From January 2018, the Sword Museum and NBTHK head office opening commemoration and celebration was held at Daiichi Hotel in Ryogoku, near the former Yasuda Gardens.
Celebrities who attended included the Princess Akiko of Mikasa, the former Prime Minister Hosokawa Morihiko, and the 18th Generation and main head of the Tokugawa Family, Tokugawa Tsunenari.
Today’s ceremony celebrated by hundreds of Japanese swords enthusiast, such as association officials, swordsmiths, and swords traders, and I wish this to be the first step in developing Japanese sword culture in the future.