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2021 New Year Discount
10% OFF on all Shinai & Kendo Accessories (until February 2nd, 5 pm JPT)
10% OFF on all Shinai & Kendo Accessories

First of all, on behalf of all the KuSakuraShop team, Happy New Year to all our customers and may this year be a little bit better than the previous one whether it is on the mats or in life in general.

The covid-19 outbreak led us to tough situations and decisions and unfortunately, it is not behind us as we cannot yet see the end of the tunnel. But together we can make it and hopefully, better days are coming very soon!

Because we made great discounts for our Judoka customers since the last Black Friday, we wanted to make a special offer for our fellow Kendoka for the start of 2021. This month, you can enjoy a 10% discount on all Shinai and Kendo accessories! Whether you need a classic Shinai, a made in Japan Madake or a suburi Shinai to work on muscular development and technique, it is the perfect offer to start the year with a brand new weapon!

Please note that this offer will be live only until February 2nd, 5pm (Japan Time).

Please note that we will be closed on Jan 28th (Thu) and 29th (Fri) for our annual inventory (taken into account in the shipping date announced on the website).

December Report
- We handled a special discount on a Christmas selection that was actually well received, especially during the first part of the month, when Christmas gift lists were not done yet. This special offer can be seen as an expansion of our BFCM offer which aim was to help our craftsmen whose situation was and still is to a certain extent, more than dramatic. However, thanks to these discounts, we have been able to see the unyielding support of the KuSakura community and for this, we would like to send a big thank you to all those who ordered to support us!
- Although the situation is quite complicated here due to the Covid, we took some time to advance on one of our side projects that will be online very soon. 2020 was tough and although we are not out of trouble yet in regard of Covid-19, we wish 2021 to be as wonderful as it can be.
Several projects are on the pipelines and naturally, everything took a hit with the outbreak and all the measures we had to take to stay afloat. Fortunately, one of our biggest projects on the go might be out only at the beginning of 2021 but we are really taking our time to deliver the best service possible as usual.

Once again, Happy New Year, may you and your surrounding stay healthy, this is the most important those days.

See you soon on KuSakuraShop.
2020~2021 New Year's Holidays
KuSakuraShop will be closed from December 30th and will resume operations on January 6th. There will be no order processing during this time but we'll keep answering your emails from home!

As you may know from our 2020 BCFM campaign, the COVID-19 outbreak and its repercussion on businesses has led us and our craftsmen to a pretty difficult situation.
Everyone needs rest especially in this end of the year, when it is supposed to be a celebration and happy moment we all spend with our family or our friends.

KuSakuraShop will be closed from December 30th to January 5th. We will back on track on January 6th (Tue).
Customer support will be kept at a minimum pace, so if you have some questions that can wait, we would recommend wait for all activities to resume.

Please note that all our manufacturing workshops and partners will also close at approximately the same dates.
All orders containing a product (made to order, out of stock products etc.) for which the production time includes this holiday period will be delayed by approximately 10 days. (All is taken into account on the estimated shipping date provided automatically at checkout.)

2020 has been harsh for everyone and we would like to send our biggest thanks to all those who ordered to support our craftsmen in the last 2 months.

All the KuSakuraShop team wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, and sweet and wonderful holidays to everyone!

We are looking forward to serving you again in 2021!
X-mas 2020 special offer
15% OFF on our X-mas special selection (until Dec 25th, 5 pm JPT)
X-mas KuSakura 2020

15% OFF on our X-mas special selection

First we would like to send a heartwarming thank you to all those who ordered during our “Backing For Craftsmen” Black Friday/Cyber Monday campaign. Every order placed during this period is a great support as it will allow us to keep our activity and our craftsmen afloat for a little longer in this difficult period. For December, we will try to keep this effort on to help as much as possible our craftsmen.

Indeed, Christmas is at the front door and even though it is now too late for made-to-order products to arrive on time, we’ve made a special selection of products that may arrive for the big day if ordered at the right time (indicated by the estimated shipping date provided in the order confirmation email).

In December, it is 15% OFF on our X-mas special selection that we offer. In this selection, you can find an extension of our BFCM offer, with some belts still discounted for christmas, some Judogi, but also other martial art pieces of equipment. Please note that this discount will be running until December 25th at 5pm (Japan Time).

