The 10th typhoon “Lionrock” (台風10号) that passed by Japan last night, brought heavy rains, high waves and strong winds to areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. As most Tozando regulars know we have a factory in the Iwate prefecture, the Tozando Iwate Factory. This is where we produce many of our Read More
Hybrid Indigo Leather is a new type of synthetic leather that has been dyed with traditional Japanese Indigo-dye, and is the result of many years of research by the engineers at Tozando. It was once said, that trying to dye synthetic leather using genuine Indigo-dye would be an impossible task. Read More
We are proud to announce that our patent application for the Tozando Tornado-stitch Kote has finally been accepted and verified! The Tornado-stitch method is now officially patented by Tozando Co.,Ltd., so be sure that you get the real thing from us, made in Japan, and not some cheap knock-off product! Read More
We are proud to announce that we now offer Tailor-made Gi for Aikido and Iaido! This is something that has been much requested and asked about by our customers, and our craftsmen have been preparing for a long time, so we are really proud that we are finally able to Read More
We would like to congratulate Ms. Queennie Yau from Australia as she is the first confirmed Nominee for the 9th edition of our ‘Win a trip to Japan’ campaign here on Tozando! Unfortunately, we still have three unconfirmed nominees and while candidates have been contacted, we have yet to receive any Read More
Here at Tozando we employ many skilled craftsmen, among them are our Hakama Craftsmen, who have years of experience, not only in making Hakama for Budo, but also traditional Japanese Hakama for different purposes. Thanks to this, we are the only company that can offer completely Tailor-made Hakama to our customers, Read More
The rain in Kyoto just keeps falling, but it can’t be helped since Japan already entered the rainy season, so to lighten things up we will be holding our own points rain, and offer 2x Reward Points for all orders placed between now and the 30th of June! Remember that each reward point Read More
Even in Japan you might have to travel a bit to get to your closest Dojo for Keiko, although it’s probably nothing compared with how far most Kendoka have to travel outside of Japan! There is a lot of different kind of Bogu bags, be it traditional drawstring bags , Boston-type Read More
Tozando has always had a very strong line up of Aikido Uniforms and Hakama, although the last few years we have seen an increased demand and slower shipping times due to unfortunate accidents such as the “Fire accident” we had in our textile factory last year and other factors. We Read More
The famous “MINE” series of Kendo Bogu made by Mitsuboshi are now available on Tozandoshop. The “MINE” series made by Mitsuboshi are not particularly made for Shiai or Keiko, they are made with the basic logic that a Bogu should be usable in any situation. This Bogu is made by the Read More
