Kendo shop in China

[LadyGinevra73]

Hi !
Next month a friend of mine will be in China for works... and so i'd like to know if there is a kendo shop in Shanghai and what is the complete address to buy something of good for practice because in Italy it's very difficult finding it.
Thanks to all

[Simon Chien]

What kind of equipment do you want to buy here ?
Bougu ? Shinai ? Kendo Gi and hakama ?
You can find Shinai , Kendo Gi and hakama easily .
They also make bougu in the factory. But it takes quite a long time if
you want a set of hand stitched bougu ..................................

[LadyGinevra73]

Thanks for reply I'm looking for tsuba made of leather and original tenugui design...

[Simon Chien]

They have only plastic tsuba and very normal men towel here.
You can visit following kendo equipment web site for leather tsuba :

www.bogubag.com
www.tozando.com
www.kendoshop.com
www.e-bogu.com

and following web site for specail design men towel :

www.asahi-jc.com/tenugui.htm
www.asakusa-noren.ne.jp/shop/tenugui-fujiya.html
www.kinokuniya.info/english/

I think you can buy and pay on line in those web site.

Cheers

[LadyGinevra73]

Thanks a lots

[olaf]

Hi folks,

The links Simon has provided are all online merchants, and if you're in a big city like Shanghai, they should be able to ship stuff to you pretty easily.

As far as local budo shops in China, despite popular belief, they do exist. Most are not exactly "budo shops" but rather manufacturers of equipment that eventually gets sold to budo retailers and distributors.

I suppose your browser can read Chinese characters, so here it goes:

- 上海春德竹制品有限公司 ("chun de") is a Shanghai-based supplier of wood and bamboo supplies, and supply many Korean manufacturers with bamboo for shinai. There's a slim chance they make shinai themselves, and if that's the case, I bet it'll be at rock-bottom prices, since they're at the bottom of the distribution chain.

Web site: http://web.biz.sh.cn/002104.htm (rarely works)

To be sure, you may want to get in touch with the Shanghai kendo club: http://www.shanghai-kendo.com/

Hope that helps!

[LadyGinevra73]

Wow, interesting ! thank you very much for the links

[jasmine]

Hi,
I think there's not any certain bogushop here.but we have many factories.They make bogu for japan.it has high quality and it must be cheaper than any other shops!!
)

[LadyGinevra73]

Thanks Jasmine