Echizen Uchihamono (越前打刃物) is the 690-year-old forged-blade tradition of Takefu, Fukui — a five-minute drive from the Echizen…
Kobaien (古梅園), founded in 1577 in Nara, is the oldest continuously-operating sumi-ink maker in Japan — and the…
The Kamado-san (かまどさん) is a clay rice-cooking donabe made by Nagatani-en (長谷園) — a Mie-prefecture pottery house founded…
Oigen (及源), founded 1852 in Mizusawa (Iwate Prefecture), is one of the largest producers of Nambu tetsubin (南部鉄器)…
The Nōsaku gui-nomi (model 501270, 90cc, 100% pure tin) is the smallest and most affordable entry into Nōsaku's…
Nōsaku (能作) is a 1916-founded foundry in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture — a Sea-of-Japan-coast city that was built in…
