and is on show at the Bizen Osafune Sword Museum. It is regarded as the finest example of Bizen-style blades forged by the Fukuoka Ichimonji school of swordsmiths that was based in areas ...

I decided to pick up trash and treat it like a fun scavenger hunt,” said Andrey Kagan, who now has an online following for his weekly outings.

The winter exhibition at the shrine’s museum showcases 30 blades forged ... is believed to be the prototype of “katana” swords worn by samurai warriors at the waist during the Edo Period.