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Dear visitor, if you know the answer to this question, please post it. Thank you! Advice on Samurai theme itinerary 2009/10/15 My son loves Samurai n all the japanese carton stuff. We are coming to Tokyo on the 29th Nov till 12 Dec. We have 12 nites. Can some experts recommend how we split our days to see our interest. The kids want to see samurai and anime stuff and we want to see the culture. We are not interested in shopping n Disney. thanks by victor (guest)   unmissable destinations 2009/10/16 1day in Tokyo(Edo Tokyo Museum & Imperial palace) 1day in Nikko(Toshogu shrine and Edo Wonderland) 1day in Matsumoto at least 1day in Kyoto 1day side trip to Himeji castle 1day side trip to Hikone castle 1day side trip to Iga-Ueno(Ninja city) These are the must! by V (guest) rate this post as useful Nomura House 2009/10/16 Kanazawa has a Samurai district with one of the houses, Nomura House, open to the public. It has Samurai armour on display. Its a long way to go just for that though: Kanazawa has loads of other interesting things: see the link on this site. The national Museum in Ueno Park has a lot of Samurai items on display: armour, swords etc Himeji castle is currently under restoration To see Himeji, Hikone and Matsumoto you will spend a lot of time on trains: kids may be bored with too much travel: maybe chose one. Osaka Castle is easily accessible, but a concrete reconstruction: has some display by fmj rate this post as useful Samurai and Anime 2009/10/16 Samurai and Ninja theme sites in Honshu: Iga-ryu Ninja Museum, Iga-Ueno http://iganinja.jp/en/index.html http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4351.html Toei Uzumasa Eigamura Movie Land, Kyoto http://www.toei-eigamura.com/ http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3934.html Ise Azuchi Momoyama Bunka Mura (Edo Wonderland), Ise http://www.ise-bunkamura.co.jp/language/english.html http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e4305.html Edomura, Nikko http://www.edowonderland.net/ http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3879.html samurai and ninja experience http://hisexperience.jp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&Itemid=... Anime and Manga: Kobe Tetsujin Project http://www.kobe-tetsujin.com/ Ghibli Museum http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/ anime and manga shops: Nakano Broadway: http://bwy.jp/ Blister World Characters Store http://www.blister.jp/ Mandarake stores: http://www.mandarake.co.jp/en/shop by William5 rate this post as useful Hmm... 2009/10/16 Others have offered some great suggestions. Depending on the ages of the kids, you could combine the samurai interests and your own historical interests a little. Yogen-in temple in Kyoto and Saisou-tei in Kurashiki are interesting places, because you can see the blood stains from real seppuku. It's historical, but also "cool" enough that the kids may find it fun. It's one of the fascinations many people have with samurai. by Rabbityama rate this post as useful Seki 2009/10/16 I'm not sure if it's still the case, but at Seki in Gifu Prefecture, they used to have a Samurai Sword smithing demonstration on the first Sunday of the month at the Seki Sword Museum. So I suppose it's possible that there will be a demonstration of Samurai sword making on December 6th. Whatever the case, the museum is worth the visit. by Sandy (guest) rate this post as useful