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So that our team can have a break, we will have modified trading hours around the New Year's Day period, including some closed days.

Our president discusses cultural consumption and its relation to "local identity", and how we can all work together to preserve kitchen tool shopping streets

Our president reflects on completing a major project, which took three years from start to finish. This project helps us create tool culture in Osaka!

Our third generation president, Ryo Tanaka talks about challenge of "cultural consumption" present in modern tool usage society.

Gift card are now available from Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide! Give someone the gift of a lifetime with a Japanese kitchen knife that will last for a lifetime.

Due to a private event, we will close early on Wednesday, 11 September. Normal trading hours will resume the following day.

Our third generation president, Ryo Tanaka talks about the first challenge knifemakers face in Japanese food and tool culture.

Our third generation president, Ryo Tanaka continues to discuss the concept and goal of "creating culture" from the perspective of a traditional knifemaker.

Our third generation presdient, Ryo Tanaka begins to share his thoughts about the traditional kitchen knife industry, an industry our family has been involved with since 1953!

The year 2023 has been a very exciting one for us - with new initiatives, collaborations and projects launched. Our president reflects back over the year and also discusses some of our plans for 2024 here.

We attended the Japan Craft Expo 2023 held at Osaka’s beautiful EXPO ‘70 Commemorative Park in Suita City. This is our 2nd time attending, and it’s all about showing traditional Japanese crafts.

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