An Apprenticeship at Somakosha
For reasons I cannot fully understand, I was invited to work at Somakosha as a carpentry apprentice earlier this year. Accepting the job wasn't straightforward.
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival 2025
I made my way to Maine from Hawaii, only two days after I left Japan.
Somakosha in July
Returning to Okayama two weeks later, and high off my last visit’s success, I tried to fit the door making workshop’s 12 day curriculum in 4 days.
Miscellaneous Thoughts On Planes (By Suda Kenji)
This essay is by Suda Kenji, national living treasure sashimono.
Exploring angles at Somakosha
Most people do not need know how to build a roof hip. But the ability to design and layout joinery with complex angularity—in anything—is what we walked away with.
The Kanna Dai (by Noboru Tsuchida)
This essay is by Noboru Tsuchida, a legendary tool dealer in Tokyo who works only with Japanese professionals.
Interviewing Tak Yoshino about Wood Culture
An interview with Tak Yoshino of the Mount Fuji Wood Culture Society
A longer bloom
Building a miniature low table with three-way mitered corners at Mount Fuji Wood Culture Society