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Samurai style for the rainy season! Wooden samurai bokuto sword umbrella goes on sale in Japan

Casey Baseel
May 17, 2017
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Unique design should be a hit with fashionistas and history buffs, and also hides a subtle anime cosplay secret.

Japan
(anime • cool • cosplay • fashion • gintama • Katana • samurai • swords • umbrellas • wood)

Sword of one of Japan’s last samurai discovered in house in America

Casey Baseel
Mar 30, 2017

Progressive samurai was denied his dream of crossing the ocean, but his tanto still made it to California.

Japan, USA
(culture • history • Katana • Meiji Restoration • samurai • swords • Yoshida Shoin)

Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano anthropomorphizes katana made from a meteorite

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2016

Illustration and blade that inspired it to be shown together at Tokyo museum.

Japan
(art • cool • Final Fantasy • Katana • meteor • Mori Art Museum • museums • Roppongi Hills • swords • Yoshitaka Amano)

Japan’s fantasy sword tweezers are now officially on sale, available online

Meg Murphy
Oct 27, 2016

No need to slay dragons or delve dungeons! You can now purchase Japan’s Tweezers of Legend with a few clicks of your mouse.

Japan
(beauty • cool • funny • grooming • swords)

Slice into a traditional sweet range with some of Japan’s most famous swords

Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2016

The beautifully designed metal replicas are modelled on real-life weapons that come with amazing historical stories.

Japan
(anime • cute • Katana • mobile games • samurai • sweets • swords • Touken Ranbu • video games • Yokan)

Japanese city offering authentic handcrafted swords in exchange for “tax” payments

Master Blaster
Oct 3, 2016

The best part is you don’t even have to live there to pay the tax!

Japan
(furusato tax • Gifu • Japanese sword • Seki • swords • swordsmith • tax)

Amazing exhibition of Japan’s legendary “cursed katana” is going on right now【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2016

Don’t forget to purify your soul before heading to this museum’s display of samurai swords that were designed to do just one thing: kill.

Japan
(awesome • beautiful • cool • culture • history • Katana • Muramasa • museum • samurai • swords)

We visited the awesome Ninja Trick House in Tokyo!

Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2016

Use a Japanese sword and throw shuriken stars like a ninja for less than ten bucks in the heart of Tokyo!

Japan
(experiences • Kabukicho • Ninja • Sengoku • shinjuku • shuriken • swords • Tokyo • tourism • tourists)

Japanese craftsman creates legendary tweezers in the shape of shields and swords

Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2016

Attack unruly hairs like an RPG character with beautiful battle-worthy equipment!

Japan
(anime • cool • gamers • games • gaming • manga • metalworking • shields • swords • tweezers)

Samurai sword in new Japan Self-Defense Force emblem causing controversy

Casey Baseel
Sep 9, 2016

Critics say that adding a katana to the insignia is offensively evocative of Japan’s World War II military aggression.

Japan
(controversy • Japan Self-Defense Forces • Katana • military • samurai • soceity • swords • World War II)

Wear a genuine piece of Japanese sword around your neck with beautiful new jewellery range

Oona McGee
Jul 12, 2016

The forged steel accessories are taken from various parts of a blade created by a master swordsmith.

Japan
(jewellery • jewelry • Katana • samurai • samurai swords • swords)

Upgrade your hairpin arsenal with Japanese kanzashi shaped like samurai swords and rifles

Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2016

Fashion accessories will have you ready to turn heads, defeat foes.

Japan
(cool • fashion • hairpins • history • kanzashi • Katana • kimono • swords • yukata)

New film about Japanese historical swords, forging techniques is now playing in select theaters

Krista Rogers
Jun 1, 2016

This one is sure to please all of the historical sword buffs out there.

Culture, Japan
(film • nihonto • swordmaking • swords • traditional • video)

Samurai sword umbrella sheaths will help you fight off the rainy day blues 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
May 28, 2016

Chic canvas carriers let you cut a playfully stylish figure.

Japan
(bags • cool • fashion • Katana • rainy season • samurai • swords • umbrellas)

Giant engraved sword is also a Japanese nameplate (plus most awesome home fixture ever)

Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2016

If your home truly is your castle, you’ll want this at the entrance to your realm.

Art, Japan
(art • awesome • cool • home • nameplates • swords)

Sword enthusiasts, here’s the katana documentary you won’t want to miss! 【Video】

Meg Murphy
Mar 1, 2016

This ultra high-definition documentary is scheduled to come out this year. You can help support its production, and get some pretty cool things for doing so too!

Japan
(crowdfunding • culture • documentary • Japanese sword • Katana • swords • video)

Samurai sword tights are here to make your legs look extra sharp

Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2016

Have historical weapons from Japan’s Sengoku period guard your legs against the cold.

Japan
(fashion • history • rekijo • samurai • swords • tights)

This is the Rei Ayanami doll we’ve been anticipating since last year—and it was worth the wait!

Preston Phro
Jan 16, 2016

The final item in the Evangelion x Japanese Sword doll series looks awesome…and she’ll cut you if you disagree.

Internet, Japan
(Evangelion • Evangelion dolls • Japanese swords • Rei Ayanami • swords)

Order your own historical sword-turned-hot-guy Touken Ranbu cake just in time for the holidays

Krista Rogers
Dec 1, 2015

Remember Touken Ranbu, that game where you turn historical Japanese swords into hot men? Well, one shop is now turning those men into delectable cakes!

Internet, Japan
(cake • card game • swords • Touken Ranbu)

Anime sword fighting isn’t like reality. Why? Biomechanics (again)

Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2015

You know all those cool-looking anime warriors with a katana strapped to their back? It turns out some of them would be really easy to beat in a fight, and it’s all the artist’s fault.