Japanese - American House - Exclusive Lead Carpenter Interview - Building Process & Interior Reveal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2023
- In this video, we recap the building process for this Japanese - American house. We also get the chance to see the finished house with a glimpse of parts of the interior and some of the unique features of the house. This house is one of the bigger builds we have done. We tried to capture some of the American design aspects that the homeowners were familiar with during their time in the United States. Japan is limited in space and therefore the house designs are a bit simpler, however, in this house we tried to make the house feel bigger with taller ceilings and some American style aspects like a larger kitchen and entertaining area.
If you like this house or any Japanese inspired houses we have done in the past feel free to reach out to us. We can provide from consultation support up to a complete house build in your home country.
Contact us through our Instagram or by email. Our Instagram link is available in the banner area of our TH-cam channel and our email can be found in the About section of our TH-cam channel.
Special thanks to "フジコークラフト[FUJIKOH CRAFT]" @fujikohcraft184 for their Traditional Japanese Carpentry expertise.
Special thanks to "Always van and garage style [DOCUMENT]" @documentch for the footage, video editing, and support during this project. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
That house is absolutely gorgeous. I hope the kids appreciate just how beautiful and well-made this house is. I hope they never let it fall into disrepair, and keep living there.
Full credit to the Japanese for hanging on to traditional building methods . The end result is clear to see , the whole structure becomes a work of art ( sculpture ) .
I’ve been in construction my entire life and I’ve never seen such beautiful work. They’re not just places to live there works of art. With the construction techniques, I bet those homes will be around for 100 years. absolutely beautiful work.
This home is absolutely gorgeous. The level of skill and dedication required to achieve it is equally impressive. Thanks for sharing your time and Tatsuya-San’s perspective. Great stuff.
Thank you so much!
The level of craftsmanship and dedication to precision and every detail is impressive. Congratulations and thank you for your video.
完成おめでとうございます！
とても素晴らしいプロジェクトでした！そのジャパニーズアメリカンハウスの作り方TH-camでとても喜んで見ました、ありがとうございます！！
Lovely home, especially the feline friendly features!
It really is!
So glad that there's new generation carrying on the artistic legacy.
Magnificent. It gives me renewed faith in the youth of today. Not ours necessarily, but in Japan anyway!
@@ShawnWitty You mean apart from the willingness to actually work, and holding themselves to high standards, neither of which are hallmarks of modern American youth? Other than those things, nothing.
I LOVE the thought given for the cats!
Access to the overhead beams was a no-brainer, but the swinging door panels that are seamless..... amazing.
I love your channel! Been watching and have thought that there would be a good market in the USA especially in earthquake prone areas. I have recently set myself up with a fell set of japanese joinery tool. Everything I can think of. Lol I am 69 retired mechanical engineer and you have fully inspired me. Thank you so much. Please keep your videos coming I look forward to every one!
Wonderful film and process. Its fantastic to hear Sasaki’s passion as he talks us through the build.
What a beautiful blend of styles. I love this!
Thank you for the glimpses of the finished house. It’s simply stunning.
What a beautiful house and such a great video! Was a pleasure to watch. You guys rock!!!
I love this series.
I'm not sure that you'll find any building in USA with the same quality carpentry and materials as this. Japanese Carpentry is out of this world and at a level that should impress any building inspector outside Japan.
Beautiful project....!!!👍👍
Making each piece of structural wood to fit into each other like a puzzle is a cool way of doing things, especially since it adds stability and strength to the structure
Beautiful
Well then... i guess I've found my new favourite carpentry channel. A+++ content! Bravo!
楽しみにしてたやつ！
更新ありがとうございます！
We're looking into building a house RIGHT NOW actually...here in the West Virginia hills. As much as I'd LOVE a house made like this by you all, it's not likely at all that I could afford it. We are but humble wood workers and our business is slow due to the state of the economy. We have the land and location worked out but all our capital is tied up in our current home. I hope SOMEONE can take you up on your offer...what an honor that would be...I can't wait to see it on your channel.
That is a great house.
Absolutely beautiful work. Congratulations to everyone involved!
Thank you very much!
OK! Now the channel all makes sense. KEEP GOING! You're on the right track!
Do you offer consultations for small builds, like a 800 sqft cabin?
Would love one of these houses...
This level of craftsmanship is timeless and masterful. The interior design choices though... it's like seeing someone use the finest Samurai blade to spread Skippy peanut butter on Wonderbread; like seeing Michael Jordan, Beyonce, and Meryl Streep working behind the counter at my local Burger King; like the internet only being used for Limp Bizkit concert livestreams; like watching a family use the Mona Lisa as a beloved picnic blanket. I mean sure - I'm glad the carpenters are happy that their client is happy, but dang bro.
Wow I like the traditional Japanese houses I would love to in the future build a shirigawa go house for a dog breeding welling area and another traditional Japanese house/kennel for the dogs I’m hopping to breed in the future if I ever buy a space for my dream backyard in the future?!
