Suwada Seisakujo/Suwada Seisakujo

Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture is one of the world's leading metal processing production areas. Blacksmithing has been a popular area since the Edo period, and in Niigata Prefecture, where the winters are long, blacksmithing of Japanese nails was carried out as a side job during the off-season agricultural season, and the area expanded to include sickles, saws, knives, and other types.