What is tsubame?
Where steels come from?
Tsubame Gardening recycles steel that should be discarded and uses it as a raw material to make gardening tools. In fact, steel is highly recyclable. We are working hard to make gardening tools that will be used habitually for many years, using steel that should be discarded because we want to make things that do not place a burden on the global environment.
Our craftsmanship
The history of manufacturing in Tsubame Sanjo in Japan has a very long history. Throughout its history, we are craftsmen who have inherited the high skills that have been cultivated from generation to generation. We thrive to create wonderful gardening tools by making full use of that skill.
Where is tsubame?
Tsubame refers to the Tsubamesanjo area which is located almost in the middle of Japan and centered on “Tsubame City” having a population of about 80,000 people and “Sanjo City” having a population of about 100,000 people. The industry of Tsubame-Sanjo started during the early Edo period by producing “Wakugi” (Japanese nail) and the processing technology inherited from pioneer craftsmen is utilized nowadays in the manufacturing of hand hammered metal crafts and sharp-edged craftsmen’s tools. Currently, Tsubame-Sanjo forms a major industrial cluster area of industrial products which inherited the ancient tradition such as cutting tools, work tools, metal tableware...