Concept

Carpenter tools have the strict fate of being used until they wear out and disappearing as they are of good quality. In addition, after the rapid growth of the postwar period, machine sawmills and power tools spread, and today with the development of technology, the number of hand The Use of Tools craftsmen has rapidly decreased.

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum was established in Nakayamate, Kobe City in 1984 with the aim of collecting and preserving the disappearing carpentry tools as ethnic heritage, and passing them on to future generations through research and exhibitions.

To date, more than 30,000 materials have been collected. In addition to preserving excellent tools from the old era, various exhibitions and lectures on the skills and wisdom and minds of "people" who can use "tools", the "architecture" born from them and the culture of the trees surrounding it, We have regularly held events such as seminars, business trip classes, and hands-on classes.

And in the fall of 2014. We moved to a land related to Takenaka Corporation near Shin-Kobe Station and took a new step.

Japan is a country of manufacturing. Carpenter tools have a sense of beauty and care unique to Japanese people. The pleasure and splendor of living in a country of manufacturing. I want to be a place to meet tools full of new awareness and to be a new stimulus to traditional manufacturing.