Seki Swordsmith Museum — Attraction in Seki

The Seki Swordsmith Museum offers a relatively small collection on the traditional method of forging swords, a practice for which Seki was famous in the periods where katana were needed in large numbers. Besides the descriptive part, the museum also features a plethora of swords which were made in between the 14th and 20th century. For me it was beautiful to see actual nihonto, and then ancient ones on top of that, still in perfect condition. I spent a lot of time just looking at the swords. Otherwise it's a pretty small...

Interesting place to understand how the Katana is forge. There is a video that has English subtitles that introduce the different stages of producing a Katana. The intricacies are amazing.

The place has about 20 carpark lots, but the better place to park is the tourist information centre next to it. There is a big carpark in front of it. After visiting the swordsmith museum, one can visit the tourist information centre to have some snacks or...

Great Museum of you like Japanese swords and want to learn more about how they are made.

If you can, come here during the festival, which is on the second weekend of October each year. You will have the chance to see a live smithing performance. Also there is an English-Club in town, which means a lot of Japanese people giving you explanations in english, reducing the...