Samurai Sword

On a trip to Kyoto, Waka sensei, my friend Naho and I stumbled on a shop that stocks swords and samurai armor called Tozando. It was a treasure trove that the makers of Kill Bill would be proud of. In fact, the craftsmen who made the armor stocked in the shop also made the armor used in "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise. According to the guy we spoke to, the armor and swords were all made recently but the armor was modeled in the style of the Sengoku period or "Warring states period" roughly 1478 to 1605. The craftsman ship was just incredible.


The owners of Tozando kindly let us film in their shop and patiently answered all my questions. If you are in Kyoto it is worth checking out.
http://www.tozandoshop.com/

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Samurai sword
• Martial arts
• iaido
• ninja
• kendo
• japan
• kyoto
• warring states
• Learn Japanese
• The last samurai

[britishairwayspilot1]

how long have you known japanese?

[hunyaga]

@britishairwayspilot1 I've lived in Japan for over 15 years...I think, I lose count now...

[marz12aug]

It is hard to save the talkative ignorance

[Raybanmonster]

@Zyamaman RESEARCH AGAIN CLOWN. THE MAYA not the MAYANS

[Zyamaman]

@Raybanmonster

Dude, what?

Tanzania is in Africa, and Mayans were South-American in origin...

[Raybanmonster]

Check out the MAYA people of Tanzania, who manufactured CARBONIZED STEEL 2000yrs before any Europeans. Clearly then they fashioned weapons and tools in steel!! before even the Japanese Samurai.

[burekgirl]

machi machi? 1:38 :) how you translate that?

[benoitddd42]

very nice video! oh and I'd like to say that in the samurai era, it took about a year to make a sword, and the guy said it now takes about 3-4 months. Is it because it's now easier or they simply make it low quality (well, maybe not low quality but not as high quality as it was before)?

[brianthao102]

sorry it was 0:18

[brianthao102]

its funny how you can't walk down the street with a Katana but at 0:20 you can see a dude with a Naginata

[JWelshQ91]

@ThePeda94 It is since it emphasizes on syllables. But for a person like you willing to learn, it will be a breeze.

[maybealover]

her sword was a tree that swung as the planet spun

[AwesomeKazuaki]

@Zyamaman

so sorry to be late! "I'm Kazuaki" is my ex-channel.

I mean ”That blacksmiths heir very small portions and most all of blacksmiths are grandpas".