Sakai city's Industrial Promotion Center (IPC) has launched an English-language website selling nearly 200 types of specialty steel cooking knives from the region amid growing interest in the signature product.
The site includes videos of traditional forging and grinding processes to craft the blades, along with care instructions and detailed images and descriptions of products.
Seven makers from Sakai, in Osaka Prefecture, are represented, with products ranging from a small ¥6,000 carving knife to a ¥107,000 dragon-engraved sashimi knife with ebony handle.