At the beginning of the 20th century, 40% of Japanese export was SILK. Raising silkworms and making silk fabrics were the national project at that time. Some people made a lot of money in this business and one of them was Mr. Katakura. The world heritage…
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Giant size pieces of wood beautifully carved by Daiku carpenters long long time ago, would otherwise have been scrapped to build a new prefabricated houses. The “bones” collected from various old houses in northern part of Japan are the collection of one of our clients. The client requests…
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The house of the Daiku, made by the Daiku, for the Daiku carpenter. Amply using wood carved by Daiku carpenters, this house is almost a wooden puzzle. Why state of the art technology is used to build this house? Because the owner of this house is…
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In “Lean In”, Sheryl Sandberg – Facebook COO and one of “Fortune” magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Business – looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale. Learning to ‘lean in’…
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When the company was founded in 1989, Akimoto envisioned that the carpenters in Japan would be extinct in 30 years. Why? The reasons: 1. Traditional Japanese style wooden houses were becoming less popular 2. Prefabricated homes were increasingly becoming efficient and convenient 3. Carpenters were losing direct contact…
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