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Kasuga Jinja (Seki)
The shrine the swordsmiths took as their tutelary god. The source of the blades of Seki.
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Seki Cutlery
Swordsmithing since the Kamakura period. Today a world centre for kitchen knives and scissors.
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Seki Sword Tradition Museum
Smiths forge in public here on set days - the sparks and the sound included in what is shown.
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Enku Buddhas
The monk Enku carved with a hatchet as he walked Japan; over 5,000 survive, smiling out of raw split wood.