Category Shimane

Okuizumo Tatara & Sword Museum: How to Visit (Shimane)

A Japanese katana sword in an ornate black-and-gold lacquered mounting, the kind of blade made from tatara-smelted tamahagane steel

Okuizumo in Shimane is the home of tatara, the iron-making that produces tamahagane, the steel of Japanese swords. A guide to the Okuizumo Tatara and Sword Museum: fees (530 yen; 1,270 on demo days), the monthly sword-forging demonstrations, the iron-sand landscape, and access via Izumo-Yokota Station.

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