Takagi Shoten is a fish processing company based in Ibaraki prefecture that has been operating before World War II.A few years ago, Takashi Takagi-sama became the 6th-generation CEO in his family to run the company. Takagi-sama’s primary goal is to use the highest quality fish in his products.Each can offers consumers the ability to track exactly where the fish they...

 I was too young to grasp the sense of satisfaction he felt locking up the shop that night, all work for the week completed in record time, with his son pretending to be asleep on his shoulder as he carried him to the car. Everyone in my life system sharpened knives. My immediate household was just my father and I...

In the world of high quality knives, honyaki has earned a reputation as something special — a bit elusive, often admired, and occasionally misunderstood. The term means “true-forged,” referring to a blade made from a single piece of carbon steel, hardened using a method adapted from traditional sword-making. There’s no layering, no laminated core — just one material, shaped by...