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Japanese Shears and Gardening Tools

Made in Tsubamesanjo

Japanese Shears and Gardening Tools

“Made in Tsubamesanjo”, our ongoing special event held at ITSUMO this month, is featuring beautiful and functional kitchenware and home goods directly from the city of Tsubamesanjo located in Niigata prefecture. Tsubamesanjo is best known for their traditional craftsmanship and famous for its metal processing and technological evolution.

Now as the days are getting brighter with Spring approaching, we would like to introduce some of our favourite new products available at ITSUMO.

Stunningly handcrafted by the skilled craftsmen in Tsubamesanjo using their traditional techniques and knowledge, a selection of essential Japanese tools for gardening are now available in-store and online. Highlighting from traditional Japanese bonsai shears to high quality tools for all gardening/ outdoor lovers, we hope to share inspiration and joy of working with plants, flowers, soil and the nature. Whether that be foraging on a camping trip, pruning flowers in a yard or starting a mini indoor garden at home, these beautiful tools are truly pleasurable to use.

EXTENDED!!!

Thanks to all the amazing response we’ve been getting for the event, “Made in Tsubamesanjo” will run until Sunday March 6th, 2022. We look forward to seeing you soon!

ITSUMO
279 East 6th Avenue, Vancouver BC V5T 1J7

Sentei & Ueki Gardening Scissors

Ideal for traditional Japanese bonsai and general gardening work, these shears feature strong forged blades with razor-blade sharpness. Handmade one by one from high-carbon forged steel by skilled craftsmen at Toyama Hamono in Niigata prefecture.

About Toyama Hamono

Toyama Hamono is a traditional shears manufacturer based in Sanjo Niigata, Japan, a town famous for the craft of blacksmithery since 1861. Their methods are based on the manufacturing methods of Japanese swords (Katana) and have been hand-making secateurs and shears for almost 160 years. Toyama Hamono continues a respectful reputation throughout Japan and the world for producing excellence in gardening shears.

Japanese Gardening Tools

Mini Sentei Gardening SecateursMini Sentei Gardening Secateurs
Mini Sentei Gardening Secateurs Sale price$115.00
Sentei Gardening Secateurs – WideSentei Gardening Secateurs – Wide
Sentei Gardening Secateurs – Wide Sale price$125.00
Sentei Gardening Secateurs – StraightSentei Gardening Secateurs – Straight
Sentei Gardening Secateurs – Straight Sale price$89.00
Sentei Gardening Secateurs – SlimSentei Gardening Secateurs – Slim
Sentei Gardening Secateurs – Slim Sale price$98.00

About the Region

Tsubamesanjo 燕三条

Tsubamesanjo, Niigata Prefecture is a town famous for its metal processing and technological evolution. With the history and traditions of such manufacturing still preserved by craftsmen in this area, new advanced industrial technology continues to develop, making Tsubamesanjo homewares ideal products for the modern home, while still living within tradition.

Tsubame and Sanjo, often referred to as “mid-prefecture,” are two cities located almost in the center of Niigata Prefecture. Tsubame-Sanjo is famous for its metal processing, but it is also a region rich in nature – thanks to the Shinano river, Japan’s longest, that runs through the region – and is known as a production center for delicious rice and fruits. Its fertile land has long contributed to a harvest of agricultural products and prosperity.

The tradition of metal fabrication in these two towns dates back over 400 years to the Edo period (1603-1867), with the manufacturing of metal nails marking a turning point in Japan’s industrial revolution. Since then, Tsubame-Sanjo has become one of the world’s leading technological zones, continuously developing new ways to improve and evolve industrial technologies to meet new challenges amid changing times. But time-honoured techniques of the past are not forgotten. Some traditional industries, such as Tsuiki copperware and forging, are still passed down in an unbroken line from generation to generation, while simultaneously embracing present-day lifestyles with contemporary metal products and tools that no modern household can do without. In this way, the manufacturing tradition of Tsubame-Sanjo continues to evolve.

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