Woodworking The abundance of high-quality woods led to Japan’s magnificent architectural style, made possible by carpentry tools from blacksmiths whose methods had been developed by the world-famous swordmakers. For those who appreciate the finest woodworking tools, Hida Tools offers the products of some of the finest modern toolmakers. Gardening Japan is known worldwide for its beautifully designed and carefully tended gardens. This work requires tools of the highest quality, designed to help the gardeners work most efficiently. Our collection represents the absolute best we were able to find to help you create your own beautiful garden in any of the world’s gardening styles. Bamboo A fast-growing grass with many uses, bamboo is a unique product because of its strong fibrous structure. Therefore special tools are needed to work with it. Hida Tools has a variety of splitters, saws, and knives to reduce the stems to pieces of desired size, drills to minimize splitting of holes, and palm fiber rope for tied garden structures. Bonsai The art of cultivating dwarf potted trees was developed over 1,000 years ago in Japan, derived from the Chinese practice of growing miniature plants. Keeping them small but with natural proportions requires special tools, plus wire to shape the branches. Hida stocks a wide variety of these tools, plus wire in a number of diameters. Cutlery Most Japanese knives have a very hard steel cutting edge laminated to one or two layers of a tougher, often corrosion-resistant, steel. The hard layer is on one side of the sashimi knives, and in the center of the others.. If you enjoy cooking at home or professionally, we highly recommend these knives, and guarantee that you will be satisfied. Hardware Misc.