Superb. Tokonoma Made from Extremely Thick Boards of Japanese Cypress [Season2 - Part 16]

The last part of the interior work is this Japanese-style room. It took a long time to build this tokonoma (alcove). As the tokonoma is made of thick Japanese cypress, it shines. You might want to be careful not to scratch this tokonoma. Haha
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[@acanadianwoodworker]

Every time I get cheap and want to use crappy lumber, I think of Shoyan and his beautiful clear lumber and it makes me want to be a better person. Thank you Shoyan

[@jacktoddy9783]

You are shameful - living in Canada and not being able to source great timber without knots or shakes. I live in Japan - all this guy does is bodge jobs in comparison to proper Japanese craftsmanship. It begs the question, if this video makes you a better person, then what kind of person were you before you watched this carpentry nonsense video. Note: I used the term: Carpentry as opposed to: Joinery or Cabinet-Maker. I am sure that if you spoke English or possessed a dictionary you would understand the difference. Eh?

[@franklee2683]

Omg...I cringe to think what the cost is....but the results speak for themseves. Dont go cheap.

[@beppoober9808]

Hello Shoyan, as a German carpenter, I am fascinated by your precision. Japanese carpentry has always fascinated me. This is good and proud work. It's good to see you at work. I can learn a lot. Good man!

[@robertwhite4831]

I’ve been a wood worker for 32 years, I pride myself on the care and heart I put into all my works. It was a sincere honour to watch you work Sir. Thank you for sharing.

[@MrTrapper28]

The timber for the floorboards, in fact all the timber, is of exceptional quality. My son has just visited Japan and was blown away by the quality of the woodworking he saw. As for your plane and it’s sharpness, Wow. You’re a pleasure to watch.

[@sherriking7917]

Its a joy to see someone take such pride in their work!!!

[@thesaxman]

Hajimemashita Shoyan san. I travelled in Nihon 35years ago wanting to learn skills like these and found it very difficult. However I learned many things and appreciate Japanese culture very much. I started my Carpentry apprenticeship in NZ in 1966 and also retired from being a fine furniture maker for 25 years working alone 10 years ago. We in the west have much to appreciate and enjoy about Japanese arts and crafts and skills still active and retained today. I have made Shioji in NZ, though nothing like the levels possible in Nihon. It’s great to see you skills and accuracy in carpentry and furniture. I have watched many of your other videos and the adding of English to your KZbin videos will no doubt spread your skills and fame even further. I will be travelling again in Nihon in the near future, after having not been to Japan for 25 years to soak in more of the beauty and Wabi Sabi and culture that is Japan. Gammbatte Ne. Arigato gozaimasu. Jimu san.

[@randybourdon2791]

Thank you for showing us your fine carpentry skills

[@Watchdog_UFOtestpilot]

The aroma of fresh cut cypress is one of my absolute favorites.

[@Timothylaing]

I love how he stops for a quick sniff :)

[@Farooq_Bhai_]

I can't get enough of this man!

[@collectivemyrtle]

Masterful! This man deserves National treasure status!

[@kevinnathanson6876]

If that's a 'carpenter' what the heck is a master woodworker?! Gee, sure hope that floor stays put, huh... Good LORD what precise work! A true master craftsman! And don't even get me started on how beautiful that cypress is...

[@rwilcox_71]

It is an absolute pleasure to watch you work! Thank you for sharing your craft and skill! Much love, health and happiness to you!

[@mergrew0110]

Thank you for the English commentary, it makes an excellent video into an outstanding one……..!

[@jetje6132]

It's such a delight to watch mr. Shoyan-san working on his projects.

[@aamirrath2568]

Hello Shoyan, I am not a woodworker but I enjoy watching you practice your craft..

[@donaldadams5342]

All I can say is 'ASTONISHING' project. Any other words seem a waste of time. Great video, again, & cheers, Don from South Aust.

[@kurtandrews7450]

I just can't get over how gorgeous that cypress is.

[@ModMINI]

Very nice. I had a house in Japan with a tokonoma.... but it was just the regular kind not put together by artisan craftsman. They are the center of and the soul of the Japanese home so the more care when building, the better.

[@wastrelway3226]

You can probably buy a ready-made tokonoma on Amazon these days.... but that would be disgraceful.

[@brookesedgedesigns9441]

You are truly a master of your craft. I am honored that I get to learn from you.

[@richardslater677]

The quality of that wood is outstanding.

[@Repulseer]

Notice how the entire space is clean...just a heaven for working environment

[@donscotuslives]

This is absolutely beautiful work! Shoyan, you are the master!

[@raffaelesala992]

Thanks to you for sharing another great video of your accomplishments. I really appreciated the explanations in English even if they take away some of the magic that the noise of the tools gives us. For me authentic poetry. I would spend hours watching you and I confess that I would love to be your student, unfortunately the distance is unbridgeable and I have to be content with following you on KZbin. A greeting from Italy.

