Becoming Miyamoto Musashi, the Invincible Samurai in Kumamoto

【DETAILS】
The world famous samurai “Miyamoto Musashi” is the strongest samurai in Japan, and is said to have never been defeated. Miyamoto Musashi spent his later years in Kumamoto and wrote the “Book of Five Rings” in a cave called “Reigan-do” in Kumamoto City, and completed his own style “Niten Ichiryu”.

Miyamoto Musashi has the following two features:

(1) He was a samurai that pursued artisticity. He thought that improving artisticity was important for polishing swordsmanship, and created various works of art. Ink paintings and "tsuba" (metal fittings attached to the sword) created by Miyamoto Musashi are stored at the Shimada Museum of Art in Kumamoto City.

(2) He mastered his swordsmanship to protect the house and the lord. As the times shifted from the Sengoku period, the era of war, to the Edo period, when peace was sought, he tried not only to win, but to protect. This kind of swordsmanship and spirituality are inherited as “Iaido”.

Itinerary

【OUTLINE】
A 90-minutes plan to learn authentic laido (japanese martial art) from a teacher who inherits the teachings of Miyamoto Musashi. With this plan, you will not only experience being a samurai, but also learn the spirituality of the samurai. At the end, you will receive a “Certificate of Completion of Training” with your name written on it and a Japanese “hand towel” as a souvenir

【HIGHLIGHT】
・You can learn “Bushido” from a teacher who inherits “Niten Ichiryu”, the style of the strongest samurai in Japan, “Miyamoto Musashi”.
・You can learn about the spirituality of Iaido while having matcha and Japanese sweets.
・You can hold and use a real sword.
・A “Certificate of Completion of Training” with your name on it and a Japanese “hand towel” will be presented to you at the end.
・The Kumamoto Castle is nearby, so you can enjoy the plan as well as see the Kumamoto Castle.

Stop At:

• Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu