Dti 2016

[Gordon Sanders]

I am making plans to attend the DTI this year in November,

 

Should I plan on attending all three days?

 

What is the normal schedule and activities that the members of NMB plan?

 

yes... i am a noob!!

 

Best regards..Gordon

[Brian]

2 days is usually enough. 1st day before the best deals sell. Last day, because better deals can be negotiated.

Don't miss the yakatabune after event, or any study events organized.

[Gordon Sanders]

Thanks very much Brian

 

What would the trip be then?  Thurs Morn -Monday Eve?

[Gordon Sanders]

Coming from HK the flights are relatively cheap from Vanilla Air.  

it was mentioned that the dates are 18/19/20 November 2016

 

Would the best flight schedule then be evening of 17 Nov - Morning 21 Nov?  

Are there activities outside of the DTI that are planned (either before or after)?

[tony edmunds]

Hi Gordon

If this is your first DTI  be prepared to be amazed,overwhelmed and delighted by the sheer volume and quality of swords and fittings on offer.

As an aside Bob Hughes Yakatabune cruise is a must, great fun assuming your liver can stand the strain.

Good luck and enjoy.

 

Tony

[Gordon Sanders]

YES would be my first. When would the river cruise be? And what is the location of the DtI?

[Brian]

I think all the info will be posted on the forum closer to the time.

As for the details...there is this handy calendar at the top of the forum that has a LOT of useful info

[SteveM]

And you might want to squeeze in some time to check out the Japan Sword Museum if you've never seen it before. 

http://www.touken.or.jp/english/

[Gordon Sanders]

Thanks.. Yes i saw the calendar but also thought that the group does things.  I had thought to go first and last day to DTI and then the middle day to visit the museum.  What night is the boat dinner normally held?

[Brian]

We'll have to wait for Guido or Bob to chime in, as they usually arrange it (and very well too, might I add)

[Lee Bray]

Have a chat with Roger...he's invariably at the DTI and knows the out of hours scene and who arranges it.

[Stephen]

Bobby posted...seak and u shal find

[Stephen]

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/20501-extra-events-scheduled-around-the-dai-token-ichi/

[Brian]

Sooo...where are the reports, pics and comments about the show? All the members still wandering around Tokyo in a daze?

[SteveM]

I could only go for a about an hour on the last day. By that time the organizers had run out of catalogs, so I guess from their point of view it was a success. 

There were more foreigners than I'd ever seen before.

There were more females than I'd ever seen before. 

There was still a ton of product to see in the last hour; everything from high end (20M yen) Shinkai pieces, to garden-variety mumei wakizashi.

So many tsuba to look at, you'd need at least a day just for tsuba. I nearly bought a gendai tsuba made by a smith in Nagoya (I think) called Yoshiyuki (義之). It was selling for 125,000 and I'm kind of kicking myself now that I didn't buy it. I was hoping the dealer would come down in price, since it was the closing minutes of the show, but he wasn't having any of it. The tsuba was made from absolutely gorgeous iron - the design was a phrase (in letters) 長運武久 and and was lovely to look at and hold. In this style. http://www.e-sword.jp/sale/2013/1310_6043syousai.htm

 

As it is I walked away without having bought anything. I wish I could have spent more time there.