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[Loki]

Japanese swordsmith apprenticeship is advertised with five day weeks for five years with no pay | Daily Mail Online

 

This highlights the long road ahead and the sacrifices required to becoming a smith.

[Bruce Pennington]

I'd never get a Kitchen Pass for that long away from home!

[robinalexander]

Do they have beer?

[NewB]

If I were to be 20 and familiar with the language - most certainly!

 

Cheers.

 

J.

[ckaiserca]

I don't know why people are so upset by the prospect of learning for 5 years for no pay. Many people pay huge amounts of money for the privilege of learning at a university for more than time than that. I spent 8 years earning my degrees at two different universities. I was fortunate that my father paid for my undergraduate degree, but I paid for my master's degree out of my own pocket.

[Toryu2020]

I wish someone had offered me this in my 20's, regardless of language I woulda been sooo there!

 

-t

[Alex A]

Good to see something positive on the news about Japanese swords!

 

This made me laugh.

 

• Number of registered swordsmiths has unsurprisingly declined in recent years

 

[DMNK]

If he could only offer an apprenticeship as a living deshi like the one experienced, I'd be on my flight already!  Unfortunately, coming to Japan as a lonely loner + having to pay for rent and food in an unpaid apprenticeship is impossible without any big funds. Five years without payment though are in my opinion, nothing for what you will get in return. Knowledge, independence, confidence in yourself and much more. It will be very hard yeah, but you've got to fully commit. I don't understand the upset folks. Today we all have to make the quick $$$ as early as possible, don't we?