What kind of Samurai do you want to be?

Thank you for reading my blog.
I am Shiho Isono, a photographer at Esperanto Kyoto Studio.

In this blog, I would like to introduce a guest who was transformed into a very cool samurai.
Although we no longer see samurai in modern Japan, many people may be familiar with them through manga and video games.
Please take a look at the photos below.

It’s very cool!
The eyes glimpsed between the raised arms are so dignified, like a real samurai.
From the way he is devoted to sword training, he must be a samurai assigned to guard a nobleman…

This photography plan allows you to take pictures using a smoke machine.
When smoke fills the air around the body, it looks like an aura and looks very strong. In this photo, the smoke happened to be at the tip of the Japanese sword, which gave the photo the appearance of an extraordinary aura wafting from the tip of the sword.
He must be a great swordsman.

The samurai in this photo looks a little different from the others.
He is wearing an umbrella with his eyes deep in his head, giving him a bit of an outlaw look…
He is probably a ronin.
Ronin is a term for a samurai who has escaped from his clan or who has lost the master he served.

Here is another ronin-style photo.
The scar makeup on her cheeks reminds me of battle scars…
This scar makeup can be added for 1,650 yen including tax. Please note that reservations are required!
In black and white, it looks like an Akira Kurosawa movie.
You can feel the coolness of a lone samurai without a master.

Our samurai experience shoots allow us to shoot in the stance of an actual sword school.
Choose any of the stances from famous swordsmanship schools such as Yagyu shinkageryu sword style, Jigen-ryu sword style, Tennen Rishin-ryu sword style, and others.

You can choose a pose based on how cool it is, or you can choose the same pose as your favorite samurai.
If you have a favorite samurai, let us know.

We invite you to become your favorite samurai in Kyoto.
We also have plans for group photos with women, so please come and visit with your couple or family.