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All Reviews for Cultural Experiences in Tokyo
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Special Geisha Performance and Games in the Heart of Tokyo
Special geisha performance and games in the heart of Tokyo
Reviewed by: robert, 2017/11/25Special geisha performance and games in the heart of Tokyo. Very interesting.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/11/04 |
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Ninja Training at the Musashi Clan Honjin Dojo with an English Interpreter
Fascinating and fun!
Reviewed by: Seattle mom, 2017/11/16I took my kids (age 7.5 and 10) to a 2 hour ninja training class. We all had a blast!! Everyone was super nice and they really tailored the class lessons to the kid's ages. We all found it interesting and learned a lot. Our son particularly loved getting to use the throwing stars and blowdart gun! Their minds were blown! It was a great way to spend a morning! One of the highlights of our trip!
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/08 |
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Special Geisha Performance and Games in the Heart of Tokyo
Great introduction course
Reviewed by: Tip, 2017/11/11A great introduction to geisha experience. We got to see them dance, played games with them, taking photos with them for a really cheap price. Good deal!
Thank you very much for your message. We are very glad that you enjoyed our program. Time to Geisha is a short time travel to old Tokyo called Edo. We hope to welcome you again soon. Best regards,
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/04 |
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Ninja Training at the Musashi Clan Honjin Dojo with an English Interpreter
Amazing experience!
Reviewed by: Margarita, 2017/11/07It was incredible! Its a family owned business, where everyone is super caring and loyal to their craft! They are very serious during training, making sure we learn. We were provided the ninja costume and access to some weapons. We were greeted and well explained what to do by the owner.
It was interesting to learn the history, watch training process and see all weapons. By the way, all weapons handmade. thank you again for making this happen!
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/11/05 |
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【芸者さん／日本橋催行】芸者とお座敷遊び＋踊り鑑賞＋写真撮影 日本のおもてなしを東京で体験 ＜英語対応可／毎週土曜開催／室町＞
外国からのお客様のおもてなしに最適
Reviewed by: buda, 2017/10/23オーストラリアからのお客様をお連れしました。
椅子を用意いただいたので、彼らもゆっくり座って楽しめたようです。
ネイテイブの方からも英語で説明もあり、外国人にも楽しめる内容でした。
ゲーム性のあるお遊びも、とても分かりやすく楽しく、やや緊張気味だった雰囲気もすぐ和みました。
大変に清潔感あるお部屋で、日本の伝統文化に触れることができ、日本人の私たちも大いに楽しめました。
是非体験されることをおススメいたします。
この度はご参加を頂き、また、温かいメッセージを誠に有難うございます。
オーストラリアからのお客様にもお楽しみいただけましたようで、とても嬉しく存じます。
地下鉄の駅から直結したショッピングモールの中とは思えない本格的な和の空間で、ひと時、江戸時代の空気をお感じ頂けましたら幸いでございます。
同じ橋楽亭にて開催しております、きものレンタル着付けも、気軽に楽しめる日本文化としてご好評を頂いておりますので、ぜひそちらもご利用くださいませ。
またのご参加を心よりお待ち申し上げております。
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2017/10/07 |
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Modern Tea Ceremony in Ginza with Tea Bowl and Whisk Set to Take Home
Tea ceremony
Reviewed by: Fiona , 2017/10/19Thanks it was really good. I enjoyed learning about the ceremony and tradition. Now I'm home i can make it properly.
Thank you very much for joining us. We are very glad that you have an interest in Tea Ceremony. Please have a relaxing and refreshing tea time with your own green tea set, and also try a more traditional tear ceremony in Japanese tea room at your next visit. Best regards, Shinnichiya
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/10/12 |
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Dynamic Traditional Taiko Japanese Drumming Lesson in Tokyo
Fun experience with a great workout!
Reviewed by: Solo Sam Takes Japan, 2017/10/18Having signed up for the session two days before, I had no idea what to expect. I was running 20 minutes late for my appointment but the instructors were very flexible. With a full class of 7-10 local veterans, I was quickly brought to speed on the side with my own complimentary routine and my own personal instructor. He didn't speak much English and I didn't speak much Japanese, but we got a long perfectly and for the next hour and half I learned all the basics on how to strike a Taiko drum. This is definitely a class I'd recommend to anyone looking for a unique experience and a fun workout! Yes, I said workout, so make sure you bring the right clothes, don't wear jeans like I did whoops!
