JJapan Trips

Interested in checking out Japanese carpentry/joinery

I’m heading to Tokyo mid October on a family visa and would like to check out some examples of traditional architecture and craftsmanship. I found out about the edo open air museum and that’s a definite stop. I’d like to learn about joinery and traditional tools, hopefully apply some inspiration and new skills to some projects back home in the US.

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  2. [Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum](https://www.dougukan.jp/?lang=en), [Kigumi Museum](https://www.kigumi.tokyo/) in Tokyo, Takumikan Craft Museum in Hida-Furakawa would probably be the most interesting places for you to visit.

    Kanazawa Castle has also very interesting exhibit on splicing.

    If you are staying just within Kanto region, in addition to Kigumi Museum and Edo Open Air Museum, you should visit Sawara and Kamakura (the temples in the latter location).

  3. Not sure about tools per se, but there is also the Japanese Folk House Museum near Mukogaoka-Yuen in Kawasaki (20-ish minutes from Shinjuku). It has a variety of old houses brought in from around Japan and from different eras, so the architecture varies a lot from house to house. There is a museum as well with lots of other info, diagrams, etc. which could be interesting and have more info on the ‘how’ of it all.

  4. it’s small but excellent: Kigumi Museum

    [https://www.kigumi.tokyo](https://www.kigumi.tokyo)

    Between Takadanobaba and Waseda (up the hill from Anahachimangu). there are neat displays of kigumi that you can actually play around with

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