Workshops, Classes, Shopping and Day Trips
Every Knife Making Option in Tokyo, Compared
Every knife product this site covers: sharpening and engraving workshops in Asakusa, a two-hour sharpening class, a knife-skills sushi class, Narita, Kappabashi shopping tours, and day trips to Tsubame-Sanjo, Seki and Kyoto. Prices, ratings and review counts come from the booking platform.
Authentic knife making experience at a blacksmith in Kyoto
Kendo Experience's three-hour session at a studio in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto: heat raw iron in a furnace, hammer it into a blade, then sharpen and polish a 13-15 cm knife to take home.
From Nagoya: Seki Damascus Knife Making Day Tour
MOST JAPAN's private day from Nagoya Station to Seki: finish, sharpen and engrave a prepared Damascus blade with a master craftsman, with lunch, and take the knife home that day.
From Tokyo: Tsubame-Sanjo Copper & Knife Workshop Day
PAK LAND's private 13-hour day from your Tokyo hotel to Tsubame-Sanjo: hammer a copper cup at Gyokusendo and heat and sharpen a small blade at Sanjo Kajidojo. You take both home.
Japanese Knife Craft & Sharpening Workshop in Asakusa
Traveling Tokyo's 40-minute session in Asakusa: shape and refine a Japanese knife on traditional whetstones with bilingual instructors, then take the knife and its handle home.
Japanese Knife Making Workshop (Sharpening, Engraving)
BAC's workshop in Asakusa: choose a ready-made blade, sharpen it on whetstones, engrave the handle and hammer it on. You take the knife home gift-packed, with a key-holder.
Japanese Knife Skills & Tuna Don/Sushi Workshop in Tokyo
A two-hour Tokyo class by the Japan Kappo-do Association: a sashimi demo, your own slicing, a whetstone lesson, then tuna zuke-don or sushi with miso soup. You take home the skills and a certificate.
Kappabashi Knife & Kitchen Town Tour with Licensed Guide
Japan Guide Agency's private four-hour tour with a licensed guide, starting in central Tokyo: Tsukiji market, then Kappabashi's knife and kitchen shops. Purchases are your own.
Narita: Sharpen Your Own Japanese Knife and Take It Home
About an hour at Miyabi, a short walk from Narita Station: sharpen Japanese kitchen knives on a whetstone, test them on cucumber, and take them home in a free case.
Seki, Gifu : Mitsuboshi Cutlery Kitchen Knife Factory Tour
Mitsuboshi Cutlery's 40-minute tour at its Seki factory, reached by public transport or car: a lecture, the factory floor and the showroom. Nothing is made; knives can be bought on site.
Seki: Create Your Own Hand-Designed Damascus Japanese Knife
MOST JAPAN's workshop from Sekitomioka Station at the G. Sakai Knife Museum: polish, hand-draw, etch and sharpen a Damascus blade, then take the full-size knife home the same day.
Tokyo: Asakusa to Kappabashi Japanese Knife Tour
NipponGo's three-hour walk from Kaminarimon past Senso-ji and Nakamise, with lunch, to 3-4 Kappabashi knife stores and help choosing a knife. Any knife you take home is bought separately.
Tokyo: Japanese Knife Craft Workshop (Sharpening)
Traveling Tokyo's one-hour sharpening workshop in a Tokyo studio, capped at 10: learn the materials and tools, sharpen and refine a blade, and leave with the knife.
Tokyo: Kappabashi Kitchen Town & Buy a Real Japanese Knife
Yamaguchi Motors' private four-hour Kappabashi tour from your central Tokyo hotel: steel, bevels, free-sharpening shops and packing. You take home only what you choose to buy.
Traditional Japanese Knife Sharpening Class in Tokyo
Taimatsu's two-hour class from 1-9-8 Nishiasakusa: steel types, whetstones of several grits and a demonstration, then you sharpen and test your own knife and take it home.
Tsubame Sanjo Fruit Knife Making Tour with Licensed Guide
Japan Guide Agency's six-hour private tour starting in Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata: a factory tour and fruit-knife session at Tojiro, where you polish and assemble the knife you take home.
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