We are proud to announce that we have released a promotional video for Tozando today! The reason for making this promotional video, is not only to promote Tozando, but also to show the world the beauty and culture of Japan and Kyoto. We also wanted to show you customers a glimpse Read More
Written by Damon Schearer (Australia), winner of the 8th Edition of Tozando’s “Win a Trip to Japan” Experience. I would like to thank Tozando and of course Tozando President Takahiko Kimura for this wonderful opportunity. I have been to Japan several times but mostly for Budo training and have seen Read More
The second winner of Tozando’s 8th ‘Win a Trip to Japan’, Mr. Damon Schearer was visiting us in Japan, Kyoto from the 28th of October to the 4th of November 2015. Here you can see some pictures from his trip and see what he experienced during his ‘Win a trip Read More
We just added some very attractive new products for High Quality Iaido Gi & Hakama sets! With three variations all including our Deluxe Striped Iaido Hakama, these sets are great for more advanced Iaido practitioners as they look very traditional and dignified and they come at very good set discounts! Read More
It’s finally time to unveil or new website, or at least it will be soon! We would like to communicate to all our customers that we will be having a scheduled maintenance during the 7th of October on from 16.00 JST! Because of this, the website will be down, hopefully only Read More
Tozandoshop.com in it’s current form and design has been around for about 3 years now, and in that time, a lot has happened. Technology-wise, the use of smartphones and tablets have increased when viewing the internet and shopping, not to mention to send inquiries to us and the security needs when Read More
Written by Christian Domittner, DC (Austria), winner of the 8th Edition of Tozando’s “Win a Trip to Japan” Experience. First of all, thank you, Tozando! You were all great hosts and everyone made me feel very special. I was so very lucky to have been the chosen winner. It was Read More
Unfortunately, we have to announce that due to a fire in one of our textile factories, we are currently unable to deliver new stock of the Yomogi & Hourai Model Aikido Gi and Pants. As far as we know at the moment, no workers were hurt in the accident, although the Read More
the Tozando Headquarters, as we are sure everyone knows by now, are based in the Nishijin-area in Kyoto. An area that is known for it’s beautiful traditional Nishijin Brocade fabrics, and here at Tozando we have long been using these Nishijin Brocade fabrics to create our Nishijin Brocade custom-made Bogu Read More
A flock of birds (muradori) flying away from their nest together in the morning is a symbol of a new start. As evidenced by the sentence “muratori no muradachi inaba (when a flock of birds flies away together)” in the Man’Yoshu?, the term “muradori” is used as makura-kotoba for words Read More
