This trip has been a long time coming. We were due to go just as the pandemic struck and have been UK-bound until then. Japan is now finally opening and we got ourselves out there. The chance to poke round some forges, to check out some amazing new knife stock, and eat as much izakaya food as physically possible.

It's been a blast and we will write the what, when and where up in full shortly, but in the meantime, here's some photos to whet your appetite.