Situated in a nondescript yet picturesque spot in Kyotongo City in Japan’s coastal region of Tango, is a forge or smithy that makes traditional katana by hand. These are the kinds of swords that were ...

In Japan, people have been practising two excellent martial arts for ages: ninjutsu and ninjutsu, respectively. These arts draw our attention to the weapons at hand. They are not just about fighting ...

A training text, used by a martial arts school to teach members of the bushi (samurai) class, has been deciphered, revealing the rules samurai were expected to follow and what it took to truly become ...

At the Kurou Family’s shop on the Hill of Six Bones, you can pay a contract fee to hire a bodyguard to take along to Jikai (the other world). Just like the player, bodyguards have a “Dan” ranking that ...

A photograph taken around 1860 showing a Samurai in full armor with sword. Within two decades of this photo being taken the Samurai would effectively be abolished and Japan would move to a conscript ...