Hotel Tado Onsen has one of the coolest katana collections in Japan, and admission is totally free Hotel Tado Onsen, in the Mie Prefecture town of Kuwana, is a particularly nice hotel, enough so to earn three Michelin guide stars. But while there’s plenty of contemporary luxury to be enjoyed, Located in the hotel’s banquet and meeting rooms, three of which house an amazing assortment of authentic samurai equipment. These are the real deal - sitting in one glass case is the armor of Honda Tadakatsu, a famed 16th century warrior renowned as one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings, including his famous horned helmet that he’s seen wearing in his centuries-old portrait. https://www.touken-world.jp/kuwana/