Sakai Traditional Crafts Museum and Knife Shop
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This is THE place to learn about, adore, and buy knives in Japan. They have a significant and very lovely section of knives from local Sakai knife makers. Other crafts exhibited are incense, textiles and seaweed. But the knives. They are gorgeous and modestly priced - especially in comparison to what you’ll find at “specialised” knife stores in the major cities of Japan. This place remains competitive on pricing, despite not offering the tax-free shopping incentives that others might. Tower, Seisuke and others have got nothing on this place. Customer service is impeccable and delivered with the utmost care and respect. Purchased knives for just over ¥100000 and am looking forward to doing it again when we visit next time. If you like or love knives - make the detour to this place. You can thank me afterwards.
Damian HustedDamian Husted
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If you are enthusiastic about Japanese craftsmanship of knives, this is definitely the place to go. There is free admission and the exhibition is on the upper levels. The right side has information about the cloth producing history in Sakai and the left side has lots of displays of different types of knives. There was a lovely man at the upper level making sure we were okay during our visit. On the ground floor is where you can purchase souvenirs one side and they have the knives on sale on the other side. The knives displayed are from different knife makers from around the area. There was a workshop where the master sharpens knives too so there’s the knife sharpening service available. The ladies at the shop let us roam around but also didn’t explain any of the items available for sale.
Ashley NicolAshley Nicol
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I tried to contact you on your website, but it's impossible so allow me to write a review about my experience. In September, I come and bought 3 knifes from your store, with your french salesman : 1 Santoku, 1 Usuba and 1 Nakiri. I only come back to France and started using the knifes since beg of October. I take great care of my knives, never let them wet when stored, as specified. If 2 of them are perfectly fine, I have had a really bad experience with the third one. Of course I apply the same protection to it as the others, but on several times the blade has been deteriorated when cutting vegetables (see pictures), and a big chunk of it just fall when cutting a cheese (that was not rock solid, I rather be precise). While having paid a high price for quality, I really think this one is defectious and I honestly regret this purchase, while I'm perfectly happy with the 2 others. I'm thinking to bring the knife to a Japanese professional in Paris for repair, but I wanted to share with you my huge disappointment with this one product. I am at your disposal to exchange with you on this matter.
Bastien PAULBastien PAUL
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This is NOT a museum. However, it is a fantastic place to learn about the traditional art of Japanese knife-making and get one of your own. The upstairs has a few exhibit bords explaining (in Japanese only) how knives and scissors are made by hand. Google Translate helps, but it isn’t smooth. There are papers that the staff hand out to English-speaking visitors that provide some information and give a flavor. The knife showroom is very well stocked—great selection—and the English-speaking staff person is super helpful and friendly. The knives are expensive, but compared to the kitchen district in Tokyo (Kappabashi), these are an excellent value. As long as you have “knife showroom/store with some other info on the side” in your head when you visit, you’ll have a great time.
Liz SweigartLiz Sweigart
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For those who have fond appreciations for Japanese handicrafts (especially Sakai Knife), visiting this place while in Osaka is a "MUST"! Although this museum is not big, it detours all the fame-earning traditional arts of Sakai! They occasionally have some live-demonstrations (just check their schedule in-advance)! The museum also has a boutique shop that carries a great variety of knife, knitwear, incense, etc and for those who are looking for unique and neat souvenir, you should be fascinated by this boutique!
007Decky007Decky
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In dieser Rezension muss ich darauf hinweisen das man hier 3 Aspekte bewertet. Das Museum den Shop und den Messer-Shop. Im Messer-Shop ist sie Beratung herausragend. Es wird einem erklärt welche vor und Nachteile die Messer haben. Auch wird gefragt was man möchte, ggf. Ist das was man will nicht das was man braucht. Insofern bestens beraten. Die Preise sind fair da es sich um Handarbeit handelt. Und man auf alle erdenklichen Fragen Antworten bekommt. Auch die Sprache ist kein großes Problem respektive kein Hindernis. Dem Englischen ist man hier mächtig. Die Rezension zum Shop, Hier gibt's Souvenirs aller Art die in Sakai gefertigt werden. Räucherstäbchen, Honig, Tee, und Süßigkeiten. Beratung braucht man hier glaube ich keine weil man kauft was einen gefällt. Der Google Übersetzer macht den Rest. Im Museum muss man Abstriche machen, hier sind die ausgeschrieben Texte alle in Landessprache. Über einen QR-Code gibt's das auch in Englisch ist aber Recht trocken. Dann lieber Videos über das dortige Handwerk schauen. Man bekommt zwar die Ausführungen des Sprechers nicht mit aber die Videos zeigen sehr genau welche Produkte gefertigt werden und Wie. Spannend für interessierte, und zum reinschauen kein Verlust da der Eintritt frei ist
Martin SeifertMartin Seifert
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attractions: Hotel Agora Regency Osaka Sakai, PLATPLAT, Round 1, Shimano Bicycle Museum, EDION Sakai, 百福, Sugawara Jinja (Sakai Tenjin), Tổng lãnh sự quán Việt Nam tại Osaka, Aguchi Shrine, Toyoko INN Sakaihigashi Station, restaurants: Starbucks Coffee Sakai Phoenix Street Risho no Mori, Sushiro Sakai Sanbo, Nankaiguriru Higashiten, Ramen Zundo-ya Sakai Yamamotocho, Hidamarian Honten, 京都北白川ラーメン魁力屋 堺海山町店, Marugame Seimen Sakai, Kanidoraku Sakai, Furaiken Osaka Honten, KICHIRI 堺東駅前店
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