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This category is for sites about sword collecting.

Websites submitted here must be sword collecting related and in English. Sites in other languages should be submitted to the appropriate World subcategory.

Important Notes - Please Read:

Shopping sites should be submitted to Shopping - Weapons.


You can greatly speed up the review of your site by complying with the following:

Please do not write in all caps, nor capitalize all nouns in descriptions.

Please refrain from using any hype, superlatives, or sales pitches. Any such content will be removed.

Please write descriptions in the third person.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

Submissions for sites under construction will be DELETED.

Please submit your site only ONCE. Multiple pages from the same site will not be listed in this category or its subcategories.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The Nihonto, or Japanese sword, is considered a work of art by many. This category is for those interested in the care and collection of genuine antique and modern Japanese swords.

Sites selling goods should not be submitted to this category.

Websites in this category must be in English.

Bilingual sites may be submitted here as well as to the appropriate World subcategory.

Please do not submits sites selling products in this category.

Sites in this category must be Japan-related and in English.

Please submit only sites dealing with Japanese traditional swords in this category. For sites selling Japanese swords please submit it to Shopping - Japanese Sword Arts.

Websites in Japanese should be submitted to World: Japanese.

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Do NOT write in all caps, nor capitalize all nouns in descriptions.

Please refrain from using any hype, superlatives, or sales pitches. Any such content will be removed.

Sites under construction will be deleted.

The ODP does not list redirection or vanity urls. Please submit the url of your server.

No site is guaranteed placement in the Open Directory. Any site unrelated to Japanese swords, or still submitted to multiple inappropriate categories, using multiple URLs for multiple submissions, or consisting primarily of affiliate links will be deleted and may be permanently banned.

The editors may reject, delete, or edit submissions at our sole editorial discretion, before or after inclusion.

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