November Report
- Last month we tried to find the best solution to cope with the situation our craftsmen are facing. As you know now from our BFCM special offer, the production undergoes an unprecedented slowdown and most of our craftsmen are on a technical unemployment scheme. After our Backing For CraftsMen campaign, the future is still uncertain but some of you showed their support during the BFCM 2020 and on behalf of all our craftsmen we would thank once again all those who placed an order and those who will in December. We will try to keep up the effort until the situation gets better.
Finally, if you are too late and you wanted to order a made to order product, or if you actually do not know the size/the preferences of the person you would to offer the gift, we have your back with <a href = “https://www.kusakurashop.com/products/gift-card”>KuSakura's Gift Card</a>. With this gift card, your loved one will be able to order up until $500 USD worth of Judo equipment, the size, the color or the pieces he wants. The perfect gift if you know any passionate Judoka but would like not to take any risk purchasing something that wouldn’t fit.

That’s all for this month, we hope that you will be able to spoil your surroundings with our discount or with our Gift Card, we all need it after this rather eventful year.

We hope to see you very soon on KuSakuraShop.com.
BFCM 2020: Backing For Craftsmen campaign
20% OFF on ALL Judogi and Belts (until Dec 1st, 4 pm JPT)

We Love Judo, we Love our Craftsman!

20% OFF on All Judogi & Belts

This year has been special, tough and tiring mentally for everyone, everywhere in the world.

As you know, the textile and the martial art industry are far from being spared and the situation is actually very close to catastrophic here. Although we manage to survive here in Tokyo, KuSakura’s workshops in Osaka are almost totally stopped and a partial unemployment scheme has been implemented for most of the employees. Fun fact (not really though), it is most probably the first time in KuSakura’s history that almost all the weaving machines are stopped, the overall production currently being carried out on a per order basis.

Most Dojos are still closed in Japan, as they are in most of the world, and it seems that they won’t reopen before months.

Here in Tokyo and in our workshop in Osaka we are holding on, trying to do our best to keep providing the world with the best Judo equipment on the market. But as things are now, we cannot foresee a forthcoming end to this situation and things will not be back to normal anytime soon, which leaves our craftsman in a rather blurry future. If we don’t react as soon as possible, it is a whole industry that is at risk and the worst could, unfortunately, happen rapidly.

This is for these reasons that here in Tokyo, we decided to try something for our industry, and that we came to the point to ask our community for solidarity. This year, we would like to run a special campaign to support our craftsmen and the work they provided for years. We will do so by offering an exceptional 20% OFF on all our Judogi and Belts for this year's BFCM offer. Please note that this special offer will only be running until December 1st.

Along with this special discount, we will also publish one post per day on our Facebook page. These posts will have the objective to give you further information about our craftsmen, their work and how they proceed to make all the Judogi you can order on our website. So if you are not following us yet on Facebook, it is the perfect opportunity!

All in all, it is certainly not in KuSakuraShop Brand’s Ethic to offer monstrous discounts during the BFCM that encourage the mass consumption and support a system we do not agree with. But considering the rather difficult situation our workshops are facing, we would rather try something to support and bring some sustainability to our industry and if it can make our customers happy by giving them the opportunity to put a brand new Judogi under the Christmas tree, it is a success for us.

For our customers, it is now the best time of the year to gear up looking forward to the general reopening of the Dojo and competitions. We are enthusiastic about this opportunity that we give to our community to make a good action that will support our craftsmen and, in a way, thank them for their incredible work in always making outstanding products. The KuSakura community has always been present in difficult times for us and we are certain that it will not stop.

Take care of yourself, of your surroundings and enjoy this incredible discount!

See you very soon on KuSakuraShop!
Get delivered before '20 Xmas
Very last chance to be delivered before Christmas: December 17th. Check the visual calendar, or read more details here.
Christmas is almost here and maybe some of you are already making their gift list before the big day comes. Even though KuSakuraShop provides the fastest service, we cannot perform miracles, and we thought that some of you may need the deadlines for orders to be delivered before December 25th.
- Made to Order items (embroidered belts, custom Judogi sizes): Order before November 23rd and you will be delivered before Christmas.
- In stock products (belts, bags) shipped via FedEx DHL or UPS: last chance to get items with embroideries/engravings delivered before Christmas is December 17th.
- Because of the covid situation significant delays are to be expected with national postal services, so we do not guarantee delivery before Christmas for the standard shipping method (small package/Epacket).
We usually deliver in 4 days in Europe and North America. Our entire team will be focused on preparing your orders, and all orders for in-stock items placed the 17th will ship the 18th.

