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Learn Japanese calligraphy (Shodo) and Zen while wearing a kimono near Osaka Castle

from $49.13

  • Transport not included
  • Meals included
  • Guide included
  • Entry fees included

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Highlights

  • You will change into Hakama or Kimono like a Samurai, and perform the resignation in Japanese costume
  • Share memories of your trip with your family and children
  • Your name is converted into Kanji and a calligraphy master writes a stroke

About this experience

- Meeting time
Please arrive 30 minutes before your reserved experience time for instructions and changing clothes
- Meeting place
Name of actual location/Bushi no Homare (Samurai Honor)
1. Experience martial arts, calligraphy, and tea ceremony at Samurai Honor.
Point landmark/
A wooden sign that reads “Honor of the Samurai” is the landmark.
The landmark is a rack with "Samurai Honor" activity pamphlets in front of the store. There are also kimonos and hakama hanging out to dry, so that may be an even better landmark.
Address/
Excellence Takayama 1F, 2-3-19 Shiginonishi, Joto-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 536-0014
This map (URL) shows the location of Samurai Honor.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/R8YN2T2jPz15APBT6
※The address on Apple Maps is incorrect, so please refer to Google Maps.
- By train
A. 1-minute walk from Osaka Business Park Station (Exit 1) on the Osaka Municipal Subway
B. Approximately 2 minutes walk from "Osaka Castle Park" Station on JR Osaka Municipal Subway L
C. Approximately 10 minutes walk from the West Exit of Kyobashi Station on JR
- Walking route
A.Osaka Business Park Station
7 minutes (500 m) https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWRS3iQMx2vSdLh5A?g_st=ac
B. Osaka Castle Park Station
3 minutes (260 m) https://maps.app.goo.gl/xtK71ZmKtehfgSoM9?g_st=ac
C.Kyobashi Station
12 minutes (850 m) https://maps.app.goo.gl/w4vZdZ9NGJwZ6CMg8?g_st=ac

What to expect

Located in the center of Osaka, Osaka Castle is a major landmark of Osaka. It is also listed as one of the three famous castles in Japan's history together with Nagoya Castle and Kumamoto Castle. The Osaka Castle is divided into inner, middle, and outer castles (i.e., Honmaru, Ninomaru, Sannomaru). The magnificent city gate, the steep walls and the wide moats inside and outside are very spectacular. The pavilion also overlooks the streetscape around Osaka Castle. In the parks of the castle, plum blossoms and cherry blossoms bloom in their respective seasons, and they are famous places to enjoy plum and cherry blossoms in Osaka.

What's included

  • Kimono
  • Chinese or English speaking staff
  • Certified professional instructor
  • Photo shooting
  • Welcome Matcha drink
  • Tax
  • Tips

Not included

  • Pick up and drop off at train station or hotel
  • Transportation
  • Movie shooting
  • Other personal expenses

Things to note

  • - No parking available- Cancellation fee will be charged from1 day prior to the event date.-Cancellations and changes must be notified by e-mail at least 24 hours in advance.-The event will be held even in rain or typhoon.

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