Ashikaga City in Tochigi Prefecture, about 90 minutes by train northeast of Tokyo, was the birthplace of the Ashikaga clan, which ruled Japan as shoguns during the Muromachi period (1336-1573). But ...

Explore the Japanese sword event "Dai Token Ichi 2016" that attracts fans from all over the world. Japanese sword maniacs and buyers from all over the world. We've interviewed the maniacs and buyers ...

For centuries, Japan’s warrior class revered the Japanese sword as the “soul of the samurai” and symbol of their dominant place in society. The Meiji Restoration of 1868, though, removed the samurai ...

TOKYO -- An expensive book on Japanese swords received an unprecedented reprint before even being published in late January, after it saw huge demand attributed to "token joshi," or "sword girls," who ...

If you’re a sword lover, especially of the elegant, delicately curved "nihonto" (literally: “Japanese sword”), then this one’s for you. A new 60-minute film titled "Japanese Swords ~The World of ...

Swords that were submerged in water after torrential rain that struck the Kyushu region in July 2020 are seen in this image provided by Aoi Aso Shrine in the city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture.