Category: News/Events

2014/10/31 – 30,000+ likes on Facebook & Thank You campaign!

As some of our regular Facebook visitors might have noticed, we recently passed 30,000 likes on our Tozando Facebook page the other day! Thanks to all to our fans and customers for supporting Tozando both on Facebook and in our stores and of course also on the online stores! To Read More

2014/10/03 – Regarding recent problems with mailing Tozando

As those of you that have been following us on Facebook know what this is about. We recently found out that there was some major problems with our mail server, which caused us not to receive some of the e-mails sent to us during the 22nd of September to the 2nd Read More

2014/09/02 – Tozando – Fukuoka 7th Dan Exam Results

Maybe you read our last announcement about our colleague Donatella C. leaving Tozando out of personal reasons. In the same announcement we also said that she was taking the 7th Dan exam, which we on Monday got notified about that she unfortunately didn’t pass. Of course this is sad news Read More

2014/08/22 – Introducing New Tozando Shinai series!

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

2014/07/31 – Tozando, for the future of Kendo in Japan

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

Tozando celebrates ‘Hello Kitty’ 40th Anniversary ‘Tozando x Hello Kitty’ for the future of Kendo

Perhaps many of you have seen the picture of a ‘Hello Kitty’ themed Kendo Bogu floating around on the internet, but did you know that the Bogu was actually made by Tozando? Tozando made this Bogu in cooperation with SANRIO CO. ,LTD. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ‘Hello Kitty’, Read More

2014/05/16 – Post your Tozando pictures on Facebook!

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

My trip to Kyoto, Japan

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 True Story behind the Uzumasa Shonen Kendo Club’s Success

Uzumasa Shonen (Kids) Kendo Club is a dojo known all over Japan for its strong young fighters. Recently, they finally became the All Japan Junior Kendo Champions. The reason why I said “finally” is because, surprisingly enough, it was their first time on the podium in this prestigious tournament for Read More