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Who is Tsukasa Hinoura?

Q: Who is Tsukasa Hinoura?

Tsukasa Hinoura is the third-generation blacksmith who heads Hinoura Hamono Koubou in Sanjo, Niigata, working under his own Tsukasa line and the inherited Ajikataya trade name.

Tsukasa Hinoura (日野浦司) is a blacksmith in Sanjo, Niigata, Japan, and the third generation (3代目) to head the family workshop, Hinoura Hamono Koubou (日野浦刃物工房).

He forges under his own line, Tsukasa, and under the family's inherited trade name, Ajikataya (味方屋).

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