The only museum in Japan specializing in carpentry tools

📍Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Japan's only museum specializing in carpentry tools. The permanent exhibition features approximately 1,000 carefully selected carpentry tools, as well as large models such as a 7-meter-tall model of the Toshodaiji Kondo temple and a structural model of a teahouse. There are also plenty of hands-on exhibits that you can touch and smell. The building, which at first glance appears modern, is filled with traditional craftsmanship, making the museum itself a place where you can experience the skills of a master craftsman. The museum relocated to Shin-Kobe Station and opened in October 2014 with the theme of "connecting people and nature, connecting tradition and innovation." In addition to about 1,000 carpentry tools selected from the 35,000-plus items collected to date, there is a full-scale model of the pillars and joinery of the Kondo Hall of Toshodaiji Temple, which stands over 7 meters tall in an open atrium, and a skeleton teahouse that shows the delicate work of the sukiya style, and other special models packed with the finest craftsmanship by modern artisans. #0yentravelFebruary2025