b"DINNERWITH A MAIKOStart with an insightful walk throughatmospheric streets of Gion, Kyoto's geishadistrict. Then dine in the company of amaiko, an apprentice, enjoying fascinatingconversations, graceful traditional dancesand lively local drinking games.KATANA EXPERIENCEWITH MASTER SWORDSMITHSword forging is one of the oldest and mostfamous Japanese traditional crafts. The countrysfinest swordsmiths have preserved theirtechniques for forging a sword and passed it onfrom generation to generation. On the outskirtsof Toyko, enter the private atelier of one ofJapans master swordsmiths, a rare chance towitness authentic blacksmith techniques andlearn about this art form from a true master."