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Satsuma tinware of Kagoshima. Tin is cast into sake vessels. There was a tin mine in Taniyama.
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Satsuma tin ware is a traditional tin craft made in Kagoshima Prefecture. It was designated a traditional craft of Kagoshima Prefecture on 24 March 1997 (Heisei 9). It has a soft touch and a feeling of weight. Its appearance has a luxurious look and a lustrous, soft near-white silver beauty, with a richly flavored pear-skin (nashiji) surface, and a distinctive character develops the more it is used. Because tin is a soft metal, it is easy to work and hard to crack.
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