[Iaido Experience] "LUX NIGHT" Suizenji Jojuen Night Event Ticket Included (Kumamoto)

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[LUX NIGHT Kumamoto 2024: Hosokawa Gracia and 400 Years of Time]
This admission ticket allows you to have a special experience of the Hosokawa clan's unique samurai culture (Higo Hosokawa culture) at Suizenji Jojuen Garden, a nationally designated scenic spot and historic site created by the Hosokawa clan of Higo Domain.
Suizenji Jojuen Garden, which normally closes at 5pm, will be open at night for a limited time, allowing you to experience the 400-year-old Higo Hosokawa culture as you wander through the gardens, filled with autumn leaves and flowers in full bloom.
The garden is decorated with bamboo objects, depicting various scenes from the life of Gracia Hosokawa. You can enjoy entertainment including controlled illuminations, while the story is explained through an audio app available in four languages.

[Experience]
This ticket will be for a special night-time event that will be held for one month only at Suizenji Jojuen Garden, a tourist attraction that Kumamoto is proud of, and you will also get to experience Niten Ichi-ryu Iaido, a style of swordsmanship inherited from Miyamoto Musashi, a master swordsman who spent his later years in Kumamoto, at the Noh Theater in Suizenji Jojuen Garden, which is normally off-limits to the public.

[Hosokawa family and Miyamoto Musashi]
Miyamoto Musashi, known as the strongest swordsman who never lost in his life
Miyamoto Musashi came to Kumamoto in 1640, when he was 57 years old.
He was given a residence right next to the castle and served as a guest to Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi (Gracia's son).
Lord Tadatoshi gave Musashi the rank second only to the chief retainer position and also permitted him to engage in falconry.
Lord Tadatoshi treated Musashi very well.
It seems that he intended to use him not only as an advisor on martial arts but also on politics.
Although an outsider, Lord Tadatoshi was wise and highly trusted by the shogunate, and he sought to establish a martial arts foundation in the samurai spirit of Higo, a country known for being difficult to govern, and Musashi also wished to achieve this.
However, their close relationship was short-lived, and Lord Tadatoshi passed away suddenly one year after Musashi arrived in Kumamoto.
Musashi, who had hoped to spend the rest of his life with his lord, was deeply shocked and saddened.
Musashi secluded himself in the Reigando Cave deep within Unganzenji Temple in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto City, where he wrote the martial arts book "The Book of Five Rings" and perfected the Niten Ichi-ryu style.