A guided hour on Rokkaku-dori, a sword session in its dojo, and a ninja class for small children at a second address.
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Type: Museum tour
Type: Sword class with museum
Type: Ninja class for children
The Samurai Ninja Museum sits on Rokkaku-dori, a short walk from Nishiki Market, and its guided tour is the shortest session on this site at one hour. You can book the guided tour on its own, add an hour of sword practice in the museum dojo, or send children from age 3 to a ninja class that runs in a different building.
Same museum, different rooms and addresses. Check the address column before you set off.
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Samurai Ninja Museum Guided Tour Samurai Ninja Museum Kyoto | Guided tour in English, soft armour for photos, shuriken | 1 h | Up to 30 | Not stated | 109 Horinoue-cho, Rokkaku-dori | ★ 4.7 (657) | $23per person | Book now |
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Sword Experience with Museum Ticket Samurai Ninja Museum Kyoto | Dojo practice with wooden and metal sword, guided tour, shuriken | 2 h | Up to 22 | 7 for the dojo | 109 Horinoue-cho, Rokkaku-dori | ★ 4.6 (73) | $69per person | Book now |
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Child-Friendly Ninja Class Samurai Ninja Museum Kyoto | Ninja outfit, blowgun, shuriken contest | 2 h | Up to 20 | 3 | Utanokoji Building 2F, 292 Higashidaimonji-cho | ★ 4.9 (16) | $46per person | Book now |
Per-person prices are loaded from GetYourGuide and include taxes and booking fees. Paid extras such as the kunai at the forging class are not part of the price shown.
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An hour with an English-speaking guide, soft armour to try on and shuriken throwing.
A guided tour in English through the Samurai Ninja Museum on Rokkaku-dori near Nishiki Market. You try on soft armour for photos and throw shuriken. Groups can be up to 30 people, and the product page lists the tour as wheelchair accessible.
The museum uses a second address in Kyoto for its hands-on classes, and the same brand runs venues in Tokyo. Check the address on your ticket.
109 Horinoue-cho, Nakagyo ward (Rokkaku-dori, near Nishiki Market).
Details as the studio lists them on its booking page; points it leaves open are marked as not stated in our tables.
Dojo practice with a wooden and a metal sword, plus the museum tour and shuriken.
Two hours at the Samurai Ninja Museum: dojo training with a wooden and a metal sword, a guided museum tour and shuriken throwing. Groups can be up to 22.
Children under 7 are not allowed in the dojo, babies included.
109 Horinoue-cho, Nakagyo ward (Samurai Ninja Museum).
Details as the studio lists them on its booking page; points it leaves open are marked as not stated in our tables.
Ninja outfit, blowgun and a shuriken contest. Open from age 3.
Children put on a ninja outfit, try the blowgun and compete at shuriken throwing. The class runs on the second floor of the Utanokoji Building, not at the museum address. Groups can be up to 20.
With a minimum age of 3 it suits the youngest guests. One reviewer found it aimed at children more than at adults.
Utanokoji Building 2F, 292 Higashidaimonji-cho.
Details as the studio lists them on its booking page; points it leaves open are marked as not stated in our tables.
The guided tour and the sword session start at the museum itself, 109 Horinoue-cho in Nakagyo ward, on Rokkaku-dori. The child-friendly ninja class does not. It runs on the second floor of the Utanokoji Building at 292 Higashidaimonji-cho. Read the address on the ticket, not the museum name.
The same museum brand also runs venues in Shinjuku and Asakusa in Tokyo, and the Kyoto product pages warn guests not to go there by mistake. Check that your ticket says Kyoto.
On the guided hour you try on soft armour for photos and throw shuriken. The armour is a costume version, lighter than the real armour you wear on the Daimyo samurai walk.
The two-hour sword session adds practice in the dojo, first with a wooden sword and then with a metal one, before the museum tour and shuriken. Children under 7 cannot enter the dojo, and the rule includes babies. Groups can be up to 22.
The product page allows groups of up to 30, and reviewers mention other groups in the building at the same time. One guest who had expected a small group counted 15 to 20 people. Another found the guide hard to understand and the tour shorter than the listed hour.
All three product pages carry the label wheelchair accessible but say nothing about the entrance, a lift or the dojo floor, and the ninja class takes place on a second floor. Ask through the booking page before you rely on step-free access.
The child-friendly ninja class is the session with the lowest minimum age on this site. Children dress in a ninja outfit, try a blowgun and compete at shuriken throwing for two hours, in groups of up to 20. One reviewer found it aimed at children more than at adults. Older children who want more can look at the other ninja sessions in Kyoto, which start at 5.
On the guided hour, one three-star guest found the guide hard to understand and the tour short, at about 40 minutes, and a two-star guest expected a group of four and counted 15 to 20; the product page allows up to 30. At the sword session a three-star guest had expected to watch a demonstration rather than dress up and do the moves himself, which is how the dojo hour works.
“Love the tour. way more interesting the National Museum if you like Samurai and Ninja. Guide, Mami, gave very good interactions with the group.”
“We had a great time in the Dojo playing with the wooden and metal swords. We also learnt so much on the museum tour about the history of the Samurai class.”
“Our guide for the experience was Tao, he spoke great English and was very experienced and fun as well. It was interesting to learn the basics of Japanese swordsmanship …”
“Tao was a fantastic tour guide and did great with such a large group! he was knowledgeable and friendly. the ninja experience was great fun! itvwas fun yo rnjoy putting on replica armour and have ourvohotos taken. My only suggestion would be to stagger the tours a little …”
“Was very hard to understand our guide. … The tour probably only lasted about 40 minutes and felt rushed. The experience as a whole was good.”
“It was said the group is mad 4 people we were around 15-20.”
“It is not exactly what I expected and from the faces of the others in the group nor did they I expected a samurai demonstration. Not to be getting dressed up and actually doing the damn demonstration It was fun but the description of the event probably needs a tweak. …”
Reviews written by guests after their session, from GetYourGuide.
At 109 Horinoue-cho in Nakagyo ward, on Rokkaku-dori near Nishiki Market. The child-friendly ninja class uses a different address: Utanokoji Building 2F, 292 Higashidaimonji-cho.
The guided tour is listed at one hour. The sword session with museum ticket and the ninja class for children each take two hours.
On the guided tour you try on soft armour for photos. For real, heavy armour, the samurai walk by Daimyo near Sanjo is the session to look at.
Not in the dojo. Children under 7, babies included, are not allowed in. The ninja class takes children from 3, and the guided tour states no minimum age.
All three product pages are labelled wheelchair accessible, without further detail. The ninja class runs on the second floor of a different building, so ask through the booking page about step-free access before you book.
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