Thursday, July 11, 2024

(3178) Swordsmen wanted

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To be more accurate, young swordsmen wanted --boys and girls. Somewhere in Ibaraki (茨城) a local kendo school is looking for members but this "剣士募集" which literally means "swordsmen wanted" was an instant flashback to a time centuries ago!

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).

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