Thank you for your review.
We strive to make many people know Taiko.
I am sorry that I can not speak English.
Also please come if you have the opportunity.
Thank you.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/09/15 |
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Authentic Sumo Wrestler Morning Practice Viewing in Tokyo
Amazing experience
Reviewed by: Ellen, 2017/10/13The tour was easily organised and provided a unique opportunity to witness the training stables. I was unable to attend a tournament, but feel this was better, due to being so close to the wrestlers and witnessing the intensity, which may not be obaerved from a distance.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/10/11 |
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Fun Sumie Ink Painting Lesson in Tokyo with English Speaking Instructor
Sumie Ink Painting
Reviewed by: McKenzie family, 2017/10/10Yuta was an engaging and insightful teacher, who speaks English very well. Very good with our kids and with a great motto that there are no mistakes in Sumie art, just personal expression. Thank you for this fun activity and lessons. We have already bought brushes, ink, a cloth and paper to continue learning more.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2017/10/07 |
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Dynamic Traditional Taiko Japanese Drumming Lesson in Tokyo
Taiko drum lessons for children
Reviewed by: Cate, 2017/10/03Our 5 year old son really enjoyed this Taiko drum lesson!
Thank you for your review.
I am glad that your son enjoyed the lesson.
I am waiting for the next visit.
Thank you.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2017/09/30 |
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Convenient Kimono Rental and Dress-up Studio in Asakusa
Tokyo 2017
Reviewed by: Ms. Little-Bradley, 2017/09/26The place was easy to locate. The Kimono was Beautiful and treasonably priced. I enjoyed the experience and took lots of pictures.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/09/24 |
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【芸者さん／日本橋催行】芸者とお座敷遊び＋踊り鑑賞＋写真撮影 日本のおもてなしを東京で体験 ＜英語対応可／毎週土曜開催／室町＞
Amazing experience
Reviewed by: Cana, 2017/09/19It was really nice! We enjoyed to watch dancing. After they teach us some games and we did games. It was difficult but super fun!
If you have tim better to go, it is such an amazing experience!
Dear Cana,
Thank you very much for your message. We are very glad that you enjoyed Time to Geisha.
As you mentioned, our Time to Geisha is not only viewing but also to do games, and you will feel the air of old Tokyo "EDO".
We hope you to visit again soon.
Best regards,
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| Activity Date: | 2017/09/16 |
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Fun Sumie Ink Painting Lesson in Tokyo with English Speaking Instructor
Amazing experience!
Reviewed by: William, 2017/09/17I would highly recommend taking this class. I love sumi-e ink paintings from before, for their graphic powerful qualities. Back home I had painted a bit from before, making myself familiar with the medium and some techniques - but - this was exactly the sort of introduction I was hoping for.
The teacher was super friendly, helpful and fun. He thought me different techniques to use, stories about how sumi-e came to Japan, and the philosophy behind the art form. Our talks were super inspiring and I know I will take up painting once I'm back home again later this year. There, all my washi papers will await me, bought in Tokyo at a great art store I got directions to after the class.
Really, thank you!
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/08/31 |
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【着物・浴衣レンタル】雷門徒歩2分！下町情緒溢れる浅草で着物散策＜着付け・ヘアセット込／人力車割引券付き／浅草＞by サクラフォトスタジオ
おすすめです。
Reviewed by: タイスキ, 2017/09/11外国の友人にサプライズでプレゼントしましたがとてもよろこんでいました。
場所も分かりやすく着物の種類も豊富でおすすめです。
ご来店誠にありがとうございます。お友達にも喜んでいただけて大変私たちも嬉しく思います。
ぜひまたのご来店お待ちいたしております。
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| Activity Date: | 2017/09/09 |
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Dynamic Traditional Taiko Japanese Drumming Lesson in Tokyo
Great Fun!
Reviewed by: Anka, 2017/09/01I had such a great time in the company of lovely people and learnt so much in just one lesson. Doing Taiko Drumming is also great workout ! I strongly recommend it to whoever is interested in more hands-on experiences of Japanese culture!
Review update!
After the first lesson I attended 3 more workshops. I would have signed up for more but unfortunately my stay in Japan was coming to an end. A big big Thank you to everyone!
