The 12th Annual Orlando Japanese Sword Show is Coming up Fast!!!

[Mushin]

The 12th Orlando Japanese Arts, Collectibles & Sword Show (June 26–28, 2026) continues to grow and improve every year, and this year is shaping up to be the biggest and strongest yet.

This year’s featured exhibition is “Masterpieces of the Yamato Tradition,” with a special educational display curated by Ray Singer and Joe Forcine highlighting important examples from one of the most influential traditions in Nihonto history.

The dealer room is shaping up to be the strongest yet:

• 41 table holders spread across 60+ tables
• Dealers and exhibitors traveling from 12 states
• Seven first-time exhibitors, which means fresh inventory and new material that attendees likely haven’t seen before

That combination of established dealers and new faces should make for an especially strong buying, selling, and networking weekend.

In addition to swords, there will be:

• Tsuba roundtables
• Sword etiquette presentations
• Toyama-ryu demonstrations
• Hōzōin-ryū sōjutsu demonstrations
• Bonsai and ikebana exhibitions
• And plenty of opportunities to talk swords with fellow collectors from around the country

One of the things that makes Orlando particularly easy is logistics: the venue is just minutes from Orlando International Airport, with hotel shuttle service available.

Event Details:
June 26–28, 2026
DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando Airport
Orlando, Florida

The hotel room block closes in 11 days, so if you’re thinking about attending, now is the time to lock things in.

More details here: Orlando Sword Show

If you’ve never attended, this is an excellent year to start. If you’ve been before, expect a bigger room, fresh material, and one of the best educational displays the show has hosted.

Hope to see many of you there.

[Scogg]

Very much looking forward to it. Will be my first Orlando show. It’s the Yamato masterpieces that really made me want to make the trip this year. 

 

Hope to see some of ya’ll there.
-Sam 

[Hokke]

Hey Bobby, not sure if its a typo on the flyer you posted or if Hilton hasn't updated their page, but according to the Hilton page, special rate bookings can be made through May 27th.