ABOUT NIGARA HAMONO

Nigara Hamono is located in Hirosaki city, Aomori Prefecture, on the north west tip of the main island of Honshu, Japan. Their family has been making knives and swords for more than 350 years and more recently has expanded into structural steel beams for use in construction. Tsuyoshi Yoshizawa stands as the 8th generation smith in the lineage of blacksmiths at Nigara Hamono and creates knives with his younger brother and two other craftsmen.