🇯🇵 Preserving Japan's traditional steel making for 'eternity' | Al Jazeera English

Tatara steel making has more than a thousand years of history and tradition.
According to myth, the Shinto god Susanoo descended upon the mountains and slew an eight-forked serpent. A sacred sword emerged from its body.
Steelmaker Akira Kihara is trying to preserve and pass on traditional Japanese steel-making, essential for producing Japanese swords, a process that requires constant work through three days and nights.

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