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He explains that carpenters are only as good as their tools.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Set squares, chisels and planes are central to Japanese carpentry. It is a profession that depends upon blades so carpenters take extreme care of their tools.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHis workshop is located in the mountains that surround Kyoto City although he still has an office in the goon district that he inherited from his father.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is a descendent of Naito Eisuke who came to Kyoto from Fukui prefecture at the beginning of the 19th century.\u003cbr/\u003eEisuke completed an apprenticeship and went on to establish the Gion Naito Komuten, the company that his great, great grandson now runs.\u003cbr/\u003eAs Naito Tomohiro explains, he is the 5th generation carpenter in the family line. \u003cbr/\u003eThe word carpenter, daiku san in Japanese, embraces a range of different disciplines.\u003cbr/\u003eNaito's work is probably best described in English as architectural joinery.\u003cbr/\u003eHe explains, that his company's main line of work is in the construction of timber framed housing, Kyo Machiya in particular.\u003cbr/\u003eThe term Kyo Machiya refers to a traditional style of architecture that has developed in Kyoto over hundreds of years.\u003cbr/\u003eMachiya are generally 2 storied buildings, occasionally 3.\u003cbr/\u003eCharacteristics of Machiya include timber frames that rest on a stone foundation, walls made of earth and straw plastered onto a bamboo frame and \u003cbr/\u003ewooden lattices on the exterior.\u003cbr/\u003eThe project that Naito is currently working on is the reconstruction of an old Machiya originally built during the 1920s.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough the craftsmen set levels using laser technology and use a range of modern power tools, building methods and materials follow centuries old traditions.\u003cbr/\u003eThe joinery that connects the structure follows established conventions.\u003cbr/\u003eJoists are fixed with wooden pegs rather than nails or bolts and traditional materials like cypress wood, bamboo, earth and straw are integral to the structure.\u003cbr/\u003eAt 36 years old Naito Tomohiro is an accomplished craftsman.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough working with a designer, he draws the schematics from which all the other craftsmen work.\u003cbr/\u003eHis also controls the budget, manages the construction schedule and takes care of administration as well as hands on involvement with pretty much the whole construction process.\u003cbr/\u003e\"An apprenticeship is very tough but people who have become carpenters, craftsmen, seem full of life.  They love the wood that they work with.  I personally feel a great sense of pride in what I do,\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003eThe skills that he and his colleagues have mastered are vital to the conservation of Kyoto's architectural heritage.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Shinohara Shoten Ltd - a company that manufactures roofing joists - the total number of carpenters in Japan in 1995 was 761,822.  In 2010 they say the figure was 397,400.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eGion Naito Komuten Workshop, Kyoto, February 12, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of carpenter sharpening the blade of a hand plane.\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various  of carpenter using a hand plane.\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE : (Japanese) Naito Tomohiro, Architectural Joiner ++partially overlaid with shot 4++\u003cbr/\u003e\"Set squares, chisels and planes are central to Japanese carpentry. It is a profession that depends upon blades so carpenters take extreme care of their tools.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of tools \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eMatsubara Bridge, Kyoto City, February 19, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e5. Zoom in to the mountains surrounding Kyoto City.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eGion Naito Komuten Workshop, Kyoto, February 12, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e6. Pan from the road to the exterior of the workshop.\u003cbr/\u003e7. Zoom in on Naito Tomohiro using a thickness planer bought by his grandfather in 1969.\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Naito Tomohiro, Architectural Joiner\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am the 5th generation in the line.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of Naito Tomohiro using a hand plane.\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Naito Tomohiro, Architectural Joiner\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our main work is the construction of timber framed housing.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eGion, Kyoto City, February 17, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of Kyo Machiya (Kyoto townhouses.)\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eGion Naito Komuten Workshop, Kyoto, February 12, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Naito Tomohiro, Architectural Joiner\u003cbr/\u003e\"Mainly we are working on Kyo Machiya (Kyoto townhouses.\")\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 13, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan of the exterior of a Kyo Machiya townhouse currently being rebuilt by Naito Tomohiro and his team.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 5, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e13. Pan of wooden structure.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 19, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e14. Pan of Naito Tomohiro in a site meeting with the head plasterer.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 8, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of levels being set with the aid of a laser.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 14, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e16. Carpenter using skill saw to cut join.\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of joists being fixed into place with wooden pegs.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 8, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of craftsman binding strips of bamboo to the wooden frames on which plaster will be laid to make the walls.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 13, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of straw, soil and the old earthen plaster from the walls of the original structure being mixed into the first layer of bonding plaster for the walls.\u003cbr/\u003e20. Craftsman plastering an exterior wall.\u003cbr/\u003e21. Pan of chisels and hand planes.\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of wooden columns and beams.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eGion Naito Komuten Workshop, Kyoto, February 12, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Naito Tomohiro, Architectural Joiner\u003cbr/\u003e\"An apprenticeship is very tough but people who have become carpenters, craftsmen, seem full of life.  They love the wood that they work with.  I personally feel a great sense of pride in what I do.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eDaikoku Cho, construction site, Kyoto City, Feb 13, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e24. 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