LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles is excited to announce the upcoming opening of “Masters of Carpentry: Melding Forest, Skill and Spirit,” an exhibition honoring ...

Earthquake-proof joinery, 10-micrometre-thin wood shavings and a scale model of Kyoto's Sa-an Teahouse are on display at ...

Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and shipped to Boston Children's Museum. This first-hand ...

"Drawing attention to the wood species used by Japan's carpenters, [the book] reveals the ingenious ways in which Japanese carpenters exploit the extraordinary diversity of their country's forest ...