We'll be open until December 29th, then closed from 30th to January 5th, for our winter holidays. And of course, email support will be slower but maintained the whole time.

Finally, please understand that our carriers don't employ magical reindeer, and Santa Claus isn't working at the customs. Hence, on-time order delivery cannot be guaranteed 100% so please don't wait until the last minute to order!
November Special Offer
10% OFF All Kendogi, Iaidogi & Hakama! (until November 26th, 4 pm JPT)

10% OFF All Kendogi, Iaidogi & Hakama!

While we are all still undergoing difficult times, fall is dressing trees with their colored leaf coat, allowing us a little break when admiring the beautiful landscape of this very particular season during this very particular year.

Recently, with what is happening around the world, it is difficult for us to forecast and anticipate the future. The second COVID-19 wave that is currently striking Europe, America still on the struggle and Asia on the other hand, that seems to be rather spared, although we can note a rising of the cases in Japan.

Consequence of this situation, more and more people are transitioning to martial arts using weapons, more appropriate in terms of hygiene in such a context. This is why this month, we decided to hold a 10% discount on all Kendogi, Iaidogi & Hakama, so that you can get brand new equipment optimised for this transition.

Please note that this discount will only run until November 26.

On an ending note we would like to thank the all Judo community. A lot of international e-commerce website are currently struggling with handling the current crisis, and KuSakuraShop is no exception. Without your unyielding support and your orders, we wouldn’t be where we are today and this is thanks to you if we can keep offering Made in Japan Budo equipment to the world.

For the forthcoming Black Friday / Cyber Monday, we are preparing something very special as usual during this period of the year.

Stay tuned on our social media and our actuality and see you soon on KuSakuraShop.
October Special Offer
10% Off on All Belts and their embroideries! (until October 30th, 4 pm JPT)
10% Off on All Belts and their embroideries!

Summer has officially come to an end and we are entering a period of mild temperatures here in Japan. Autumn is also supposed to be a great period to practice Judo and train for forthcoming competitions, but due to the current pandemic, it is still quite complicated in a lot of countries.

This is actually in this context that we ran a discount on all Kata equipment last month for the last edition of our 5 years online anniversary. It has been since the closing of Horinouchi in September 2019, one of the main traditional workshops in Japan that we haven’t handled a discount on our weapons. And to be honest, this discount was a great success and a lot of you were happy to be given a good opportunity to renew their Kata equipment set.

This month we are back to our normal discount policy and for those who wanted for a long time to purchase or to change their belt, we are offering 10% OFF on every belt and all their embroideries!

Please note that this discount will only be running until October 30th, 4pm (Japan Time).

September report
- In September, we took some time for project planification. A lot of things will soon change in the shop and this is a tough project that all our team is trying to release as soon as possible. Eventually, to give you a small taste of the new features our team is working on, information will be clearer especially in the cart and the multilingual navigation will be greatly improved.
- On the same note, for those of you who participated in the KuSakuraShop Judo Quiz #1 and given the great success this event had in the Judo community, our team is already working on a similar project, but no date scheduled at the moment.
That’s all for this month.

Stay safe, be careful, enjoy our discount and see you very soon on KuSakuraShop.
5th Anniversary KuSakuraShop International - Final Edition
20% OFF on all Kata Equipment (until September 30th, 11 am JPT)

KuSakuraShop International 5th's Anniversary - 20% OFF on All Kata Equipment

It’s been a year that KuSakura’s weapon line has not been discounted and it is now time! In September, we usually handle our annual “Back To The Dojo'' selection but for this final edition of our 5th online anniversary, we actually decided to offer a 20% discount on all Kata Equipment. Judoka, Karateka and Kendoka, will definitely find what their heart desires with this exceptional discount.

The reason why we decided to replace our annual selection by a special Kata discount is simple. Given the current situation we are all facing with the COVID-19 outbreak, nothing is better than practicing our Kata to keep social distances, to protect yourself and others while practicing your passion. Moreover, KuSakuraShop anniversary is the occasion to run bigger discounts than usual, it is then the perfect occasion to give our customers the opportunity to easily gear up for their Kata practice and at the best price!

Please note that this discount will only run until September 30th.

