Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour with Lunch & Blade Heritage

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5 hours (approximately)
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Offered in: English

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.

What's Included

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

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We will pick you up at Sekitomioka Station on the Nagaragawa Railway at 10:08 AM, when the train arrives. Our driver will be waiting in front of the station and will take you to the Knife Museum by car.

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Meeting point

We will pickup Sekitomioka Station of Nagara River Train nearest transportation from Knife Museum in Seki City. Our driver will wait for you in front of station at 10:08AM when is arriving time of train.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 5 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    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.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 2

    Visit at Swordsmith Museum, you can learn deeply Samurai and Japanese swords history in Japan. Seki City in Gifu Prefecture developed as a major center 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.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Gifu Cutlery Hall

    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.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4

    Lunch at local Japanese restaurant

    1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers 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
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