September 18-20 stayed three days in a hundred-year-old Japanese folk house in 大平 (Odaira) in Nagano-Prefecture.
神向寺さん (Mr. Jinkoji) cooking over an open fire indoors.
神向寺さん (Mr. Jinkoji) cooking over an open fire indoors.
2010-09-18
2010-09-15
銀座農園
September 15 met with Mr. Iimura of Ginza Farm. Ginza is Japan’s version Manhattan’s 5th avenue. Ginza Farm is involved with rooftop gardening, environmental education, and connecting rural producers and primary urban consumers. The following is an article from Nihon University's 桜縁 magazine.
2010-09-04
Timber Framing and 富山ストローベイルハウス協会
September 4, spoke at a seminar sponsored by the Toyama Straw Bale House Association. The week after the seminar, September 5-9, I worked with Akihiro Yoshimoto, founder and director of the Toyama Straw Bale House Association. Hiro is professionally trained as a carpenter.
Preparing columns for a straw bale building to be built fall 2010 – summer 2011.
Preparing columns for a straw bale building to be built fall 2010 – summer 2011.
Remove bark
炭付け before cutting the tenon
September 10 presented at the Architectural Institute of Japan’s Annual Conference which took place at Toyama University.
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