Thread: Japanese tool for darksiders - final part

Great set of pics Sam, did you pick up any tools while you were there?
Those tool boxes look pretty flash, wonder how long they'd last on the job here.

where is this museum?
can you be a little more precise than Kobe?

Here are some more pics for you. Alex I did pick up some Japanese chisels. As you would guess they were dirt cheap. Ian, in a walking distance from the Sannomiya station. Just take take the Kitanozaka Ave up from the station and turn left from the second stree called Yamate Kansen. This road makes a three road fork after about a kilometer or so. Then take right one. The museum is on the first right side street. If you miss the turn, you will end up in front of the Sorakuen garden, which you should definetely see when you are there. You can ask them as well. Let me know if this is clear.

Cheers
Sam

Here are the next batch. The last two show how the each tool is used.

Enjoy
Sam

Sam,

Originally Posted by sam63

I did pick up some Japanese chisels. As you would guess they were dirt cheap.

so did you pick them up in Toku hands or somepalce else?

Originally Posted by sam63

Ian, in a walking distance from the Sannomiya station. Just take take the Kitanozaka Ave up from the station and turn left from the second stree called Yamate Kansen. This road makes a three road fork after about a kilometer or so. Then take right one. The museum is on the first right side street. If you miss the turn, you will end up in front of the Sorakuen garden, which you should definetely see when you are there. You can ask them as well. Let me know if this is clear.

By "up" I guess you mean uphill! Your directions are pretty clear and along with the museum's name — Takenaka Carpentery Tool Museum — I should have no trouble finding it next time SWMBO takes me to Japan

How many gardens did you get to visit?
My current favourite is Kenroku-en in Kanazawa, but my then 4½ had great fun paddling through the tea house with a couple of Japanese kids at Koraku-en in Okayama.


cheers
ian

Sam, how about just providing a link to the museum's website ?

I didn't even know it was there, and I killed half a day walking around there and watching the baseball game outside the hotel around there.

Seems like you had a good time, and I know where I am going to end up next time I am around there.

So, uhh, where did you get the tools from? Like I said, I don't know enough about that area to know where anything is.

(Although Miki town, not far away is THE spot for tools in Japan. )

Originally Posted by Schtoo

Sam, how about just providing a link to the museum's website ?

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Because there is a vicarious immediacy about snapshots that is more lively and more enjoyable in a different friendlier way.

Originally Posted by Schtoo

Although Miki town, not far away is THE spot for tools in Japan.

where's Miki town??

Ian,

I did go to Tokyu hands. However, they had only few chiesels left and I found it is not worth going there. I found another place in Port Island where I stayed during my visit to Kobe. If you take a train from Sannomiya station to Naka-Koen station in Port Island, which only takes 5 min by the way, I found this hardware store, which is bigger than the Tokyu hands and have better selection as well. It is only less than 100 metres from the station. I can not seem to remember the name but you can not miss it.

I did not have much time. I only visited the Soreken gardens next to the museum. See the attached first three pcis. However the real attraction is the Himenji Castle, which is 2.5 hours train ride from Kobe. You should definetly go there. It is 14th century samurai castle built entirely from wood (see the last two pics). It is a world heritege site and a must see. When you see it It makes you realise why the Japanese wood working has advanced so much.

Schtoo,

This is the web address http://www.dougukan.jp/archive/eng/index.html. I did walk pass the miki town, but wasn't my interets area

Cheers
Sam

Originally Posted by sam63

the real attraction is the Himenji Castle, which is 2.5 hours train ride from Kobe. You should definetly go there. It is 14th century samurai castle built entirely from wood (see the last two pics). It is a world heritege site and a must see. When you see it It makes you realise why the Japanese wood working has advanced so much.

Sam,
thanks for that tip

I've been to Himeji, did you notice this scarf joint as you walked in?

Also, you have to go to Kyoto and see this place


ian

Sam,
In the second last photo in post 5, is the chisel being used to knock out that chip in one go?
If so, no mucking around with it is there? Its an enourmous bite of the wood.

Ian,

I did see the joint, and was amazed by the condition of it after all those year.

Clinton,

I had the same impression when I first saw it. I look at the carefuly and infact it was cut in one go. What they did though marking the mortiese with a marking knife before they chopped.

Cheers
Sam