Kyudo Japanese Archery Experience at Hiroshima Castle Sharaku

Practice the traditional martial art of kyudo in a guided Japanese archery session with full costume and equipment included.

Getting started

On arrival, you check in for your Japanese Archery Experience Hiroshima Castle Sharaku session and meet your expert guide. After a brief introduction to the flow of the experience, you move into the practice area. Here, you leave personal items aside, listen to a short orientation on safety and etiquette, and get ready to change into your kyudo uniform.

What to expect

Japanese archery session

In this Japanese Archery Session, you explore kyudo as a practice that connects mind and body through controlled movement and careful breathing. The experience is designed so that complete beginners can participate and progress from basic posture to shooting at a target.

Features

• Your expert guide provides step-by-step instructions and demonstrations, explaining how to hold the bow, nock the arrow, and align your stance in a way that reflects kyudo principles.
• A complete bow tool set is provided for you, so you do not need to bring any equipment and can focus fully on the movements and technique.
• You change into a costume set that includes an authentic kyudo uniform, such as dogi and hakama, which helps you experience the formality and rhythm of traditional practice.
• Archery shooting at a target is the core of the session; after initial practice, you take real shots at a set target and feel how focus and posture affect each release.
• The facility fee is already covered for this experience, so you can use the designated practice space and its equipment as part of your session.
• Throughout the activity, there is time to capture photos or videos, letting you record your stance in full kyudo costume as you draw and release the bow.