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August 11, 2024 at 13:00 JST
Craftsmen Suebsai Seksuk, left, a Thai native living in Japan, and Katsunori Suzuki pour molten iron into a mould while making a cast iron pot by hand at the Oigen foundry in Oshu, northeastern Japan on May 16. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
OSHU, Japan--Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry where he works says she wants to keep the tradition alive, even if it costs much more to produce. [Read More]
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