The furnace in Yoshida reaches temperatures of about 2, 500 degrees Fahrenheit....
For nearly 700 years, workers around Yoshida made jewel steel in places called tatara-ba( literally “ furnace spots ”) on a grueling schedule — one that reshaped mountains and rivers, that seared the brows of generations of sooty men shoveling charcoal in loincloths....
Then, at the start of the 20th century, production all but ceased....
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2024-04-18 00:00:00.0