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    ALEX
    • Mar 27
    • 6 min

    As The Mines Closed

    Posted on October 29, 2012 I am continually amazed at how many of these gray stones now new on the market are stamped Ozuku. Brand new stamps, brand new pape...
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    ALEX
    • Mar 27
    • 10 min

    The Awasedo Bearing Mountains of Kyoto

    This is a diagram posted on other websites used as an example of the structure of the stone layering found in the Kyoto area mines. Click on the drawing to ...
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    ALEX
    • Aug 3, 2019
    • 5 min

    The current state of the Nakayama Mine Site

    Although at the time not apparently a historic event, the finding of the first source of the sharpening stone media was most likely a casual stumbling upon a...
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