Please keep yourself and your surroundings safe and Enjoy our exceptional discount.
KuSakuraShop International 5th's Anniversary - 3rd Edition
20% OFF on all IJF Equipment (until August 31st, 11 am JPT)
KuSakuraShop International 5th's Anniversary - 3rd Edition - 20% OFF on all IJF Equipment

The rainy season is finally over and while it lasted for way longer than expected, it is now the turn of record high temperatures to settle and for it is not less than 40°C announced by experts for some days, it is definitely pretty hard to go to train at the Dojo. Whether it is in Japan or anywhere else around the world, the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing. At KuSakuraShop, we knock on wood, as everyone in the team and their loved ones are safe and we hope it will keep going this way for us as well as for our customers. As usual, stay safe, respect all protective measures implemented by governments such as washing hands on a regular basis, social distancing and wear a mask. If we all respect these measures, we will be back at the Dojo in no time!

On another note, it is not because the Tokyo Olympic games have been postponed to 2021 that we should forget about getting ready for next competitions. It is actually the best time to gear up as KuSakuraShop still celebrates its 5th year of online presence Anniversary! For this 3rd edition, it is 20% OFF on all IJF Equipment that we offer to competitors. JOF, JNV, JOVB are some of the few discounted IJF products but we also decided to include some extra products extremely useful for competitors of all levels.

This offer will end on August 31st at 11 am (Japan Time).

O’Bon 2020

The O’Bon is a Japanese Buddhist tradition to commemorate the ancestors in Japanese families. Filial piety is one of the pillars of Japanese society and culture. Therefore, during this period, Japanese companies are used to closing for a week so that their employees can visit their family and take care of their ancestors' graves. It is also a great time of reunion for all generations within families which is something that does not happen very often the rest of the year.

KuSakuraShop will keep managing your orders as usual but our craftsmen will take some days off from Tuesday 11th to Sunday 16th. During this time, orders will naturally be delayed accordingly but this delay is included in the time estimation we provide you when the order is placed. Also, as our workshops are closed for a week, we will not be able to provide you with any quote nor production time for custom-made products.

Mid-August Report
- The Quizz is definitely over, all participants have been contacted and received their prizes. Now we are currently working on a blog article summarizing the quiz. This article will be available on the KuSakuraShop blog, and if you haven’t had the time to read our other articles yet, we definitely recommend checking them out.
So far, as was July, August seems like a quite exciting month and our team is already getting prepared for September.

We hope to see you very soon on KuSakuraShop!
KuSakuraShop International 5th's Anniversary - 2nd Edition
20% OFF on ALL Judo Traditional Equipment (until August 11th, 11 am JPT)
KuSakuraShop International 5th's Anniversary - 2nd Edition - 20% OFF on Judo traditional Equipment

The rainy season finally comes to an end in Japan, the sun is back and KuSakuraShop, as well as the team, is slowly getting back on track too after the past difficult months.

Although, let’s not forget that the number of cases is still increasing worldwide and that we all need to stay vigilant. At KuSakuraShop, we are now well prepared in the case of a potential second wave or any worsening of the situation.

On a different note, in August, we are still celebrating our 5-year online anniversary and it is not one discount but two that we will handle this month. For this midsummer discount, it is 20% on all Judo traditional equipment that we decide to offer our customers. Within this special selection, you will be able to find some KuSkakura’s flagship products such as the Dojin Master or the Sensei Japan Judogi, which turns out to be Mr.Hayakawa’s (KuSakura’s Chairman) favorite Judogi. Please note that this discount will only run until August 11th, 11 am (Japan Time).

July Report
- All the participants of the KuSakuraShop Judo Quiz we handled in June, received their 5% participation discount code through a special newsletter only sent to quiz participants. If you didn’t receive this special newsletter but participated in the quiz, you can contact the customer support team who will ensure you have participated in the quiz and give you your special code valid for 3 months. Furthermore, all winners have also been contacted and reminded to claim their prize. However, it turns out that some prizes have not been claimed by the original winners and as stated in the quiz conditions, they will, therefore, be reassigned. If you were not part of the lucky one at first, you probably want to check your mailbox to see if this time luck is on your side!
We are already done for the first half of July. Although we also worked on some side projects since all our team is back in the office, it is too early to reveal them. Therefore, if it's not already done and if you would like to keep informed of our actualities, you can follow us on our social media Facebook or Twitter and subscribe to our newsletter.

Enjoy this Anniversary 2nd Edition special discount and see you very soon on KuSakuraShop.