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Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour with Lunch & Blade Heritage 20% OFF
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
$239.98
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
The Damascus Kitchen Knife Making experience in Seki, Gifu offers a unique opportunity to craft your own professional knife under the guidance of a master blade-smith with over 50 years of experience. This hands-on workshop allows you to learn the art of knife making at your own pace, ensuring a personalized and enriching experience.
- 🔪 Create your own Damascus kitchen knife, choosing from styles like Santoku, Gyuto, Nakiri, and Bunka.
- ✍️ Enjoy step-by-step guidance from a master craftsman, ensuring you learn polishing, sharpening, engraving, and assembly techniques.
- 🥗 Delight in a delicious Japanese lunch featuring local fresh vegetables after completing your knife.
- 📜 Receive a signed certificate of completion to commemorate your unique experience.
- 🏛️ Visit the Knife Museum to see rare and unique knives from around the world, enriching your understanding of knife craftsmanship.
- 🚙 Licensed private transportation in a luxury vehicle is included for your convenience.
- 🌍 Experience Seki City, a historical center for sword making since the 13th century, known for its high-quality cutlery production.
- 🗣️ An English-speaking guide will provide support throughout your workshop and museum visits.
- 📅 The entire experience lasts approximately 5 hours, making it a perfect day trip from Kyoto, just 1.5–2 hours by train.
- 🎁 Receive a limited-time souvenir necklace as a special gift during your visit.
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Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour with Lunch & Blade Heritage
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 5 hours
- Personal instruction from a master knife craftsman with over 50 years of experience
- Japanese traditional cuisine with local fresh vegetables
- Full-size Damascus kitchen knife to complete and take home
- Hand-drawn blade design and Damascus etching
- Choice of Santoku, Gyuto, Nakiri, or Bunka, subject to availability
- Certificate of completion
- Polishing, sharpening, and test-cutting experience
- Licensed Private transportation in Luxury Vehicle
- English speaking guide and support
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.
Return details
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.
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Knife MuseumMake 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.
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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.
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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.
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Lunch at local Japanese restaurant
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Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour with Lunch & Blade Heritage 20% OFF
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
$239.98
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!