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December 18, 2016

Choose "your" Hirachawan.

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Choose "your" Hirachawan.
https://www.shokunin.com/en/hakusan/hirachawan.html

December 17, 2016

Nakamura Douki's Seironabe was added. Please use with Adachi Shigehisa Shoten's Wappa Seiro.

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Nakamura Douki's Seironabe was added.
Please use with Adachi Shigehisa Shoten's Wappa Seiro.

https://www.shokunin.com/en/nakamuradouki/seiro.html (Seironabe)
https://www.shokunin.com/en/adachi/seiro.html (Wappa Seiro)

December 07, 2016

Mizusawa, Iwate Prefecture, has a casting production area with a history of about 900 years.

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Mizusawa, Iwate Prefecture, has a casting production area with a history of about 900 years. Tetsubin is equipped with functions and beauty as tools, and if handled politely it is also possible to inherit and hand over generations. Iron ions have a high absorptivity into the body.

Azmaya's Tetsubin
https://www.shokunin.com/en/azmaya/tetsubin.html
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