Begin Japanology — Season 2011, episode 10 watch online
Begin Japanology, season 2011 episode 10 «Kitchen Knives»: air date April 14, 2011. Episode overview, season trailer and the cast of Begin Japanology.
Knives for culinary purposes have been made in Japan for centuries, using a technique perfected by Japanese swordsmiths. The blades are sharpened on only one side, ideal for cleanly separating fish flesh from the bone. One of the 50 different types of Japanese kitchen knives is the sword-like "tuna knife." It's 1.5 meters long, and two people are needed to wield it. 90 percent of the knives used by Japanese kitchen professionals are made in Sakai, a city in Osaka. Local artisans in Sakai still make each knife by hand, to order. It took a small Japanese manufacturer five years to perfect the world's first all-stainless-steel knife. Now it exports more than 600,000 knives each year. On this edition of BEGIN Japanology, we explore the long history of Japanese kitchen knives.
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Episodes — Season 2011
- 1 Episode 1 «Mochi Rice Cake» January 13, 2011
- 2 Episode 2 «Watches and Clocks» January 20, 2011
- 3 Episode 3 «Fugu Blowfish» January 27, 2011
- 4 Episode 4 «Haneda Airport» February 3, 2011
- 5 Episode 5 «Kagura Dances» February 10, 2011
- 6 Episode 6 «Snow» February 17, 2011
- 7 Episode 7 «Pollen Allergy» March 3, 2011
- 8 Episode 8 «Sashimono Woodwork» March 10, 2011
- 9 Episode 9 «Cranes» April 7, 2011
- 10 Episode 10 «Kitchen Knives» April 14, 2011
- 11 Episode 11 «Fishing» April 21, 2011
- 12 Episode 12 «Armour» April 28, 2011
- 13 Episode 13 «Judo» May 5, 2011
- 14 Episode 14 «The Life of Taro Okamoto» May 12, 2011
- 15 Episode 15 «The Life of Osamu Dazai» May 19, 2011
- 16 Episode 16 «The Life of Kenzo Tange» May 26, 2011
- 17 Episode 17 «The Life of Hideko Maehata» June 2, 2011
- 18 Episode 18 «Toilets» June 9, 2011
- 19 Episode 19 «Lifts» June 16, 2011
- 20 Episode 20 «Motorcycles» June 23, 2011
- 21 Episode 21 «Unagi Eel» June 30, 2011
- 22 Episode 22 «Japanophiles - Ilan Yanizky» July 7, 2011
- 23 Episode 23 «Japanophiles - Silvain Guignard» July 14, 2011
- 24 Episode 24 «Japanophiles - Stéphane Danton» July 21, 2011
- 25 Episode 25 «Japanophiles - Dorothy Feibleman» July 28, 2011
- 26 Episode 26 «Plastic Food Samples» August 18, 2011
- 27 Episode 27 «Insects» August 25, 2011
- 28 Episode 28 «Traditional Japanese Mathematics» September 1, 2011
- 29 Episode 29 «Bicycles» September 8, 2011
- 30 Episode 30 «Chusonji» September 15, 2011
- 31 Episode 31 «Seaweed» September 29, 2011
- 32 Episode 32 «Charcoal» October 6, 2011
- 33 Episode 33 «Rain» October 13, 2011
- 34 Episode 34 «Golf» October 20, 2011
- 35 Episode 35 «Shipbuilding» October 27, 2011
- 36 Episode 36 «Japanophiles - Bruce Huebner» November 3, 2011
- 37 Episode 37 «Japanophiles - Noelke Muho» November 10, 2011
- 38 Episode 38 «Japanophiles - Matt Alt» November 17, 2011
- 39 Episode 39 «Karaoke» November 24, 2011
- 40 Episode 40 «Holidays» December 1, 2011
- 41 Episode 41 «Red Sea Bream» December 8, 2011
- 42 Episode 42 «Shopping Streets» December 15, 2011
- 43 Episode 43 «Chickens and Eggs» December 22, 2011