Interesting Japanese carpentry exhibition

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I went to one a few years ago. I found it somewhat uninspiring and not worth the trip.

Perhaps they’ll do a better job this year?
 
I went to one a few years ago. I found it somewhat uninspiring and not worth the trip.

Perhaps they’ll do a better job this year?
It was a bit on the small/sparse side, so definitely agree that I wouldn't travel far for it. I think it was nice for a little trip into town (only 30 mins public transport travel for me to get there).
 
I'm visiting it later today and will report back with some photos for those that cannot make it.

I'm no expert but on the 3-4 visits I made on business trips over the years I was always fascinated by their craftmanship when visiting their temples and the like.
Their tooling too is interesting and to some extent reflects their preference to work on bedding/matting on the floor and not use traditional workbenches.
The only Japanese tool I have is a treasured Ryoba which I absolutely love and with which one can make super quick and straight cuts on sheet materials when used in their sitting style, and as a general use saw it was nearly always my goto choice
 

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