Thank you for your review!
I am happy that you enjoyed it.
Taiko should spread to more people!
Hougaku Academy
Inagaki
Thank you for coming to the trial lesson.
If you come to Japan again, please come to the trial lesson.
Thank you.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/08/21 |
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Fun Sumie Ink Painting Lesson in Tokyo with English Speaking Instructor
Great hands-on cultural experience!
Reviewed by: Anka, 2017/09/01I strongly recommend this workshop to whoever is interested in more hands-on experiences of Japanese culture! It's definitely suitable for all ages and abilities. The instructor is such a friendly and communicative person. The workshop was, as we expected, very hands-on as we did a lot of painting using different traditional techniques. Moreover, we learnt so much about the sumie painting and its role in the Japanese culture. A big thank you for this enriching cultural experience!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/08/26 |
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Elegant Tea Ceremony at Warakuan Teahouse in Tokyo
Interesting and Informative in Comfortable Sized Japanese Formal Setting
Reviewed by: Coville's, 2017/08/27My son and I enjoyed the Formal Instruction by a Certified Tea Ceremony Expert and his wife speaking in Japanese and their older daughter translating for us. We were greeted at their gate, led to their front business door and switched from our street shoes to their special sandals and directed into an informal Japanese meeting room with a tatami mat and small floor table where we put on their special one-toed white socks and then their sandals. We then went over several sheets of their English/Japanese explanations of each of the steps of the tea ceremony explaining words that are spoken and responses that are given. There is a lot of symbolism and purpose for each movement throughout the ceremony; specific movement and placement of the handheld fans, preparation with tea scoop and whipping utensils, and finally the making of the teas themselves. The ancient tea bowls used are passed down in the family through generations. The Tea Master picks a theme for each ceremony and chooses three items to depict that theme in a special section of the room (rooms can vary in size and roof height--commonly low ceilings required scooting into the room on your knees on the tatami mats and scooting around to the themed wall) and then you scoot to your tea position lifting yourself with the flat part of your fisted hand and then sitting with your lower legs under you bottom. The tea is brewed over a small pot of special wood in the corner of the room. When completed we exited and reviewed the ceremony back in the community room we started in and they answered our questions as best as they could with their daughter's translation. It was a very personal experience.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/08/02 |
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Samurai Experience at the Musashi Clan Honjin Dojo in Tokyo
Excellent experience that was one of the trip's highlights
Reviewed by: philb, 2017/08/18Went with my grandson and we both participated in this instructional activity. Excellent instructor who is the grandson of a real samurai. Training involved many activities from breathing to fighting. The staff of 2 that worked with him and us were well informed and provided great support. All in all a terrific experience that we will long remember. Highly recommended.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2017/08/16 |
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
Great experience and beautiful pictures!
Reviewed by: Adele, 2017/08/13I had a really good time meeting Hiroshi and learning more about Asakusa and the Japanese culture. It was really nice wearing the kimono and the ladies at the studio did such a pretty hairstyle for me. The photos came out great. I am very happy I did this.
Thank you for such a wonderful comment. And, we all were very pleased and honored to have you over our studio. We expect we can meet you sometime again!
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/07/17 |
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
Amazing experience
Reviewed by: Delphine , 2017/08/07This was an amazing experience. The staff is so nice and speaks English and did an awesome job. It's not cheap but make sure to also do the make up and have someone to take pictures. While wandering around in Asakusa, people will look at you amazed and amused. This is really unique!
Hello, Delphine Thank you so much for a nice comment. We were very happy and honor to have you over our shop! We provide you with fabulous photos by our studio`s photographer, and we also have a makeup artist as well. We look forward to serving you with those next time. See you again! Best regards,
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/08/04 |
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
Awesome experience!!
Reviewed by: Esther Feng, 2017/07/08Really felt like I was part of the Japanese culture!! They let you pick out the kimono and then help style your hair in a really pretty way to match your kimono with a cute hair accessory :) definitely would try again next time I'm in japan
Hello, Esther Feng.
Thank you so much for a splendid comment!
Our service could not be better for the customers, like, you felt you were part of the Japanese culture.
We are very so happy to hear that!