[@rawrmusic55]

Your work is beautiful. Attention to detail is world class.

[@LaFeuilleAF]

Wonderful craftsmanship and great video as always! Thanks for sharing! Also, all carpenter would know that great smell of freshly shaved cypress at 7:30, I always do that as well hehe

[@richardleslie410]

Thank you for sharing this. You have made it interesting by providing nomenclature and techniques I have not seen before. It is a mark of a craftsman when difficult tasks are made to look easy with skills developed over many years. I look forward to more video's of this sort. Thank you again.

[@petervandermolen9835]

Outstanding and instructive. Very inspiring. Thank you for your time to make this video and your generosity to share this!

[@johnspencer1145]

Simply amazing work I love it great to see the mix of hand and power tools all though I like the hand tools better thank you for the video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@dougshaw9701]

beautiful work from master craftsman

[@shaunburke]

Beautiful workmanship

[@ASousaMakesIt]

High quality craft!! Thank you for sharing!

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

i can watch this for hours

[@99andrianmonk]

Beautiful work. You should be very proud of your workmanship..

[@jamescole1786]

6/12/22; Wow! What beautiful work! Fantastic craftsmanship! Love to watch & learn from you sir. Also great video 📹 lighting, voice over technique..all great!👍👍👍😊🛠

[@trevorwilliams7754]

Amazing work - thank you for sharing

[@BrianMunger-z6v]

My home was built in 1870. My floors are 6 inches thick not too many homes are built like this one.

[@Jezeppi1]

Very well done 👍 Thank you for sharing your craftsmanship! 🙏✅

[@metalink]

I love your work. Respect!

[@ЮрийЛукьянчук-ф9с]

Hello from Kyiv, Thank You for your video Liked Subscribed

[@dodgygoose3054]

Beautiful.

[@frankthetank8749]

Beautiful absolutely ....beautiful. I would love to spend a season any season just to watch and learn just for a summer a week a year a day' i could never repay the joy that would live to him in any way. Thank you. For the past. Hour of this video " i am definitely a fan..

[@zackfleming267]

Unbelievable stuff. The "floorboard" would be a thousand-dollar countertop in my neck of the woods. This must be a $20 million house.

[@mikemccollum4521]

Beautiful. Thank you from Arlington, Texas

[@deldridg]

Currently renovating and I'm having pink fits about the cost of engineered hardwood flooring (6mm layer of hardwood over 8mm of a stable timber backing). Now I can sleep again - we're being cheap compared to the cost of flooring done in this manner! Great vid and thanks from Sydney - Dave

[@decomputerleraarable]

A joy to watch. Rob

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

I love watching you work. Masterful. It's nice to learn all the vocab as well!

[@georgehirsch9152]

Very Nice!

[@williamoverton7265]

Wonderful design

[@jamesmccallough3082]

Brilliant!

[@shawnvanetten4662]

Excellent work

[@wasrados]

beautyful!!!!!best regards!!!

[@charlesjenkins8078]

Great job! Thanks again

[@sverdson]

Beau travail !

[@billmccaffrey1977]

Love your skilled work. Too bad there are not many American carpenters with any of your skills. I make traditional Art's & Crafts furniture with visible joinery using mostly hand tools as a hobby, so I very much appreciate your skills.

[@olegvinichenko6831]

Dayyyyyyyum. I was thinking, that 1mm gaps in such kind of works are very impressive, but now i'm really ashamed of my work.

[@andrewdarnley4608]

Why do the floorboards need to be so thick ? I'm very impressed with your attention to detail which is sadly lacking these days amongst Australian joiners.

[@daos3300]

there's a nice wikipedia entry on tokonoma.

[@mmanut]

FANTASTIC WORK, GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP ‼️‼️. VERY IMPRESSIVE ‼️‼️ NEW SUBSCRIBER, Vinny 🇺🇸

[@torm4722]

nice work mr japanese.

[@gorantanaskovic6155]

Super good

[@jessegriffin9]

Can I ask original voice with Eng sub rather than a voice-over? I love this man's job anyway.

[@monzer-sy5yp]

The glue must squeeze out. Our teacher in carpenter school told us that "If the glue is not squeezing out, you are not using enough glue." When it squeezes out, you know that there is enough glue between the joints. You can always wipe the extra out, but it's hard to add more.

[@dracowing14]

man i love the drywall air powered screw gun. i haven't seen anything like that over here since the old ramset gypfast gun but that was used mainly for exterior sheathing. i wonder how well this gun setup would work on metal stud.

[@DialecticDeveloper]

Cutting the center of the end concave makes the "visible part of the shoulder attach well" means the end/shoulder will sit more flush than a straight cut?

