Seki Knife Making Day Tour: Knife Making, Lunch & Blade Heritage

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About this activity

Go beyond a simple knife-sharpening or engraving workshop. Create your own full-size Damascus Japanese kitchen knife through polishing, hand-drawn blade design, etching, sharpening, and test cutting with guidance from a master craftsman with over 50 years of experience.

Your handwritten name, message, symbol, or small artwork becomes part of the finished blade through the etching process. Your design is revealed together with the beautiful Damascus pattern.

In Seki, one of Japan’s most historic Sword Town —you will complete your own Damascus kitchen knife, enjoy a local Japanese lunch, and discover the culture behind Japanese blades.

Choose from Santoku, Gyuto, Nakiri, or Bunka, depending on availability.

Each guest is guided step by step at their own pace, making the experience suitable even for beginners. At the end, test the sharpness of your finished knife on fresh vegetables and take home both your Damascus knife and a deeper appreciation of Seki’s blade-making tradition.

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At a glance

Duration: 5 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 5 people
People per booking: 1–5
Guide: English
Operated by: MOST JAPAN

Ages: Adults (18–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Hands-on polishing, hand-drawn blade design, Damascus etching, sharpening, and test cutting
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Licensed transportation driver in Luxury Vehicle
Included: Certificate of completion
Included: Choice of Santoku, Gyuto, Nakiri, or Bunka, subject to availability
Included: Lunch: Japanese traditional cuisine with local fresh vegetables
Included: Full-size Damascus kitchen knife to complete and take home
Included: Personal instruction from a master knife craftsman with over 50 years of experience
Included: English-speaking guide and support throughout the tour

Itinerary

Knife Museum

2 hours Admission included

Make Your Own Samurai Knife at the Knife Museum in Seki city, Gifu pref. You can see several kind of rare and unique knives all over the world. You can have experience for making your own knife with craftsman as your treasure of Japanese memory.

G.SAKAI is a leadingJapanese knife producer with trade partners all over the world. The variety of their products and their high-quality knives have been acknowledged by many customers around the globe, in fact they exhibited at the Milan trade fair "Salone del Mobile Milano"in 2017-the global benchmark event for the furnishing and design sector. G.SAKAI's knives are now used in various professional fields, such as cookery, hunting, outdoor sports, and even military training.

In this activity, you will visit the Knife Museum just next to G.SAKAI's factory. There you will see interesting rare items and exhibits from all over the world. You will construct your own knife in the atelier by assembly, polishing, sharpening, and writing your name.
Stop 2

one hour Admission included

Lunch at local Japanese restaurant
Stop 3

one hour Admission included

Visit at Swordsmith Museum, you can learn deeply Samurai and Japanese swords history in Japan.

Seki City in Gifu Prefecture developed as a major center for Sword making as early as the 13th century thanks to rich deposits of iron sand in the local Nagara River. During the Edo period, there were several hundred blacksmiths producing a large number of Samurai Swords and Knives.
Stop 4

30 min

Seki City in Gifu is one of the three cutlery-producing regions in the world and boasts the highest cutlery production volume in Japan. Seki's cutlery has inherited skills and techniques with tradition of more than 700 years. Even today, it continues to produce high-quality blades rich in functionality and design by interesting traditional techniques with the latest technology. You might also find something new here.

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

We will pickup Sekitomioka Station of Nagara River Train nearest transportation from Knife Museum in Seki City.

Our driver will wait for you in front of station at 10:08AM when is arriving time of train.

End point

We will pickup Sekitomioka Station of Nagara River Train nearest transportation from Knife Museum in Seki City.

Our driver will wait for you in front of station at 10:08AM when is arriving time of train.

Pickup points

We will pick you up at Sekitomioka Station on the Nagaragawa Railway at 10:08 AM, when the train arrives. Our driver will be waiting in front of the station and will take you to the Knife Museum by car.