Received a set of Mikawa Asano Nagura (Botan, Tenjyo, Mejiro) from Yahoo! Japan via Buyee. Unfortunately the Tenjyo had a large piece flake off in transit (30x20mm) although apparently well packed. Luckily the break didn't extend to the base of the stone so I epoxied it back on and then lacquered over it all to keep water out. Buyee is a forwarding site which integrates with Yahoo and makes purchasing pretty easy, but the freight is quite expensive; the freight cost more than the Nagura themselves. However I purchased directly from Sakamoto-san, the administrator of the Asano grading process so they were not expensive.
If anyone who can read the Kanji can tell me anything about their grade, I would be interested.
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