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![“MOONSASA” a special black Japanese sword made from tamahagame of Okuizumo is now on permanent display at Okuizumo Tatara & Japanese Sword Musuem.
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Tamahagame is a type of steel made only through the traditional “tatara” iron-making method which has been passed down for a thousand years. Tamahagane is the highest quality part of the iron made with tatara and it is essential to make Japanese sword (#katana, #nihonto). The Izumo region in Japan’s Shimane Prefecture is the only place in the world where the flame of the tatara, a traditional iron-smelting furnace, continues to burn.
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This MOONSASA is designed, inspired by the colour, shape and leaf veins of sharp bamboo leaves which were almost black in the dusk, seen at Oni-no-shitaburui Gorge and terraced rice fields in the summer evening of Okuizumo. 🎋
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It might be because of its colour and beautiful elegant shape, it also attracts fans of famous anime Kimetsu no Yaiba (#kimetsunoyaiba #鬼滅の刃) to the museum. ⚔️👹
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Photos and video repost from @tataraironmaking
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[Okuizumo Tatara & Japanese Sword Museum]
10:00~17:00
Closed : Monday (Tue. if it’s a holiday), 12/28~1/4
Adult, University and High school students 530 yen
Elementary and Middle school students 260 yen
5min by car from JR Izumo Yokota Station
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