A carpenter’s notebook. The Never Stop Building notebook page features semi regular updates and musings on carpentry, building, Japanese woodworking, craft culture, travel and other topics.
From late June, 2019 until the end of March 2020, I lived in the town of Mitsu, north of Okayama, Japan, and worked as an apprentice carpenter for the Somacousha Company, under the instruction of Yamamoto Kohei and Jon Stollenmyer, referred to as “Yama San” and “Jon “ respectively…
Read MoreAfter returning from my last pilgrimage to Japan during the summer of 2018, I had the fantastic fortune to meet Kohei Yamamoto and Jon Stollenmeyer of Somacousha in Okayama, Japan during the…
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