Nara sumi ink 奈良墨
In Nara ten companies make 700,000 ink sticks a year: 95% of Japan's total.
Nara is the centre of Japanese production of sumi ink for calligraphy: the ten companies still active in the city together cover 95% of national demand, with about 700,000 sticks a year.
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Kintetsu Nara