Delegation from a major construction company in Korea visited our company, our construction sites, and Akimoto. Many technical terms used in Korean are imported from Japanese e.g. scaffold足場、formwork型枠、lengthタテ・ヨコ、building area坪 etc. which makes our conversation very smooth. The delegation was inspired by our motivated young people. Not…
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The mighty MINKA took three weeks to assemble. In three days, it was gone. Sadly, the time is near to say good-bye to all the pillars, the ceiling, the history, and of course all the time, works and efforts of our Daiku carpenters. But this…
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MINKA 民家 is an old wooden Japanese house, and sadly most MINKA is destroyed when the owner decides to build a new house. The Show Begins. Some development in the preparatory set up of this project. High tower crane is deployed to carry the pillars. Still the adjustments are…
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Materials collected from various old wooden Japanese houses are carefully selected with the owner, marked and curved in a sophisticated technique by our Daiku carpenters. At last, they are ready for assembly. Because it is such a big project, and all the adjustment needs to be completed prior to…
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Nihon University student who is scheduled to graduate next March, visited our company to hear stories from one of our Japanese Lacquer meisters. She will be writing a thesis on “Japanese Lacquer and Architecture”. Because her father is a Japanese Lacquer artist, her dream is to blend Japanese Lacquer into…
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Office environment is very important, because business people spend most of their time there, however, most office buildings are box-shaped and mechanical. This new office building is broken into four blocks to blend in natural light and air from outside. It is like working in nature, and this…
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Sakura cherry blossoms are starting to bloom around this area. When Sakura tree starts blooming, companies and people in Japan start a new life. Our new office building is getting ready for action. Situated by the beautiful spring water from Mt Fuji, the building is designed to facilitate the…
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Inside Tokyo University of Arts, there is the oldest brick building in Tokyo. The President of the Tokyo University of Arts, kindly arranged for magazine interview with Akimoto at this historical site. The interview for the magazine “President” features friendship between president (Akimoto) and celebrities. When…
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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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