Thank you so much.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2017/07/07 |
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Origami Paper Folding Class in Traditional Asakusa
Highly recommended
Reviewed by: Jen, 2017/06/30This was a great class. The instructor was very friendly and spoke English really well. My husband and I did this class for our 1 year wedding anniversary and we both loved it. Highly recommend this class.
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
Explored Asakusa and Senso-ji Temple in a Kimono!
Reviewed by: Anna, 2017/06/12Newfound respect for the ladies who had to wear kimonos on a daily basis back in the day! I didn't know the prep was so tedious. It was both surprisingly fun and tiring to walk in a kimono. We ate street food, shopped around Orange St and walked to Senso-ji Temple while we were wearing them. We were lucky that the place where we rented it from had actual silk kimonos instead of polyester because it was a very hot Sunday afternoon. Would recommend this experience to first time Tokyo visitors!
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| Activity Date: | 2017/05/21 |
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Ninja Training at the Musashi Clan Honjin Dojo with an English Interpreter
Well worth it!
Reviewed by: Ray, 2017/05/28We were worried that the experience would be cheesy but walked away impressed. Gave a little history, translator was good, and had fun with the 5 techniques.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/05/26 |
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
So that's how it feels like! :)
Reviewed by: John Paul, 2017/05/24I was the only guy in the room! Why did it felt like I'm the only one who tried to wear it that day, haha! But I guess it's not a bad thing? :D Wearing the Kimono in public feels a little bit awkward at first, but as we go on, it feels fine. Maybe one of the most unforgettable experiences I had :)
Thank you for coming to our studio. We will have more variety kinds of kimonos for male as well. Please come to our shop again!
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| Activity Date: | 2017/05/21 |
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
Kimono Dress-up
Reviewed by: Sheila, 2017/05/23I didn't enjoy this tour. I didn't expect that I had to strip off my clothes in a space (with just a cloth as a door) with other strangers. Wearing the kimono was uncomfortable. It was heavy and complicated to wear (and take off). That particular day was also hot, so I was all sweaty and uneasy while walking outside. Good thing about this tour was the friendly staff at the Sakura Photo Studio.
We appreciate customers who let us know when things are not right. We are sorry you did not feel good with wearing kimono. Kimono is traditional wear that people need to put those in patience because of process to wear and with lots of layer clothes sometimes. Lots of people understand that. We are sorry for dressing room curtain. Extreme expression, `you had to strip off with other guests`? We never treat customers like that, anyways. We let our staff this issue notice as a serious warning if some of our staff treat you like that.
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| Activity Date: | 2017/05/21 |
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
Highly recommend
Reviewed by: JJC, 2017/05/22Good and efficient service. Staffs are very helpful. It is definitely one of the highlights for our Tokyo trip. Must try activity.
Thank you for great comment! We are looking forward to having you over here in Tokyo again!
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| Activity Date: | 2017/05/19 |
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Wear Kimono in Asakusa with a Rental Dress Up Experience in Tokyo
Amazing Experience
Reviewed by: Luisa, 2017/05/22It was great and service was great. Location is good so that you can go and take pictures with amazing scenarios!! :)
Thank you very much for the comment. We expect you to come to our shop again!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2017/04/25 |
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Kimono Rental and Kimono Dressing in Nihonbashi
Dress Up
Reviewed by: Allan S, 2017/05/22We had such a good time. Thank you so much. You were great.
Thank youvery much for your warm message. We are very glad that you enjoyed wearing KIMONO! In summer time, we a different type of KIMONO called YUKATA, which is made of cotton, so we are looking forward to welcome you again in near future. Best regeards,
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| Activity Date: | 2017/05/06 |
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Fun Sumie Ink Painting Lesson in Tokyo with English Speaking Instructor
It was really worth !
Reviewed by: Bertrand, 2017/05/21Very friendly, cool, and yet very professional teacher.
As I was alone on that course, my wife (who is japanese) was also welcome to stay and join the course.
We learnt many things about the history of Sumi-e, while we were practicing.
The teacher has a lot of humour. It was a very good experience, and a good combination between fun and concentration.
I really recommand, not only to beginners.
Arigato gozaimasu !
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| Activity Date: | 2017/05/13 |
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Thank you very much for your message. We are very glad that you enjoyed Time to Geisha.
As you mentioned, our Time to Geisha is not only viewing but also joining games as well, and it is held in a very convenient location for travellers.
We hope you to visit again in near future.
Best regards,