[loriverkutya]

I started to have an interest in Japanese kitchen/cooking lately and every cookbook I have lists more than one type of knife as an essential.

Also this article mentions that the chef of the restaurant in the Japan House in London: “Akira has used many different types of knives in the past, but these days he finds that one sturdy knife and one small petit knife are enough to prepare almost any Japanese dish.”

So I’m not sure where you information is coming from but sounds more like myth than fact.

Article: https://www.japanhouselondon.uk/discover/japanese-knives-par...