At Tozando we love Kendo. Learning the way of the sword helps shaping your character by going through rigorous training. Even though practice can at times be strict, it is fun, and at the end of a hard practice you can feel the worth of the work you have laid Read More
Kyoto is HOT! Maybe because of the recent typhoon that passed by and brought with it the humidity that Kyoto is so known for in Summer. But still the green colors of summer brings a refreshing change in the scenery in Japan, and the rainy season will bring along things Read More
After announcing the SHIN-MOKKEI Kote a few weeks ago, it has been a great success, so we have decided that since we are celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, we will for a limited time, offer a 25% discount for the SHIN-MOKKEI Kote to allow as many people as possible Read More
The new and improved SHIN-MOKKEI model is finally made available to our international customers! The SHIN-MOKKEI Kote is the evolution of one of our best selling Kote, the MOKKEI Kote, which was worn by Kiwada Daiki when he won the 60th All Japan Kendo Championship. The new SHIN-MOKKEI version, is Read More
Written by Ismail Hasan (United Kingdom), winner of the 7th Edition of Tozando’s “Win a Trip to Japan” Experience. “Dear Ismail, Congratulations, you have been chosen as the winner of the 7th edition of our “Win A Trip To Japan” contest!” It was very early in the morning and news Read More
Mosen, is traditionally a type of felt made with different kind of animal hairs and it’s said to be made with mainly from wool (not your normal type of sheep wool but rather rare types of wool), mountain goat fur, camel fur among other things. What’s so special with Mosen is Read More
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
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
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
