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Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour with Lunch & Blade Heritage 2
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Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour with Lunch & Blade Heritage

By MOST JAPAN
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Free cancellation available
Price is €258 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Craft Your Own Damascus Knife in Seki, Japan’s Historic Blade-Making Town

This one-day tour offers more than a standard workshop. In Seki, Gifu, a city with a long history of Japanese sword and knife craftsmanship, you will make your own Damascus kitchen knife, enjoy a local Japanese lunch, and learn about Japanese blade making and take home your own knife.

Hand-draw your own name, message, symbol, or artwork on a Damascus blade, then finish, sharpen, and test it side by side with a master craftsman with more than 50years of experience.

Choose your preferred kitchen knife style from Santoku, Gyuto, Nakiri, or Bunka, depending on availability.

One highlight is the sharpness test with vegetable. You might be surprised.

This is not a rushed group workshop. Each guest is guided step by step at their own pace, making it comfortable even for beginners.

You will leave Seki with a Damascus knife you helped create and a deeper appreciation for Japanese blade craftsmanship.

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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Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour with Lunch & Blade Heritage

  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:30
Price details
€257.95 x 1 Adult€257.95
Total
Price is €257.95
Until Sun, 26 Jul

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    English speaking guide and support
  • Inclusions
    Licensed Private transport in Luxury Vehicle
  • Inclusions
    Polishing, sharpening, and test-cutting experience
  • Inclusions
    Certificate of completion
  • Inclusions
    Choice of Santoku, Gyuto, Nakiri, or Bunka, subject to availability
  • Inclusions
    Hand-drawn blade design and Damascus etching
  • Inclusions
    Full-size Damascus kitchen knife to complete and take home
  • Inclusions
    Japanese traditional cuisine with local fresh vegetables
  • Inclusions
    Personal instruction from a master knife craftsman with over 50 years of experience

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
    • You can easily join for a day trip, roughly 1.5~2 hours by train from Kyoto
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

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.

みやこ鮨

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Lunch at local Japanese restaurant

Location

Activity location

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

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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