• Special Exhibition
  • Workshop
  • Guided Tour
  • Special Exhibition
  • Workshop
  • Guided Tour
October 2019
2019.10.12 - 12.15 Past

KIGUMI: Revealing the Carpentry Behind the Wood Joint

In this exhibition we will focus on these joinery methods, which are known as ‘kigumi’ in Japanese, and trace their history.
2019.10.26,27

Guided Tour of Teahouse building ‘Itteki-an’ (Viewed from the outside only)

The teahouse inside the museum grounds will be specially made open to the public on these dates.

A Touch of Woodworking(AM only)

A series of workshops where you can drop in freely and enjoy a touch of woodworking.
2019.10.2,5,6,9,13,14,16,20,22,30

A Touch of Woodworking

A series of workshops where you can drop in freely and enjoy a touch of woodworking.

Try your hand at planing with a Japanese carpenter!

A workshop directed by a master carpenter, where you can enjoy wooden scents by shaving pieces of wood with a plane.
2019.10.3,12,26,27

Carpentry Tool Challenge!

Would you like to try your hand at using an Ink pot, Plane and Saw used by local Japanese carpenters, as well as some western Saws?