Month: December 2020

The 4thKoriyama Sword City was held at the convention center “BigPalette Fukushima” in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.  To help stop the spread of the coronavirus, we thoroughly measured the temperature of visitors, encouraged the disinfecting of hands, wore masks, and doubled the size of the venue to avoid crowded spaces. To be honest, I was worried about the number of visitors and sales. However, after the event I was happy by the fact that we were able to achieve record results and thus rewarding our hard work.  I think the great turnout and sales were due to three factors, the local newspaper featured it in the article as a local event, the trust of the people of Fukushima Prefecture being this was our fourth event, and we were able to exhibit many local swords of Fukushima Prefecture.  My staff and I are delighted that the last sales event of this 2020 was a success.

The 2nd Saitama Token Ichi was held only one-minute walk from the Omiya Station in Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture. It was a 3-day event from Friday to Sunday, November 27th-29th. It was held in collaboration with the local Omiya sword dealer “Asahi Token.” Since the recent increase in the spread of the new corona-virus, I was worried about the number of visitors. Despite this, there were more visitors than I expected. We did our best to avoid spreading the corona-virus by implementing the wearing of masks and ensuring the ventilation was sufficient. November of this year, the biggest event, The Dai Token Ichi was canceled due to the situation with the corona-virus, so I think that sword enthusiasts were hoping for an exhibition and sales event. Many familiar customers as well as ladies and young people from both local and afar came to the event, so it was very busy.

Thanks to everyone’s efforts, the event was able to achieve more than the target.

The 3rd Saitama Token Ichi is scheduled for May of next year.