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It goes without saying that Japanese heavy metal industry has earned a great name and repute around the world. This is largely because this industry has always kept its quality standards very high and has used in the best available raw material in the presence of the best available engineers and other technical experts to produce a product that would best suffice the needs at domestic and commercial levels. Probably, this is lthe reason why the products of these industries are largely renowned nationally and internationally. Japanese stainless steel is one of those inordinate products produced by Japanese industries which are well known in major parts of the central and eastern Asia. The stainless steel is known for its durability, reliability, able to sustain in high pressure situations and its being very much cost effective.

When it comes to the application of Japanese stainless steels, it is worth mentioning that this particular form of steel is a special alloy of iron (having a chemical symbolic representation of Fe). This alloy is known for its resistance against the rusting process. Rusting is a natural process by which oxygen in the air reacts with the iron surface and forms a coating on the surface of the metal. This corrodes the metal and reduces the life of the products in the long run. In case of stainless steel, the Japanese engineers and industrial operators claim that this steel material has been prepared in a way that it cannot be attacked by any rusting phenomenon and would remain as it is for the life time.

It would be worth mentioning that the applications of stainless steel largely involve its usage in the surgical instruments, in cutlery, in ammunition, in decoration pieces, in making the bodies or coverings of electronic devices and the list goes on. This wide application of Japanese stainless steel speaks of that fact that how important and worthy this product is these days and how largely it is being used in different industries around the world to produce some of the most significant products used in various fields of life around the world.

Ice art is a form of art where an artist makes sculptures using ice as the raw material. Sculptures from ice can be abstract or realistic and can be functional or purely decorative. Ice sculptures are generally associated with special or extravagant events because of their limited lifetime.

The lifetime of a sculpture is determined primarily by the temperature of its environment and thus, a sculpture can last from mere minutes to possibly months. Japan witnesses a lot of snowfall, which thus makes it a ideal place to get ice-sculpting as an hobby or profession at an early age.

In Japan the ice-sculpting art or the ice art is mainly carried out in the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaid?. the place is also famous for its winter carnival, in which teams compete to create ice sculptures. Some of these creations are the size of multiple-story buildings. Japanese sculptors have made many contributions to the art. Notable Japanese ice sculptors include Yukio Matsuo, author of “Ice Sculpture: Secrets of a Japanese Master,” Mitsuo Shimizu, author of several Japanese books on ice sculpture, and Junichi Nakamura, winner of multiple world ice sculpting titles. Ice sculpture has been popular in Japan since the 1930s and an early advocate and teacher in the country was Shuko Kobayashi, the first chairman of the Japan Ice Sculpture Association.

In Japan the Ice-art is synonyms with the annual Sapporo Snow festival, which started in 1950. the festival has over 250 ice sculptures which are built in the outdoors under sub zero temperature. Yet this bone-chilling condition is heartily welcomed by the spectators as well as artists from around the world. The sculptures cover a broad range of subjects from cartoon characters and Japanese sports icons to complex architectural feats.

Even one can find actual hotels and resorts completely build out of ice. An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up of snow, sculpted blocks of ice, and some steel framing. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and beverages are specially chosen for the circumstances. All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice, and are held together using a substance known as since, which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel.