The samurai trace their origins to the Heian Period campaigns to subdue the native Emishi people in the Tohoku Region. Samurai armors, katana displays, samurai costume trial, samurai lessons, sword cutting and guided tours. Interactive samurai history museum with experiences. Kyoto Samurai & Ninja Museum with Experience Many samurai were also drawn to the teachings and practices of Zen Buddhism. Strongly Confucian in nature, bushido stressed concepts such as loyalty to one's master, self discipline and respectful, ethical behavior. Samurai were supposed to lead their lives according to the ethic code of bushido ('the way of the warrior'). Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears and guns, but their main weapon and symbol was the sword. They later made up the ruling military class that eventually became the highest ranking social caste of the Edo Period (1603-1867). The samurai (or bushi) were the warriors of premodern Japan.
