In this video, we are in Shinkiba, Tokyo, Japan. we have been to this neighborhood before and meet a lot of interesting people during our previous video where we finished a new table top which was a massive 1.5 x 2 meters. We returned to Shinkiba this time to take a tour of a massive lumberyard which sells slabs of live edge wood in auction and to private sellers and professional carpenters.
There is a whole underground world in the carpentry industry of Japan and we got the exclusive access to a one of a kind facility that houses an impressive collection of domestic and exotic woods. Our tour guide is a former business owner and carpenter who built tea houses. His knowledge of wood is impressive and he shares a lot of his perspective throughout this video. To hear from a professional and understand why they would and would not buy or work with certain woods is a great learning experience.
