Posted on September 2, 2011 I was very lucky recently to be able to travel to Seki, Gifu Prefecture and visit the Feather Company Museum. Seki is known as a blade makers town going back into the Edo Period when the blade of choice was a sword, now a days it is kitchen, craft and all kinds of professional blades including shaving or kamisori as they are called in Japan. Click to enlarge the photos or click on the links to see large photo montages. The Feather Company is the pr

Posted on May22, 2012 On the Japan Sea coast in western Japannear Matsue in Shimane prefecture is the small but important steel town of...