Nihonto Recommendations in Kanazawa, Nagoya ?

[Kanenaga]

Hi all,

Next month I will be in Kanazawa for a few days, and then a few more in Nagoya. Can anyone recommend nihonto-related things to do or see in those cities? These might include museum displays or sword shops. All suggestions appreciated.

 

Les

[Rivkin]

Kanazawa is great, and there is a high class sword museum (Shusui) about 40minutes away in Toyama. Also a good traditional culture museum in Toyama (with a tea room) which on occasion holds sword exhibits. Both Kanazawa and Toyama castles have very average displays. No great sword shops I know of, but Toyama has a good community and I heard there was a sword club meeting now and then.

Nagoya - Atsuta shrine has a good display with subpar lighting, a few good shops of which sanmei is best known. Has antique flea market which is very average, as frankly all Japanese non-spec antique markets sword-wise. There is Tokugawa Museum which is very good, again light is subpar. 

 

There is obviously the new sword museum in Nagoya, but it happened way after the time I lived in JP, so its best addressed by those who've been there.

[Emil]

I visited Nagoya just 2 weeks ago, checked out all Nihonto related places I could.

 

My strongest recommendation is The Nagoya Sword Museum, 200 Japanese swords are always on display.

 

 

There's also Japanese sword collection Room - Marunouchi which has a small museum display. It fades in comparison to the Nagoya Sword Museum, but it's not bad.

 

 

Sword store - Sanmei Trading has a very nice display of swords that you are free to browse. Pro tip: don't bother the man with questions unless you're buying 😅

 

 

You will be quite close to Seki, which has a lot to see as well

 

 

[Lewis B]

I will add these stops to my trip next Oct/Nov. Thanks for posting Emil