Sensei Ishikawa's Dojo
Sensei Ishikawa's Dojo is the archery master's training hall in Hiyoshi. Several Ishikawa tales start here, and a piece of vanity gear is hidden nearby.
- Type
- Settlement
- Region
- Izuhara
- Province
- Hiyoshi
Good to know
- It is in Hiyoshi Prefecture, Izuhara.
- Sensei Sadanobu Ishikawa lives here.
- Ishikawa tales tied to it: The Way of the Bow, The Past Never Passes, The Tale of Sensei Ishikawa and The Sensei and the Student.
- The Aozora Headband is on the northeast side of the main building.
- The road beside it leads down to Hiyoshi Springs.
Collectible
Check the northeast corner of the main hall, by the road toward Hiyoshi Springs, for the Aozora Headband.
- The Sensei and the StudentThe Sensei and the Student is Ishikawa Tale 2 of 9, an Act 1 side tale in Hiyoshi. You and Sensei Ishikawa start tracking his former student Tomoe through Mongol archer positions and free some prisoners. It rewards the Charm of Efficiency and 2 Silk.
- The Past Never PassesThe Past Never Passes is Ishikawa Tale 3 of 9, an Act 1 side tale in Hiyoshi. Tomoe's archers have ringed Hiyoshi Springs ahead of a Mongol attack, and you scout the area with Ishikawa and clear bridges along the coast. It rewards the Charm of Precision and 2 Silk.
The Tale of Sensei IshikawaThe Tale of Sensei Ishikawa is the Act 1 story tale where you recruit the archery master Ishikawa. It gives you your first bow, the Half Bow, and opens the Ishikawa side storyline as Ishikawa Tale 1 of 9.- The Way of the BowThe Way of the Bow is Ishikawa Tale 4 of 9, the last Act 1 part of his storyline, where you defend Hiyoshi Springs from Tomoe's attack. It is worth doing early because it gives you the Flaming Arrow, plus the Charm of Immunity and the Storming Falcon vanity gear for your half bow.
Related places
- Other
Hiyoshi Springs
Hiyoshi Springs sits in Hiyoshi, part of Izuhara, and is one of the game's 20 Hot Springs. Soak there once and Jin's maximum health goes up permanently.
- Base
Fort Nakayama
Fort Nakayama is a Hiyoshi outpost the Mongols captured during the invasion. You raid it with Sensei Ishikawa in The Tale of Sensei Ishikawa, the tale that gives you the Half Bow.
- Settlement
Adachi Estate
Adachi Estate is the abandoned home of Clan Adachi in Izuhara, where most of Lady Masako's family was murdered. You investigate it in The Tale of Lady Masako and come back during The Husband.
- Settlement
Aoi Village
Aoi Village is a village on the Tsutsu Plains that the Mongols occupy at the start of Act 2. Freeing it gives you the Key of Aoi, one of the keys for The Unbreakable Gosaku.