{"id":1603,"date":"2023-06-07T00:36:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T00:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2023-06-07T00:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T00:36:10","slug":"the-annual-noda-kai-sword-auction-june-3-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/2023\/06\/07\/the-annual-noda-kai-sword-auction-june-3-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Annual Noda Kai Sword Auction   June 3, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1120.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1120-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_1120\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1122.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1122-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_1122\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1119.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1119-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_1119\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1114.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1114-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_1114\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image0.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image0-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"image0\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1117.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_1117-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_1117\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On June 3rd, the annual Noda kai Sword Auction was held at Business Hotel Noda.\u00a0We were worried about the effects of the heavy rain that had continued since the day before, but we were happy to see 55 sword dealers gathered at the event. Many of them exhibited attractive swords and fittings for the auction. The lively auction continued all day long from the morning, until it ended safely in the evening at 5pm.\u00a0After the end of the auction,\u00a0I was exhausted but was also filled with a feeling of satisfaction that reenergized\u00a0me after receiving positive words of appreciation from the participants. Despite the severe weather and current decrease of items overall, this auction\u00a0event had\u00a0almost record high performance. This time, we held a banquet at the hotel the day before and invited a magician for entertainment. Everyone seemed to be fascinated by the\u00a0magic tricks that we were able to see up close and in person. It was a very nice event and a great way to show my appreciation\u00a0to the Noda Kai Sword Auction participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 3rd, the annual Noda kai Sword Auction was held at Business Hotel Noda.\u00a0We were worried about the effects of the heavy rain that had continued since the day before, but we were happy to see 55 sword dealers gathered at the event. Many of them exhibited attractive swords and fittings for the auction. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/2023\/06\/07\/the-annual-noda-kai-sword-auction-june-3-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Annual Noda Kai Sword Auction   June 3, 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1604,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}