processed in a special way, called the tatara system. A tatara is a Japanese furnace used for smelting iron and steel.
You will then sharpened by hand until the shape of the blade is satisfactory.

2. You can choose from 2 types of skins/patterns for the blade. Mokume, which depicts a cross grain wood or Aya-sugi, which depicts a kind of Japanese cedar wood. (Aya-sugi is an extra 10,000yen)

3. A traditional Japanese sword is fixed with a blade crest. The blade crest, together, with your chosen skin/pattern for the blade, will make your creation into a traditionally constructed Japanese sword.

4. Nearing the end of the class, your work must be polished and placed into a plain-wood scabbard. It will be ready and in-hand after roughly 3 months.

The class is roughly 7 hours. We will begin in the morning and work through until noon where we’ll break and have lunch and soft drink. This will be a time to relax and refresh yourself, as the class can be strenuous. A change of clothes, a towel and gloves are recommended.

○Participation qualifications must be adhered to

Male or female participants must be 20 years or older. We require written consent from a parent or guardian for children between the ages of 16 to 19. Children under 16 years of age may take part if accompanied by a parent or guardian. For further information please contact us.

Overseas applications are available through e-mail: info@budoshop.co.jp

1) Please provide us with your desired dates. 1st, 2nd and 3rd preference, please. We will try to accommodate your request as much as possible.

2) Please provide the following information; Name, address, mobile phone number with international dialling code if necessary, e-mail address, occupation and date of birth: dd/mm/yy (necessary for insurance purposes).

3) Payment can be made by major credit card companies or PayPal.

4) Payment of 60,000 yen (standard plan) must be deposited in advance – To be settled 20 days prior to class event date.

Failure to attend the class, without prior communication, will result in a percentage of the total fee to be non-refundable. If you wish to reschedule to a different date, this is possible with advance communication beforehand.

Cancellation rates apply: 30% of total payment from 10 – 7 days prior to the class, 50% from 6 – 3 days prior, 80% from 2 – 1 day prior, and the day of, 100% of total payment.