5 December 2018
The "Yamatorige” Project: Returning a National Treasure to its Rightful Home
Setouchi city (Okayama Prefecture) is currently embarked upon a project that is among the first of its kind in Japan. Using a number of different crowdfunding platforms both within Japan and overseas, the city is hoping to raise the capital needed to buy the famous “Yamatorige (山鳥毛)”, an art sword designated as a National Treasure of Japan, for the internationally-recognised Bizen Osafune Sword Museum.
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