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traditional japanese houses

About Japanese house interior~woodworking master class in ile de france~

About Japanese house interior The interior of a Japanese house is very simple. Some rooms have only one table or nothing. Instead of fixing the function of the room (living room, dining room, bedroom, etc.), use it flexibly according to

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the idea of spending a cool summer in Japan~woodworking master class in ile de france~

Summer in Japan is characterized by high humidity and muggy. So the Japanese built their house with the idea of spending a cool summer. The wooden house in Japan was devised to survive the summer. Example ・A long eave on

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Making clay wall~woodworking master class in ile de france~

Making clay wall was a collaborative effort during the off-season of agriculture. The wall in Suikoushya Kyoto was also built with students and children in the neighborhood (not yet completed). Break the bamboo to make a fence-like base, and pour

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traditional japanese houses~縁側(Engawa)

Today’s photo 縁側(Engawa) is a unique structure of a Japanese-style house in Japan, and is a plank-shaped passage that overhangs the edge of the building. It can also be used to go indoors directly from the outside such as in

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traditional japanese houses~垣根(kakine)-Japanese Fence

垣根(kakine)-Japanese Fence 垣根(kakine)-Japanese fences are roughly divided into those made of bamboo and trees and hedges that use planting. It has the role of showing the boundaries of the site and hiding the buildings inside, but the various designs are

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japanese joinery techniques~the shape of the roof

In traditional Japanese architecture, you can see roofs made of various materials such as roof tiles and thatched. And the shape of the roof is also diverse. Here are some of them. Irimoya-zukuri (Combination roof) Yosemune-zukuri (Hip roof) Kirizuma-zukuri (Gabled

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traditional japanese houses~Tatami comes in a variety of sizes?

Did you know that Tatami comes in a variety of sizes? In Japan, the size of tatami is sometimes used as a unit to indicate the size of space. 1 tatami = one jo However, the size of the tatami

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traditional japanese houses~囲炉裏(Irori)

囲炉裏-Irori A place where the floor is hollowed out and ash and charcoal are put in to make a fire. Used for fireplaces and cooking. In the same role as the dining room, it seems that he enjoyed eating and

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traditional japanese houses~腰壁(koshi-kabe)

腰-Koshi,meaning waist,is an architectural terminology which indicates the lower part of a wall.When the lower part of a wall is boarded up waisthigh,this is called 腰壁(koshi-kabe), literally meaning “waist wall.”   At Suikoushya, we share traditional Japanese woodworking techniques and

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traditional japanese houses~how to make a sliding dovetail

I’ve shown you how to make a sliding dovetail. I hope this will be helpful to you. Enjoy woodworking with Suikoushya! At Suikoushya, we share traditional Japanese woodworking techniques and skills. Since it is a small group system, we will

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How to make japanese torii gate

https://youtu.be/zfmTpDehwXU

Self-introduction

My name is Takami Kawai, a Japanese carpenter.
I teach Japanese traditional woodworking techniques to people all over the world(About the class).
I also use the knowledge and experience I gained at Ise Shrine to share the real construction of Japanese torii in an online class.
There are many free You Tube videos, so please check it out!

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