The Japanese Samurai sword is introduced as "The soul of Samurai".
But, many foreigner people may misunderstand about this meaning.
The knife is the soul of chef.
The car is the soul of taxi driver.
The shoes are the soul of athlete.
The hammer and saw are the soul of carpenter.
The computer is the soul of web designer.
Japanese people use all of tools as important thing.
Therefore, we believe that there is the soul in all of tools.
Even in the words, we think there is soul.
We respect not only the thing but also the people who made them and natural resource.
If you want to know this truth, I would like to recommend to visit to the Japanese traditional arts. Tea ceremony, Flower arrangement, Traditional music instrument and martial arts, etc.
You may know how a Japanese handles these tools with careful.
And you may know how a Japanese takes good care of a tool from the manners.
So, if you only believe "The Samurai sword is the soul of Samurai.", we Japanese thinks you are totally crazy guy! But if you understand such a deep meaning, we may respect your attitude of studying Japanese culture.
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