Make your own kitchen knife with a master blacksmith in Shimanto

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1 days
English, Japanese
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1 to 4 people

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In this activity you can experience traditional Japanese craft culture through “Kaji”. In a contemporary society that emphasizes digital networks, old handicraft techniques have become far from everyday life. You can experience blacksmith cutlery production as inherited from ancient times in Japan at “Tatara Iron & Steel Forging Workshop Kurogane,” surrounded by the Shimanto River area of Kochi Prefecture, with mountains and river wilderness in abundance. Imagine crafting your own knife or scissors from steel, using fire and ancient Japanese techniques. You can commemorate your wedding, or remember your trip, through engraving.

Make your own kitchen knife with a master blacksmith in Shimanto Highlights

Kitchen knife creation via ancient forging techniques, the experience of making a small knife.
Observation of the gradual change of steel material as the process progresses.
Lecture by knowledgeable and courteous English staff, tailored to you by the highly experienced by Prof. Hayashi.
Peace and solitude in Shimanto's wilderness.

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Get in touch with the essence of Japanese manufacturing in Shimanto's wilderness!

The workshop is in Kuchiyanai Village, in the middle of the Shimanto River middle basin, and you can relax leisurely in the river after losing yourself in the making of cutlery. If you are lucky, you may also be able to encounter deer, wild boar, monkeys and other wild animals. Please enjoy the unique experience of Japan from the heart of great nature.

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Training experience

Teaching in English

A set of equipment necessary for the experience (work clothes, protective glasses, raw materials, a set of tools)

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Lunch and drinks

Transportation expenses to the experience location



・Please come in clothes that you do not mind getting soiled.

・Since the temperature in the workshop will also rise from June to September in the summer, please bring some drinks.

・Depending on the number of people in the experience and the degree of refinement of the cutlery, we may send it after finishing at the workshop at a later date.

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