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October 29, 2015 6:34 PM

KATANA (刀) ---The Japanese Sword---

Many people visit Japan to learn, find and feel "Japanese Culture and Japanese Art" such as "茶道 Tea ceremony", "書道, Calligraphy", "華道 Flower ceremony" and "盆栽 Bonsai".
Some of them regurlarly come to Japan to learn those cultures and arts to brush up.

We would like to introduce one of "Japanese cultures and Japanese art", so called "刀 Katana". (Sword)
It is said that Katana is the spirit of Warrior in Japan and also is the embodiment of the spirit.

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There are five different traditional styles of Katana, "大和 Yamato", "山城 Yamashiro", 備前 Bizen", 相州 Soshu" and "美濃 Mino" in Japan. Yamato is the oldest one since 8th - 9th A.D. However, it is still mysterious to fix when the predawn of Katana is. So, you can have your own wide imagination of this Katana history.


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When you can see this warpage of Katana, you definately can get a glimpse of not only "Japapnese art and Japanese beauty", but also, "High guality" of craft man in Japan.

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8katana.JPGThe Katana book English version is sold in the shop as below.
Ginza Choshuya

http://www.choshuya.co.jp/

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All of office staffs welcome to foregine customers.
Please feel free to visit this shop when you come to Tokyo.

Takeshi Yamamoto
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