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• Samurai

  Callum T,2026年6月21日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  This is an unbelievable tour , our guide Graeme was incredible, his knowledge was second to none and everything was explained in extensive detail. This tour included plenty of food specific to the region in the lead up to the temple. Our Samurai was amazingly skilled and took the time ro really go over every single movement and allowing time to perfect it. All together this is extraordinary, would recommend to anyone

  

  

  

• Fantastic tour of the temple and experience handling a katana

  theboywiththebombs,2026年5月8日

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  5.00

  I had an absolutely fantastic time. The tour with Tom was insightful and very informative. The samurai experience also very fun and I learned some basic sword movements. Personally for me it was a real eye opener. Sensei was great and very knowledgeable. I 100% recommend this tour and experience to anyone with an interest in Japanese history. Totally worth the money.

  

  

  

• Zenkoji, Samurai and Sake-matcha

  prachi p,2026年4月11日

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Amazing experience, our guide Kei was amazing. We experienced the Zenkoji temple, learn their customs and managed to catch an ongoing ceremony, then went on to sample the famous matcha icecream and try out different sake at the local brewery. The best part was learning samurai moves. How to draw your swords, attack and block in the full outfit. An experienced samurai master he made us travel back in time, we felt grand as samurai and are grateful for this wonderful experience which would not have been possible without our wonderful guide Kei. The best way to learn and appreciate culture with a local! Arigato gosaimasu Kei

• Don’t miss this experience!

  L1025EIdaniellew,2026年2月26日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Highly recommend!! The samurai experience was amazing - Kei sensei is a very kind, fun and detailed teacher. I really appreciated his willingness to review the specifics of each move and take the time to help me perfect the different movements covered in the class. It was such a cool and fun experience! And the location is great too. Tucked away in an old house, you really feel like you go back in time. My guide Tom was incredibly knowledge about the temple and history of the area (and all Japan!), which was a huge plus since this was my first stop on my trip. He taught me the significance of the various Shinto/Buddhist gods and even made time to show me how the temple stamps/goshuin work. He even went above and beyond by providing recs for the best oyaki buns in the city, transportation advice, and even provided insider recs for the rest of my time in Japan. So grateful!! Would honestly do this again if I come back to the area in the future (gotta further hone my samurai skills and show Kei sensei how much I’ve improved with more practice ;) ).

  

  

  

  

• Don’t miss this experience!

  Danielle W,2026年2月26日

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Highly recommend!! The samurai experience was amazing - Kei sensei is a very kind, fun and detailed teacher. I really appreciated his willingness to review the specifics of each move and take the time to help me perfect the different movements covered in the class. It was such a cool and fun experience! And the location is great too. Tucked away in an old house, you really feel like you go back in time. My guide Tom was incredibly knowledge about the temple and history of the area (and all Japan!), which was a huge plus since this was my first stop on my trip. He taught me the significance of the various Shinto/Buddhist gods and even made time to show me how the temple stamps/goshuin work. He even went above and beyond by providing recs for the best oyaki buns in the city, transportation advice, and even provided insider recs for the rest of my time in Japan. So grateful!! Would honestly do this again if I come back to the area in the future (gotta further hone my samurai skills and show Kei sensei how much I’ve improved with more practice ;) ).

• 10/10

  S1882ZFgerardl,2026年2月4日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Kei is a very knowledgeable man, the temple tour was very thorough, and he answered all my questions. The samurai experience was something I will never forget because of how good of a teacher he is. 10/10 would recommend

• Excellent experience,...

  Mauricio P,2026年1月22日

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Excellent experience, great walk and explanation around Nagano temples, and the Samurai experience is really enjoyable and a great learning experience

• Excellent activity to do in Nagano

  LAURIE p,2025年12月26日

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  The samaraii experience is amazing and Tom our guide was very informative and knowledgeable.Well worth the trip.

• Definitely do this!

  Susan H,2025年10月10日

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Absolutely loved the Samurai experience, Kei explained everything very carefully and we learnt a lot, Tom our guide was excellent had a huge amount of local knowledge and being Canadian could understand his English!