大太刀 三尺三寸三分

Tachi 3尺3寸3分 (1010mm)

A blade length 1010mm long.

From left to right 3-3-3, 2-8-0, 2-4-0

Shape of The Late Kamakura Era, Bizen.

Tachi 2尺 9寸 8分 (903mm)

All done

A blade length 903mm long.

A hilt length 313mm long.

A narrow blade.

It's deep curvature by Koshi-zori, very good handling !!!

Small Shrine

So mysterious

When I was looking for cherry-blossoms,

I found small shrine.

The Foxes.

This is what they are watching.

Maybe I was led by them.

Nobody will visit here any longer but me.

花見 Hanami

Cherry-blossom in Shimonita

April 11th. Cherry-blossom season, chance for Hanami

Cherry-blossom will fall just like rain drops or snow.

Sometimes like blizzard when the wind blows strong.

Nobody here, nobody came.

No parties, no drunken.

It's depopulation in Kuriyama Shimonita city.

I have never seen, never met young people here.

They have gone to Tokyo.

After that, after all.

Go back to studio

I have expected that spring has come to Shimonita.

10 am, it was very fine and warm in Tokyo, March 10.

11:37, cold rain in Shimonita.

It's lunch time.

Chinese dish \600Yen !

Then I found road construction ahead and Traffic Restrictions.

It's 11:58, 2 minutes to midnight ... 

City will keep Traffic Restrictions during March.

Only one hours at noon, only 15 minutes other time zone.

I think nobody can round trip in 15 minutes, 

so we have to wait about two hours for next time zone.

17:15, rain turned into snow. It's cold.

Coffee break.

How many swords do I have to fix ...

Start to shape a short sword.

OMG. There's a crack !

This short sword will be 1尺4寸long from 1尺5寸

three 小太刀 13寸

four 大太刀 24寸

Almost done.

It's not so bad.

I have finished a pair of sword.