General Information
In addition to a large practice area, our facility has rooms for cross-cultural activities, a Japanese rock garden, a Japanese folk art museum decorated with traditional rice straw crafts and artifacts, facilities for live-in Aikido students, and Domo, a Japanese country foods restaurant that has won much local and national acclaim.
The picture above shows the front door of Nippon Kan’s 10,000+ square-foot facility.
Nippon Kan is located at 1365 Osage Street, a few blocks west of downtown Denver. Click here to view a map and get driving directions.
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- The entrance hallway at Nippon Kan features a large, hand-drawn sketch of Nippon Kan’s “logo” — a boy riding on the back of an ox (left). This image is number 6 of the 10 Oxherding Pictures, a series of Zen stories by Kakuan, a 12th century Buddhist priest.
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- Waiting area featuring a brush calligraphy painting by a Zen Buddhist priest from East Naruse village in northern Japan, and embodies on of Nippon Kan’s strongest philosophies-“fall down seven times, get up eight times.”
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- The 3,000 square foot practice area (above) provides ample space — even for large classes and seminars — and the high ceiling makes it ideal for weapons practice. The picture above shows the shrine at the front of the practice area.
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- Detailed view of Nippon Kan’s shomen or shrine.
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- Nippon Kan’s Folk Art Meseum features the largest collection of Japanese folk arts and rice straw crafts in the Rocky Mountain region.
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- Nippon Kan’s Folk Art Meseum features the largest collection of Japanese folk arts and rice straw crafts in the Rocky Mountain region.
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- Nippon Kan’s Folk Art Meseum features the largest collection of Japanese folk arts and rice straw crafts in the Rocky Mountain region.
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- Entry to Domo, our award-winning Japanese Country Foods restaurant.
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- Domo Interior.
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- Domo Interior.
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- Nippon Kan and Domo’s Japanese Garden.
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- Uchideshi (live-in student) quarters.
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- Nippon Kan’s administrative office.
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- Nippon Kan’s administrative office.
Demonstrations and Tours
Nippon Kan strives to serve the Denver community by performing demonstrations and cultural tours of the Nippon Kan facility for schoolchildren from elementary through highschool and college. These tours include a tour of the facility, an aikido demonstration, a hands-on origami paper folding demonstration, folk art museum lecture, garden tour and a country-style Japanese lunch provided by Domo Restaurant.
To find out more about our domos and tours, click here.