Concept

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

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

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

And autumn of 2014. We moved to a place 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. We want to be a place for encounters with tools full of new awareness, and to be an entity that gives new stimulus to traditional manufacturing.