Familiar with the title of Miyamoto Musashi? For those who research Japanese culture or martial arts ought to have recognized about the legend of this biggest sword-master at any time. His guide, Go Rin No Sho (The Book of Five Rings), that includes his idealism equally in sword-combating and the way of lifestyle, not just famous in Japan, but also through western continent.
Ganry?jima (previously identified as F?najima) is an island in Japan situated among Honsh? and Ky?sh?. This was the place in which Miyamoto Musashi staged a duel with his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro in 1612.
Musashi, which held a boken (wood sword that he crafted himself), killed Kojiro which utilised an approx. 2 m size iron sword. After the duel, this island is called Ganry?jima, in respect of Kojiro’s sword fashion, Ganryu.




