Skip the lines Basic Ticket at SAMURAI NINJA MUSEUM KYOTO

Immerse yourself in Kyoto’s rich shogunate history at the Samurai & Ninja Museum. Experience the thrill of wearing samurai armor, mastering the katana, and throwing ninja stars. Book your tour now!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • SAMURAI & NINJA MUSEUM with EXPERIENCE - Guided tour about samurai, ninja,

Samurai armor trial with a katana, samurai sword (optional)

Ninja star throw

*Activities are subject to change due to the coronavirus situation.

What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Samurai costume
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

Samurai and Kyoto have always been associated throughout history. From the early Heian period to the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate the samurai and ninja always roamed the streets of Kyoto. Now they are back! The samurai and ninja museum brings back the history and helps you to have a glimpse of these heroes’ glorious lives. What is more, you can have a hands on experience including wearing a real samurai armor, taking a katana lesson, doing a shuriken (ninja star) throw and using a ninja fukiya all in one place, all included in the tour.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
SAMURAI & NINJA MUSEUM with EXPERIENCE
292 Higashi Daimonjicho, Nakagyo-Ku, Utano koji Building 2F
Cancellation Policy

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

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Amy_l
Jul 30, 2024
Fun way to learn about sumurai - Fun way to learn about the history of samurais. Our guide was funny and engaging. The museum is quite small split over 2 levels in a shopping arcade. We had the chance to try throwing plastic replicas of ninja stars and photo op with costumes and a backdrop.
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Dave_a
Jun 30, 2024
Fun - The young man giving the your was great The history was told with passion The star throwing was also a great addition
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Lauragc2058ik
Jun 27, 2024
Very entertaining! - We had a great time with friendly and informative hosts. We enjoyed the mixture of history, dressing up as Samurai, and throwing ninja stars.
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Neleshm
Jun 9, 2024
Must do - The Museum is definitely worth visiting and doesn't take very long to do roughly 2 hours altogether. My family and I had a fantastic time at the Museum and later dressing up in the Samurai costumes !!! The Museum with the basic ticket is really good value for money. Thank you from Nelesh and family.
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Pam_b
Jun 2, 2024
Dressing up - The museum was quite hard to find, thank goodness for the directions within the app or I think we would have never have found it. Your was great with added dress ups.
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Sheila_b
Jun 30, 2024
Fun experience - Our tour ( I forgot his name)guide did an amazing explanation about the history of Ninja. His good he knows what his doing. Fun experience.
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Hoang_d
Jul 25, 2024
So so experience - Learning history of Samurai was good but that’s it. The costume to wear wasn’t good , old cloth and broken Katana , rush through when it’s crowded. Not recommended if you expect more.
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Peluna1
Jun 15, 2024
More appearance than substance… Use time differently… - More show than substance...we had hoped for more. Unfortunately it was more for children than for adults...dressing up, etc... It would have been nice to see and hear more about the Samurai & Ninja...for example, fight scenes, the way of life, etc.
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Trailblazer816829
Aug 3, 2024
Ripoff and total lack of respect for a paying audience! - This was tragic! This cannot be called a MUSEUM, it is a kind of exhibition with very few artefacts and some posters. At the start we were ushered into a room that kept getting fuller and fuller, even a few minutes after the "guide" had started talking, people came in and there were then 30 people in this cramped room. This ruined both the focus and the experience. The venue was cramped and inappropriate for both the number of people and the activity, you get the feeling of something temporary and frivolous! The so-called guide was more concerned with looking at the clock and pushing people through a mess of an installation than giving a quality experience, much like when you need to get something bad you've eaten out of your gut. As an activity we got to throw some rubber ninja stars into a worn styrofoam sheet from a distance of 2 meters and at the end we could put on some cosplay neoprene suits to look like warriors. These "costumes", helmets and swords were so worn and used that it felt like an insult to put them on and mess around! A minimum of respect must be shown by this "museum" to a paying public!! Ripoff and total lack of respect for a paying audience. We had moderate and open expectations, but think even small children see through this tragic enterprise! Dear readers, spend your time and money on anything but this!!!
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Nikolauber
Aug 2, 2024
Lame and overpriced - Not worth the hefty ticket price tag at all. Takes only about 35 minutes to have the 'experience' which consists of listening to other visitors having a guess at which of the five displayed armours is the most precious/ancient etc one. Plus a silly ribber knife throwing competition. Only superficial historical explanations which you caould get for free in a 5 minute read on Wikipedia. A giant rip off.
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