The only museum in Japan specializing in carpentry tools

📍Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Japan's only museum specializing in carpentry tools.

The permanent exhibition features approximately 1,000 carefully selected carpentry tools, as well as large models such as a 7-meter-tall model of the Toshodaiji Kondo temple and a structural model of a teahouse.

There are also plenty of hands-on exhibits that you can touch and smell.

The building, which at first glance appears modern, is filled with traditional craftsmanship, making the museum itself a place where you can experience the skills of a master craftsman.

The museum relocated to Shin-Kobe Station and opened in October 2014 with the theme of "connecting people and nature, connecting tradition and innovation."

In addition to about 1,000 carpentry tools selected from the 35,000-plus items collected to date,
there is a full-scale model of the pillars and joinery of the Kondo Hall of Toshodaiji Temple, which stands over 7 meters tall in an open atrium,
and a skeleton teahouse that shows the delicate work of the sukiya style,
and other special models packed with the finest craftsmanship by modern artisans.

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Post by futaritabi | Mar 7, 2025