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Top 25 JAPAN Forward Articles of 2018: 15-11

January 9, 2019 12:11 pm

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  Happy New Year from JAPAN Forward! One week into 2019, we are sharing with you in a series the […]

Culture

Help Bring Home the ‘Sanchomo,’ A National Treasure Sword of Japan

November 28, 2018 12:56 am

Paul Martin Leave your thoughts

      The town of Setouchi in Okayama Prefecture is home to the Osafune Japanese Sword Museum. Osafune, a […]

Culture

Muramasa Dagger Given By Vladimir Putin to Shinzo Abe on Public Display November 16-18

November 16, 2018 1:09 pm

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      The Tokyo Art Club in Shinbashi is host every year to the world’s largest Japanese sword show […]

Blog

Giveaway: Get Tickets for You and a Friend to the ‘Swords of Kyoto’ Special Exhibition

October 18, 2018 7:00 pm

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  Swords of Kyoto, a spectacular new sword exhibition opened September 29 at the Kyoto National Museum and finishes November […]

Culture

Yasugi: City of Japanese Steel and Samurai

September 17, 2018 11:51 pm

Paul Martin Leave your thoughts

      Paul Martin for JAPAN Forward   The city of Yasugi has a long history with Japanese steel. […]

Culture

Campaign to Save Japanese Sword Culture Gets Support From Political Heavyweights

July 4, 2018 2:07 am

Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

      On June 22 a written request for a budget increase to train Japanese sword artisans was delivered […]

Culture

San’in Travels: Oki-no-Shima and the Exiled Swordsmith Emperor Gotoba

May 29, 2018 12:32 am

Paul Martin Leave your thoughts

    Part 1: Traveling the San’in: Orochi and the Mythical Origins of the Sword Part 2: Japanese Swords: ‘Tatara,’ […]

Culture

‘Touken Joshi’: Girls Are Infatuated With Japanese Swords, and It’s Good

May 7, 2018 10:48 pm

Toshikazu Iwaguchi Leave your thoughts

    Three years ago, Touken Ranbu, an online game with personified legendary sword characters, kindled the Japanese sword trend, […]

Culture

Japanese Swords: ‘Tatara,’ the Traditional Iron and Steel Culture of the San’in

March 18, 2018 12:50 am

Paul Martin Leave your thoughts

    The traditional dance performance of Iwami Kagura tells the story of the discovery of steelmaking in Izumo, Japan, […]

Culture

Oku-izumo’s Annual Sword Steelmaking Begins

February 3, 2018 1:36 am

Paul Martin Leave your thoughts

  The raw material used to make Japanese swords is called tamahagane.  On January 24, production of the annual batch […]

Culture

Priceless Sword Discovered in Ceiling at Kasuga Taisha Restored

January 23, 2018 12:37 pm

Paul Martin 1 Comment

  An important twelfth-century Japanese sword, discovered hidden in the ceiling during a 1939 refurbishment of the treasure house at Kasuga […]

Culture

Traveling the San’in: Orochi and the Mythical Origins of the Sword

January 22, 2018 3:40 pm

Paul Martin Leave your thoughts

  I recently took a trip to Shimane Prefecture, also known as the San’in region, to research some of the […]

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