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Happy New Year from JAPAN Forward! One week into 2019, we are sharing with you in a series the […]
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Happy New Year from JAPAN Forward! One week into 2019, we are sharing with you in a series the […]
Culture
The town of Setouchi in Okayama Prefecture is home to the Osafune Japanese Sword Museum. Osafune, a […]
Culture
The Tokyo Art Club in Shinbashi is host every year to the world’s largest Japanese sword show […]
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Swords of Kyoto, a spectacular new sword exhibition opened September 29 at the Kyoto National Museum and finishes November […]
Culture
Paul Martin for JAPAN Forward The city of Yasugi has a long history with Japanese steel. […]
Culture
On June 22 a written request for a budget increase to train Japanese sword artisans was delivered […]
Culture
Part 1: Traveling the San’in: Orochi and the Mythical Origins of the Sword Part 2: Japanese Swords: ‘Tatara,’ […]
Culture
Three years ago, Touken Ranbu, an online game with personified legendary sword characters, kindled the Japanese sword trend, […]
Culture
The traditional dance performance of Iwami Kagura tells the story of the discovery of steelmaking in Izumo, Japan, […]
Culture
The raw material used to make Japanese swords is called tamahagane. On January 24, production of the annual batch […]
Culture
An important twelfth-century Japanese sword, discovered hidden in the ceiling during a 1939 refurbishment of the treasure house at Kasuga […]
Culture
I recently took a trip to Shimane Prefecture, also known as the San’in region, to research some of the […]