Dojo around Saitama City/Tokyo

[kaminari]

I'll be coming to Japan for two months as a research assistant at RIKEN Brain Research Institute's Wako campus. Does anyone know about any dojo in and around the Wako City/Saitama City/northern and western Tokyo areas?

[Holmgren-san]

I'm not sure if this is the same as Saitama Prefecture. Yamanaka sensei and Saito sensei (both hatchidans) have a dojo in a school somewhere around there.

[kaminari]

Saitama City is in Saitama Prefecture. Wako City is in southeast Saitama and is near Tokyo. I can take a train to Tokyo or Saitama City.

Where are these?

[Holmgren-san]

O'm not sure, I had been trying to find it myself. I was around there about a year and ahlf ago, if I find where it is, I'll let you know.

[Kendoka]

Saitama City is in Saitama Prefecture. Wako City is in southeast Saitama and is near Tokyo. I can take a train to Tokyo or Saitama City.

Where are these?

Try http://www.gedatsukai.jp/english/katsudo_e/index.html in Kitamoto city, around the middle of Saitama pref. Their dojo is not only beautiful, but populated with some excellent kendoka.

Its next to the training centre.

http://www.kendo-fik.org/english-pag...inar2005-4.jpg

[Kenshi]

I'll be coming to Japan for two months as a research assistant at RIKEN Brain Research Institute's Wako campus. Does anyone know about any dojo in and around the Wako City/Saitama City/northern and western Tokyo areas?

I suggest you just ask someone at the university, as they may have a kendo club anyway. If not im sure someone will help you locate a dojo. Im pretty postitive you wont have to go far.

Wako City Kendo Federation: http://www.geocities.jp/wako_kendorenmei/

Class schedules can be seen here: http://www.geocities.jp/wako_kendorenmei/newpage2.htm

For you, please look at the "中学生～一般" section. Classes are wed/sat at 8-9pm at Wako City Budokan (和光市武道館). There is also classes every 2nd and 4th sunday at the South Community Hall (南公民館 ４６３－７６２１)


Other useful stuff:

4 Cities combined kendo federation (including wako): http://www.geocities.jp/kendoasaka/
Saitama Kendo Federation: http://www.saitama-kendo.or.jp/
Saitama Budokan: http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/A20/BA...kan/index.html