[@aoilkgfd]

正やんの英語チャンネルってあるんだ。すげー

[@johnspencer1145]

I was wondering what the weight or size of the hammer that you use most often is

[@TacComControl]

If you built a Shiki and a Tokonoma at the same time, would it be a Shiki-toko-nokononko-koshitan-tan?

[@thomasgunther]

Thanks for showing your work. Why is there so much empty room under the floor? Is that intentional, is there a purpose?

[@ModMINI]

This is the crawlspace under the house.

[@ChillBuilds]

Are any of these wood surfaces coated with a film finish, oil, or wax? Do you depend on planing alone as a finish?

[@midnighttutor]

Interesting that the Japanese never adopted the biscuit, which would save this guy about half his time. I once made a giant dining table and bolted the two halves together like he has done but that was only so that I could disassemble it if needed.

[@iamamish]

I was thinking about that too. Obviously the biscuit join is faster but the advantage of the bolts is that you can keep it super tight over time, especially since (I think?) people walk on it.

[@ModMINI]

@@iamamish Nobody actually walks on tokonoma, but Japanese homes are generally not well temperature/moisture maintained so there will be a lot of wood expansion/shrinkage. I'm not sure if a regular biscuit join would survive years of that.

[@iamamish]

@@ModMINI thnx for the info!

[@nicksylvester426]

Great work ! Is there any concern for expansion ?

[@lostinthebutte3290]

Hi, what is the yellow interior wallboard made out of? It seems like a drywall. But it doesn't look like nailing the drywall to the wood. I am very curious.

[@bobbyboucher7742]

Why do you glue down everything all the time? Doesn't this make future changes or repairs nearly impossible?

[@ntyhurst]

What are the costs here? Those just seems prohibitively expensive.

[@N3RV001]

Thank you Shoyan. Do you sharpen and reuse the hand saw blade you replaced in the beginning? Or just dispose of it? What about power saws, do you resharpen those?

[@wastrelway3226]

I was wondering about his plane. Does he sharpen it every day?

[@a0flj0]

If you let the excess glue dry for five minutes, it becomes consistent enough so that you can cut it away with a chisel, instead of wiping it off with a wet rag. This causes less glue impregnation around the glue line. The tiny amount of glue that penetrates the wood around the glue line , when using a wet rag, interferes inconveniently with oil or other impregnating finishes.

[@ModMINI]

Tokonoma do not have any finish applied. The bare wood is enjoyed as is.

[@daveg686]

👍

[@Hrn.nasrul]

Itu kayu apa?

[@ilkero1067]

Excellent video. I personally find the music unrelated to content, would prefer no music or traditional Japanese music

[@ДартВейдер-з4э]

👍👌😎

[@SPMech1]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bgoodman64]

What do you use to fill screw holes?

[@jacobperkins2866]

He always makes sure to set screws where they will later be covered by other finish material

[@bgoodman64]

@@jacobperkins2866 I see in one of his videos that he uses some of the finer sawdust from the board mixed with glue, over-fills the hole then chisels flush after dry.

[@RogierYou]

Surprised to see you use bots to connect the boards. While every one else online just glues of uses dowels or cookies..

[@sonyaenix2336]

No nails or screws.....

[@davidaubin3449]

❤️👍🇺🇸

[@torowazup1]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼🍺😎

[@kyles5258]

So I'm a little ignorant to this, so I hope I do not come off rude. But I want to understand. So are there many houses built this way? is this something that's very common in Japanese culture? Here in America almost everything is very cheap and very fast and low skill. Someone with your skill would be reserved to work with only the wealthy people. So I guess what I'm asking is are there many many carpenters like you in Japan that build most of the things that need to be built, or is it like here in America where most of the workers are low/medium skill with only a few high skill workers using fast cheap materials. I can tell you for certain that the majority of the high skill carpenters that build homes in America, do not have anywhere near the level of skill that you have with woodworking.

[@swingmaster2312]

Too MANY GLUE THAT YOU DONT NEED FOR SUCH 2ND FIX JOB AND JOINERY!

[@dreamfunction4491]

The background music is not necessary. Get rid of it next time.

[@singlefather01]

読まないと何言ってのか分からない。

[@wdobni]

it seems a crime to use 2 inch thick perfect cypress planks to make a small cupboard .... everything is way overbuilt according to peculiar archaic styles using perfect quality lumber ... to make a little cupboard that holds a couple of flags and maybe a small statue of some kind..................everything shoyu does is nice work with beautiful lumber .... only very rich people can afford to build wooden homes made out of perfect quality hardwoods everywhere, custom built by an artisanal carpenter

[@constantinosschinas4503]

who cares about the vase, really.

[@kr1886]

We can read....

[@Salamibro]

there is a german saying about glue coming out the joints it goes like this Leim der aus der Fuge quillt hält nicht aber beruhigt ungemein. Wich roughly translates to. Glue that oozes out of the joint doesn't hold, but calms down immensely