The 44th Annual All Japan Iaido Prefectural Opposition Championship Tournament - 5th Dan Division Part 1

The 44th All Japan Iaido Tournament, 5-dan Division Part 1 includes the first round matches between Shinya Fujiwara (Iwate) and Watari Harada (Kanagawa), Tsuyoshi Sakibara (Okinawa) and Hiroya Hattori (Mie), Kenichi Higuchi (Yamagata) and Yoji Taguchi (Saitama), and Masato Sakata (Fukui) and Masami Tsunoda (Aomori).

Date: October 20, 2009 (Saturday).
Place: Shimabara Fukko Arena
Sponsored by:  The All Japan Kendo Federation
Supervised by: Nagasaki Kendo Federation, Nagasaki Prefecture, The Nagasaki Education Committe, Shimabara City, The Shimabara Education Committee, Shimabara Newspaper Co.