Dai Token Ichi Dates for 2025

[Keichodo]

Greetings sword mavens!

 

In case you cannot make it to the Dai Token Ichi in 2024, there is always next year!  At the recent meeting of the National Commercial Sword Dealer's Association, the organization behind the Dai Token Ichi, the dates for 2025 were confirmed. It will be the first weekend in November, so Saturday, November 1st and Sunday, November 2nd! Lots of notice in advance for you to make your plans!

 

Best Regards,

 

Robert Hughes

Keichodo

[BIG]

Bob, do you have a 2024 DTI translation.. and will share it..

 

Best Peter

[Brian]

Thanks Bob.
Don't know how, but I am going to do my best to try and be there next year. Looking to do about 2 weeks in Japan. Tokyo and one other city...not Kyoto. I considered doing snow this time, so maybe Sapporo.
Lots of saving to do. Holding thumbs. Thanks for the update...having dates makes it much easier to plan.

[Lewis B]

This is wonderful news and fits with my schedule perfectly. I was hoping it would be early in Nov like this year. Looking forward to further updates in the coming year. I plan to be in Japan for 3 weeks and take advantage of the 21 day JR Rail travel pass, from mid Oct into Nov to attend the DTI.

[sabiji]

I'm planning to go to Japan again in 2025, in the fall of course, and of course this time to the DTI.

[yurie]

Dai Token Ichi was wonderful.  Mr. Robert Hughes hosted the "Yakatabune party" like any other year.

This is a tour boat around Tokyo Bay with Japanese dinner and drinks.

I joined the party with my daughter. 

Here are the photos. 

Thank you, Mr. Robert Hughes.

 

[Stephen]

I had hoped to see pictures of you and your daughter Yurie san. 😉 

Thank you for sharing.

[CSM101]

I made a few photos there. But that was a private event. Just like Cinq and the meeting at the Sword Museum. So I will not post any photos from those events.

 

   Uwe G.

[yurie]

@Stephen

Hi Stephen, I am kicking myself for not taking photos of my daughter, Robert Hughes, me, and a few other people who sat near me.

It was so much fun that by the time I realized I had not taken the photos, it was almost the end of the tour.

I took these photos at the last minute.  The food was wonderful (Tenpura was cooked on the boat and served on the spot).

A couple of people sang Karaoke, and later we sang along together.  Outside of the boat, we were surrounded by many high-rise buildings with huge numbers of lights, went under a bridge, and saw many other boats like us.  

Soken-do (sword store) sent me more photos of my swords.  This time, side-view.

 

 

 

[Stephen]

Yurie I can almost smell the tempura and see the lights as if I was there, thank you.