Wow 🥹
waw
I’m making a Japanese inspired workshop. 8ft x 16ft. What size timber would you use for posts, beams and rafters?
Nice video. In the future can you lengthen the cuts between shots to at least four or five seconds?it's hard to figure out the relationship between the rooms when it goes by so quickly
Noted!
@@thecarpentrylife Thanks for being open to feedback. Also in general for people with chronic diseases or neurological issues, fast cuts are very taxing to watch. I think a good compromise is similar to something like the Never Too Small channel, and they also do a good job of showing the floorplan first too
We Americans want to emulate the Japanese. And, for many, many yrs after WWII, the Japanese tried very hard to perfectly emulate us, with their own culture shining intrepidly throughout!
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I am curious, are you able to provide an estimated cost to build such a home in Japan? I would imagine the labor alone is north of $200,000 if it takes months to prepare the materials for building day. Then the materials for a timber built home can't be cheap, especially in Japan. Is this something you could make a video about and talk about the costs/benefits of traditional architecture vs modern vs hybrid? This is a beautiful home. Thank you for sharing this series with everyone.
I am Japanese
I think it's about 25 million yen to 35 million yen, excluding the cost of the land.
$170,000~$240,000
Really?! Wow! Cheap
Do you have an idea of the cost of such a project?
Aren’t there a lot of earthquakes in Japan? If so, is a concrete foundation really going to work?
Is this your company as in you're the owner or are you working for the company as an employee?
dammit i love this
Could anyone point me to any resource in english that describes the engineering/design side of japanese timber framing? I live in an earthquake prone area, but there's no timber framing tradition. There's lots of north american and european books on the subject that are very good, but the principles they teach weren't concieved with earthquakes in mind, I'd imagine, which pushes me toward the japanese ways, which must've been developed around earthquakes. But really, anything that describes extra considerations that must be made to make an earthquake resitant timber frame would be appreciated, jaoanese or not.
Very beautiful. Much respect to the skilled craftsmen that designed and built this house. I am contemplating to build a house for my wife and 2 kids in Japan (Kanagawa). May I ask: much does it cost to build something like this?
i was wondering this, too. Am curious to know the major differences between a home like this vs. a new home build for the average middle-class Japanese citizen.
1:43 Is it normal for Japanese/American houses to have wooden beams open like that? I live in Pakistan and here it's nothing like that at all.
It's not "common" for typical houses in the city. It's common for log cabins that you can find in rural places.
By far, the most common American residential construction method is to build wooden stud frames on the ground and tilt them up into place. The studs are generally just standard-dimensioned lumber of our most abundant softwoods (varies slightly by region), and usually fastened by nails (sometimes screws). It's then usually covered up with gypsum board ("drywall") and painted. Prior to around 1960, you'll generally see plaster instead of gypsum board. Occasionally, even with this type of construction method, you'll see a small number of exposed wood beams (I have 4 in my house, not counting the garage).
Usually, when you find an American house with lots of exposed wood construction, it's either quite old or build to imitate older styles. This tends to be more common in rural areas, particularly in forested or mountain areas. Even then, the American style tends to use through-bolts (and sometimes metal brackets) for large beams, rather than fine-joinery methods.
Japanese culture is really deliberate about everything they do. The beautiful craftsmanship of this home is a great example.
They are respectful, humble, hard-working, and loyal with deep traditions. Crime is rare and Japan is a high trust society. Japan is also way cleaner than America.
Japan has been pretty ethnically homogeneous until the late 90s-2000s and until recently, Japanese workers have associated themselves primarily with the company they work for - a businessman will introduce himself as "Nissan no Takahashi-san" (I am Nissan's Mr Takahashi).
Especially in younger generations western individualism is becoming more common as japan’s society/family first & hard working attitude can sometimes put alot of pressure on young adults. Sometimes they feel as if they have no individual worth making suicide rates high.
As an American I really respect Japanese culture and hopefully just as Japan is becoming more western, I hope American can learn from Japan. America is really divided right now and I hope we can become a more united society with a national identity of shared culture and values. Many Americans identify themselves purely by their own opinions, their sexuality, job, or any aspect of their life except family. We also splinter along racial or ethnic lines and see our heritage first rather then seeing ourselves as Americans first.
I hope we can get to a place of realizing we are all American and share many cultures and individuals but that those many cultures and individual differences don’t keep us separate, but help us to create the beautiful tapestry of the overall American culture.
And at the same time be able to celebrate the culture of all nations.
The end result is stunning, though I can totally see it as just japanese. Don't really get why America gets involved. All in all. Absolutely breath taking!
Both have great attributes
its because the floor plans and how each room is being used, is american.
Zero nails or screws. Damn
Those Japanese carpenters aren't tethered!!
So like, why is this just not a product people can buy? I mean the design is a huge part and then just spit out all of the parts like a big lego kit.