森の京都DMO

The best and most memorable experience ever! Very grateful for the opportunity. It was an honor.

Would 100% recommend. As promised the interpreter was waiting outside as we arrived 15mins early. He introduced himself and then we went in and met the sword smith. Our group was 3 people and only another two people on our course. This meant that we got the full experience without long waits as the group was small. The tutorial and explanation was very easy to follow and help was always given if we was doing something slightly wrong. Left with great knowledge on the history of sword making in Japan and a knife that I can be proud I made myself.

刀の歴史などの座学を含めとても楽しかったです。小中学生の子どもに夏休みの体験と思って連れていきましたが丁寧に見ていただき楽しく学習できました。難しいと思っていたまだ早いかと思っていた刀作りもたくさん補助していただき仕上げまでしていただけたので子どもたちも大喜びでした。ひと夏の体験としてとても価値あるものになりました。刀匠の方や一緒に受講した方に優しくしていただけてありがたかったです。

刀鍛冶のご主人はとても気さくな方で座学から制作まで懇切丁寧に教えてもらえます。
刀に対しての思い、熱意のある素晴らしい方です。

It was an incredible experience. It was one of m’y husband’s dreams and it really matched his expectations.
As an observer, it was also great to watch and to learn so much. Sensei Masahiro is a great swordsmith, but also a great teacher and easy to talk to.

Our interpret Jean did a great job. He is really good to switch from one language to another and we felt that he was used to work with sensei Masahiro. It was easier for the explanations.

We highly recommend this activity which was fantastic