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Phone
  
+81 3-3379-1386

Japanese Sword Museum

Address
  
4 Chome-25-10 Yoyogi, 渋谷区 Tokyo 151-0053, Japan

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–4:30PMFriday10AM–4:30PMSaturday10AM–4:30PMSunday10AM–4:30PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–4:30PMWednesday10AM–4:30PMThursday10AM–4:30PM

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japanese sword museum


The Japanese Sword Museum or Tōken hakubutsukan (刀剣博物館) situated in Tokyo, is a small museum dedicated to the art of Japanese swordmaking. The museum is run by the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords.

The museum has a collection of more than 150 items, including swords (mainly katana), tosogu (mountings), yoroi (armor) as well as documents of metal working.

References

Japanese Sword Museum Wikipedia