Really Expensive!
How expensive is a Japanese iron kettle? Please look at the first image - this photo is taken in a department store in Hong Kong. No, you are not mistaken, it is indeed more than $128,000 Hong Kong dollars, which means it’s around £13,000 British pounds! This price is a bit too much, and frustratingly so when the salesperson is unable to justify why it is so! So why is it so expensive? Let us see what kind of iron kettle it is, and try to find out why it is so expensive! First of all, let’s look at the maker. The autography Hide Sen (秀仙) on the kettle, is Isago zawa Saburō (砂子澤三郎), the son of Hidehito (秀仁)...