{"id":2449,"date":"2026-07-27T01:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:49:00","slug":"the-27th-noda-token-ichi-july-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/2026\/07\/27\/the-27th-noda-token-ichi-july-27-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The 27th Noda Token Ichi  July 27, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dai5kaimito.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dai5kaimito-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dai5kaimito-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dai5kaimito.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6032.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2448\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6032-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6032-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6032.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u91ce\u75304-e1727682483214-800x485-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u91ce\u75304-e1727682483214-800x485-1-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u91ce\u75304-e1727682483214-800x485-1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u91ce\u75304-e1727682483214-800x485-1-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u91ce\u75304-e1727682483214-800x485-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6018.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6018-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6018-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6018.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6031.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6031-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6031-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6031.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6027.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6027-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6027-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6027.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We held the 27th Noda Token Ichi, a three-day sales event, from Friday, July 24, at Business Hotel Noda, located near our headquarters in Noda.\u3000Despite the intense midsummer heat, many visitors came to see us, wiping away the sweat as they browsed the exhibition. My father, Tomio Matsumoto, our former president, who is now over ninety years old, was also in excellent spirits and enjoyed welcoming and assisting our customers throughout the event.\u3000We are sincerely grateful to our regular customers who traveled not only from the local area but also from distant parts of Japan to visit us.\u3000We were also pleased to welcome many customers who brought Japanese swords and sword fittings to sell. We acquired many pieces that had remained unseen for many years, and we are excited to bring them back into the public eye and introduce them to collectors once again.\u3000It was a truly fulfilling three days, filled with enjoyable conversations with so many customers about Japanese swords.\u3000On behalf of all our staff, I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who visited the 27th Noda Token Ichi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We held the 27th Noda Token Ichi, a three-day sales event, from Friday, July 24, at Business Hotel Noda, located near our headquarters in Noda.\u3000Despite the intense midsummer heat, many visitors came to see us, wiping away the sweat as they browsed the exhibition. My father, Tomio Matsumoto, our former president, who is now over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/2026\/07\/27\/the-27th-noda-token-ichi-july-27-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The 27th Noda Token Ichi  July 27, 2026<\/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\/2449"}],"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=2449"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions\/2454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}