Kyoto: Sharpen or Customize Your Own Japanese Kitchen Knife

4.9(208)1 hFree cancellationBy Viyago

About this activity

Make your Kyoto souvenir personal: choose, sharpen, and take home your own Japanese kitchen knife in Arashiyama, with free initial engraving in either workshop.

Choose Beginner to learn sharpening with an everyday knife and a pre-attached plastic handle; wooden handle customization and coloring are optional paid upgrades. Choose Custom to select your blade and handle, sharpen the blade, and fit the handle—all included.

Step-by-step instructor guidance and all workshop tools make both options welcoming to beginners. This is hands-on sharpening and assembly, not forging from raw steel.

What's included

✓Blade and handle selection, and handle fitting (Custom workshop)
✓Step-by-step guidance from the instructor
✓Use of all workshop tools and equipment
✓Free initial engraving (both workshops)
✓Japanese kitchen knife (Beginner: everyday knife with a pre-attached plastic handle)
✓Finished Japanese knife to take home
✓Knife sharpening experience
✓Choice of several kitchen knife styles (both workshops)

Not included

✕Optional wooden handle customization and coloring (paid upgrades in Beginner)

Meeting and pickup

We are located on the 2nd floor. Please come up using the stairs on the side of the building.

Good to know

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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