Tozando has always offered a certain variety of Shinai, and we have changed the Shinai we have offered numerous times through out our history, although many of the times, the Shinai were not directly made by Tozando, but rather by other Japanese providers. Today we are very proud to say that Read More
I if you didn’t see our recent posts on Facebook about our new collaboration with Hello Kitty & One Piece, we have managed to establish a collaboration with Sanrio and Toei Animation to make an array of Kendo related products, such as Shinai, Shinai bags, Bogu, Bogu Bags and tenugui Read More
We all love a great Budo picture, and we know that there are some amazing ones out there. So this time we are calling out to all our customers, post your best pictures of Tozando products for us to see and tell us about it!It can be a picture of Read More
Tozando is currently operating two stores as follows: MAIN STORE: Kendo, Aikido, Judo and othersIf you are coming from the Kyoto Central Station, please find the bus terminal in front to the central exit and take #50, bound for the Kitano Tenmangu shrine. Get then off at “Omiya Nakadachiuri” stop Read More
Thanks to the modern computer-aided sewing machines, it has become very easy to have our name embroidered on our Gi or Hakama. It is decorative and useful (for example: it is certainly easier to retrieve our own stuff、 in case all our clothes get mixed up in a sudden tornado Read More
Most people practicing Kendo knows that the Menbuchi, which is the rim of the men around the Mengane and the Do are traditionally painted using Japanese ‘Urushi’, also known as ‘Japanese wood lacquer’, however many might not know exactly what this is. Urushi is a kind of natural paint which is Read More
Written by Riku Huomo (Finland), winner of the 4th Edition of Tozando’s “Win a Trip to Japan” Experience. First of all I would like say that before this trip I had only visited few different countries in Europe. I know only the very basics phrases of Japanese, so I really Read More
The “processing” status could mean a lot of different things, for example, it could mean that we are processing or have processed your order and it’s under production or that we are preparing your order for shipping. It could also mean that some of the products in your order is Read More
Although we do not offer any 2mm Machine-stitched Bogu at the moment, it’s possible to order this as a Custom-made Bogu. However, as a Bogu maker, we can not recommend the usage of 2mm Machine-stitched Bogu as the tight stitching makes the Bogu really stiff and leaves no room for protective Read More
Basically, the difference between a standard and a deluxe white oak Bokken is the quality of the wood used to make it.The deluxe one is made of wood from the core part of a tree while a standard type is made using other parts of a tree. It will of Read More
