Samurai Sword Making

  • Published on : 24/03/2016
  • by : Japan Experience

Samurai Sword: making a traditional samurai sword in Seki, Gifu Prefecture. Here in the Japanese city of Seki, north of Nagoya, the life of a sword smith's apprentice is a ritual of fearsome heat, hard labor and the unstinting pursuit of perfection.

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