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This hotel has one of the coolest katana collections in Japan, and admission is totally free【Pics】

This hotel has one of the coolest katana collections in Japan, and admission is totally free【Pics】

Centuries of samurai history are on display, and we’ll teach you what to look for in appreciating the beauty of a Japanese sword.
If you want to see Japanese swords and armor, and you don’t happen to have a time machine, usually you’ll need to head to a museum.
However, we recently came across an astounding collection of katana not in any museum, gallery, or other dedicated cultural facility, but inside a hotel.
Granted, the Hotel Tado Onsen, in the Mie Prefecture town of Kuwana, is a particularly nice hotel, enough so to earn three Michelin guide stars.
But what really captured our attention are the stunning racks of katana, tachi, and other beautiful blades.