Traditional Asakusa Tile-Breaking Experience: Explore Kawara Smash in Tokyo with Multilingual Guide
4.3
6 Ratings
Taito City

・ Contract manual available in Japanese, English, Chinese

・ Comprehensive explanation of each tile in a bilingual format, Japanese and English

・ Featured in over 90 domestic and international media outlets

・ We provide exclusive gloves for safety purposes

・ There is an option to sample Karate, Jiu-jitsu attire, and half coats for no charge

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 2-chōme-27-17 Asakusa - This shop offers a unique experience of tile breaking in Asakusa.

Tiles are used to demonstrate strength in martial arts disciplines like karate.

Celebrate your visit to Asakusa with a tile-breaking experience for stress relief and Instagram-worthy moments.

The site features the “5 Tiles Challenge.”

For additional challenges, please make payments on-site.

What's Included
  • Price for 5 tiles
  • Option to pay locally for more tiles
Location
2-chōme-27-17 Asakusa
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(6 Ratings)
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Lillian
Nov 10, 2025
Tile smashing - A smashing experience, breaking tiles is quite satisfying. It can also be fun to compete to see who can break more tiles.
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Naufalnoor
May 26, 2025
Test your might - Had a blast breaking tiles at Kawara Smash. Tamio-san is a nice and funny owner. He speaks English and gives clear instructions on the technique and proper stance for breaking the tiles. I first attempted 5 tiles which I cleared and then 10 tiles which I also cleared. Hope to come back again one day and try 20 tiles hahaha!
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Rustam_k
Sep 28, 2023
Recommend - Very interesting activity. The host speaks very good English. He explains properly, very patient. Recommend
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Danrb3192yh
Feb 25, 2020
Unforgettable experience - My wife and I visited on a Monday with her mom. I chose to attempt to break 10 tiles and my wife 5 tiles. The owner could speak both fluent Japanese and English! On top of that he was hilarious. Thanks to his instructions and thoroughness we were able to successfully break our tiles. Came home with an unforgettable experience and high quality videos!
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Gabriel_b
Feb 25, 2020
Excellent activity - just awesome - Awesome experience! Really attentive personnel & non-japanese friendly!! Would come back again without a shread of doubt
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K_o
Oct 21, 2023
No communication - I couldn't go in the end due to the weather and my other tours in the area had called to move the tours to another date. I reached out to this one and never got a response back at all
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).