Introduction to Japanese traditional arts crafts,  ​architectural technique

This page is listing up Traditional Crafts in Kumamoto, Japan.

Brochure

You can down load the brochure by clicking the word “here”.

Here

Two videos for Introducing HIGO-ZOGAN to you  

ZOGAN is inlay in English. To make inlay product requires a rare degree of precision and dexterity.

Video one is here.

This video is describing how make one including English C/C

MAGEWAPPA

Magewappa is made by bending very thin boards of cryptomeria into the shape of the desired item.

Please enjoy some “magwappa” photos

This video is showing an example of making one.This guy is not from Kumamoto.

​Architectural technique

Connecting two quadrangular prisms made of wood to be a beam.

making one pillar by two shorter pillar.