Shigeharu was open today! (Oct 17th)

By some miracle, Shigeharu was actually open during the final 4 days of my trip.

The concierge at Hotel the Mitsui reached out on my behalf earlier in the week and confirmed they’d be opening on the 17th.

I was actually in Osaka this morning but took 3 trains to arrive back in Kyoto this morning around 8 am. There was one other gentleman waiting outside and we were both let in around 8:15.

As a day early birthday present to myself, picked up a gyuto and nakiri, engraved with my name, and a shotoh engraved with my wife’s name.

He was super kind and understanding with my near non-existent Japanese, but enough common English words and Apple Live Translation got me through! Knives are all beautiful and shop display is very cool; so glad I got to experience this and bring these handcrafted knives back home with me.

Now to cool down in the AC for a bit cause it’s toasty today lol