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The Largest Dance Festival in Japan

Do you know Awa Odori? The Largest Dance Festival in Japan called “Fool’s Dance” whose origins date back 400 years. — amazing street parties, music festivals and carnivals, annually held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture. “Awa” is the former name of Tokushima. This Awa festival features …

Gion Matsuri Festival in KYOTO

[updated on July 4, 2017] We have to introduce the most famous festival in Japan, Gion Matsuri. It has started on 1st July, and takes place over the entire month of July. The Gion Matsuri is not only the most famous but also one of the oldest & greatest in Japan. The origin is said a Goryoue or Mitamamatsuri …

Takohiki v.s. Yanagiba, Which is suitable for Sushi and Sashimi?

A customer gave us a good question about Sushi/Sashimi knives. “I’m looking for a sushi knife, can’t decide which I should select, Takohiki or Yanagiba. The takohiki just look cool, functionally wise they should be the same but which would be better for sushi related tasks, mainly sashimi and nigiri?” It is a kind of basic question but very …

[updated] Tojiro Launched JAPAN LIMITED Brand “FUJITORA”

[updated June 28] The price of FUJITORA brand knives has gotten more reasonable.   >>Check the details We’re pleased to announce that TOJIRO Co., ltd. has released the JAPAN Limited Brand “FUJITORA”, developed exclusively for Japanese domestic market, in response to Japanese quality-demanding customers’ expectation.  Needless to say, “FUJITORA” blades are quite extremely sharp, hard, and durable …

HAMO, essential food in summer Kyoto

Do you know HAMO? Many Japanese restaurants put some dish of HAMO to their menu for reflecting the summer season, very popular in Japan, but it is actually not well-known outside Japan. HAMO is a white-meat fish in the eel family, daggertooth pike conger which has a deep ripped mouth with sharp teeth at the upper and …

A Postal Letter from Customer

A several days ago, a postal letter from our customer has arrived at our office in Japan, and impressed us very much. Very few people recently write a letter with a pen, but he actually did in addition to his great feedback. This time we’re pleased to introduce it (excluding some serious part) with a thankful heart to …

My knife got a little bent at the tip…

Over the last three years, more than ten customers has gotten in trouble about their sushi knives (Japanese kitchen knives) and contacted us in a gentlemanly tone for example, “The tip of my knife got a little bent :(. Anyways, I wanted to ask you, what is the proper way to sharpen this sushi knife. Please advice me the best …

Grand Chef, Sophisticated Premier Grade Professional Knives

Some professional chefs gave their positive feedback to the “Grand Chef” knives, “For the longer time I use it, I must have more understood the competitive advantage and sharpness durability of the Grand Chef.” The Grand Chef series is a durable razor-sharp knife made in Sakai Japan, using the highest-grade quality material, Swedish stainless steel by …

How to Slice Sashimi ?

If you have a Japanese sashimi knife like a yanagiba, please try making more beautiful sashimi for your family, friend or customers. But! Do you know there are several type of sashimi as follows? Hira-dukuri Sogi-dukuri Usu-dukuri Ito-dukuri Matsukawa-dukuri Don’t be scared 🙂 We recommended you to learn how to slice sashimi through the following video. Is the …

Kasumi-togi, reasonably priced line of traditional forged knives

The Kasumi blade is a reasonably priced line of traditional forged knives which work well for first time users as well as more experienced chefs. It is made to put soft kitchen knife iron on Yasuki’s traditional Nihonko or Hagane — Shiroko / White Paper No.3 Steel — which has been widely used for a …

For Professional chefs among the Professional, Powdered High Speed Steel Knives

Do you know the material of the Powdered High Speed Steel ? This premium and extremely hard material has been used for production of cemented carbide cutting tool, and recently applied to the kitchen knives especially for professional chefs among the professional.  Sabun POWDER PRO 100 Powdered High Speed Steel Knives http://www.hocho-knife.com/sabun-powder-pro-100-powdered-high-speed-steel/ Tojiro R2 SG2 Powdered …

Do you know How to use Japanese Knives for better cooking ?

Recently, more and more Japanese Traditional-type Kitchen Knives or “Wa-bocho” have got used in the world. But we regret to say that few people in the world know correctly how to use them for better cooking. In case that your friends have the three main types of Japanese Knives — Yanagiba, Usuba and Deba —  please …

Japanese Stylish Mirror-finished Stainless Functional Sashimi Knives

The Japanese Stylish Mirror-finished Stainless Sashimi Yanagiba Knives for skilled chefs as well as for Gift, because the blade is functional, durable and easy to use but beautifully-mirror-finished and traditional-designed as a Japanese sword for look nicer than other knives. The Hakugin is made out of “INOX” Stainless steel AUS8A made-in-Japan steel, that has good sharpness and durability …

JAPAN BLUE handle version of Damascus Knives released

Japanese traditional Ai-zome beautiful blue handle version of Damascus Knife series has been released by Sakai Takayuki, one of the cool & popular manufacturer with a long 600-year history by skilled craftsmen in Sakai, Japan. This beautiful version is crafted out of a 45-layer Damascus Swedish Stainless steel with Japanese traditional indigo-dyed (Ai-zome) beautiful blue handle. These knives …

Yaxell Launched JAPAN LIMITED 101 Layer Beautiful Damascus Knives

The Yaxell YO-U 101 Layer Damascus knife series, the brother of the globally popular “GOU”, are offered exclusively on the Japanese domestic market in response to quality-demanding customers’ expectation. Needless to say, this JAPAN Limited Version is quite extremely sharp, hard, and durable for professional use. << 101 Layer Damascus Version >> The 101 Layers SG2 …

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