"Tamahagane" steel maker starts 2015 operation

Workers of Nittoho Tatara, the sole producer in Japan of "tamahagane" steel for Japanese swords, in Okuizumo Town, Shimane Prefecture, feeds iron sand into a furnace after a ritual to start this year's operation on Jan. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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