Iron Kettles of Nanbu Ironware
Supplement Iron with the Handicrafts by Iwachu

Date：25, Aug, 2014
Investigated and Written by Misaka Youhei
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It is summer time, and increase people who are laid low by heatstroke. Take care of yourself, dear readers. By the way, in female case of falling down, we also have to pay attention to anemia, not only sunstroke.

According to the data from Kagawa Nutrition University, teenage boys need 9.5 mg iron a day, and coeval girls mostly call for 10.5 mg. But there are a lot of women who run short of iron and give way, regardless of age, because of a slimming diet or their menstruations.

We have several measures. In summer, we almost tend to feel troublesome about dietary cure. Being in want of iron, you must have proper quantity of iron on a daily basis. So why don’t you take iron from something for everyday use like an iron kettle made by Iwachu?

At the beginning of Edo era, it grew up culture of Nanbu tekki (Nanbu ironware) using iron sand mined there in Morioka. Being established in 1902, Iwachu has carefully kept the culture, on the other hand, suggested a new way of Nanbu ironware in answer to the time. Nowadays their handicrafts are rated high inside and outside as their iron teapots are used at three-star restaurants in France. Iwachu is, in other words, the first runner of Nanbu ironware. And they are proud of the iron kettles as their representative.

Iron kettles liquate out a very small quantity of divalent iron which is imbibed by our bowels. Now is not it reasonable to suggest as a way to help lack of iron?

Well, we have to mention about the negative side in order to be fair. They are easy to rust out of being ironware. Never mind. You can for a long time use it habitually, by keeping at somewhere airy and taming as it is covered with fur. They say it is alright when colorless is the hot water boiled by the iron kettle. You know, it is concluded as maintenance is important on both bodies and ironware.