Touken Ranbu

Touken Ranbu AR Walk at the Minamiza Theatre (August 2025)

The kabuki Touken Ranbu: Azuma Kagami Yuki no Midare never fitted into my schedule, so I summoned sword warriors with the game app's AR Walk feature in front of the huge Minamiza signboard.

Kyushu’s National Treasures: Kyuhaku’s Beautiful Bounty (July 2025)

I went to Dazaifu to see the National Treasure sword Heshikiri Hasebe, and came home smitten with a doll-shaped ginseng. A solo day of swords, ginseng, and umegae-mochi.