Japanese swords are the culmination of eight crafts working in unison. These precious traditional skills are in danger of being lost forever ー Paul Martin
The town of Setouchi in Okayama Prefecture is home to the Osafune Japanese Sword Museum. Osafune, a village in the archaic province Bizen,...
The raw material used to make Japanese swords is called tamahagane. On January 24, production of the annual batch of tamahagane for Japan’s swordsmiths began...
