Best Selection of Japanese Carpentry Woodworking Tools near Tokyo, Japan - Sagami Daiku Dougu Kan 

Awesome video. Thanks for the virtual tour and walk through of the tools! Do they have a website and ship to the US?

I actually went to this store when I went to Tokyo. Took about 2 hours from Ueno by train and then about a 10 minute walk from Sagamihara station. Super easy to get to thanks to Japan's amazingly easy transportation network. Only cost around 1000yen and was nice to get out of tokyo for the day. Its absolutely true you can't find the shop by searching for the store name in English, but the address does work out fine and the shop is right off the main street and easy to find, right next to the pedestrian bridge. But about the shop. In a word. Incredible. If you are in Tokyo, go there. Seriously, its so worth it. The selection is just jaw-dropping and there are few places in the world where you can find such craftsmanship. From chisels to hand planes to hammers to saws...they got it and its top notch quality. Prices were good and fair, if you're looking at buying premium chisels like Narex then you won't be sticker shocked by a set. Especially since the yen was down compared to the dollar so it was even better. But I'd like to take a moment and just express my appreciation for the shop-owner, Sachiko-san. I don't speak Japanese and she doesn't speak English, but her kindness and patience was palpable. I don't think I've ever had a nicer shopping experience even if it was through google translate. 10/10. I'll be back. Worth the 9,000km trip. And @thecarpentrylife, thank you for the video. You made my amazing trip even better.

I’d go broke if I walk into this shop. Thank you for showing and explaining the beauty of these japanese tools.

Japan has a incredible culture, incredible pride in their work and anything they make/manufacture. Love it.

Thank you so much for these videos, they are so valuable for people who don't speak Japanese and wanted to learn the culture and history of the Japanese carpentry world! Please, keep making these videos for us!

I'm travelling to Japan next month, I HAVE to visit this store, amazing.

Wow, so many incredibly talented makers creations located in one place!

Those are masterpieces, no doubt about the quality and accuracy. Thanks for all the details.

Just got into woodworking here in California and I thought to myself “I wonder what Japanese woodworkers use?”. Mind is blown. Thanks for the thorough walkthrough.

What an amazing store, nothing like that in the US.

Hello from USA. I watched this video again because it is so informative and interesting. Thankyou.

Amazing store ,incredible tools, superb craftsmanship

I love how these tools are works of art onto themselves. It seems like it would really encourage such intentionality in one's work.

Great video! And if I can find this store online, I will be a very, very broke woodworker!😂

日本の普通の大工さんより詳しそう！ 大工道具に魅了されてるんですね！

Your tool store tour completely ruined my nap! Not sure I'll get to sleep tonight either!🤣 Great stuff. Thanks.

Great video, very informative. all those tools look amazing. also that shop really does have it all.

I love seeing what kind of tools you guys have available in japan. Seems like what's available for us to buy online pales in comparison to what you can buy from stores in japan.

Man, this is so intimidating. I get tensed up each time I use my Kanna or any Japanese tool, thinking of the incredible sincerity and craftsmanship standards that one has to live up to

Thanks for showing this, I'm especially impressed with the adze handles there is such great justification in that price considered they have to be looked for year after year and adjusted accordingly to get the right bend. Japanese tools are awesome!

大工道具の店には行った事がありませんが、非常に魅了される場所ですね

An amazing store, thanks for showing it to us !

I hear you brother. Restoring old planes is my therapy too. You wonder of their history. Great walk through the shop but you just keep making me buy more tools. I need a Gennou now. Just so beautifully made. Love making handles for striking tools. Thanks and Godspeed.

That’s like a candy store holy moly thanks for walking through ⛩️🎏🙏🏽

Thanks so much for the video. Amazing store. So glad I found your channel!

I carve this sort of texture on some of my work. It's so relaxing to do. So free. And you give yourself 'guidelines' on size, width, shape. I get lost in the moment, enjoying the process. Then you stand back and it comes alive. Great video, thank you.

Thanks man,love the Chisels and traditional wood carving tools

You do excellent presentation. Thank you.

The Carpenter's Paradise ....Just looking at Aladdin's cave so beautiful Japan beautiful Japan in all it's glory , the very best video I have ever seen on RU-vid , A big Thank you from Sydney Australia

Thanks for posting

amazing store!! thanks for share

Outstanding video! Beautiful store and tour! Thanks for sharing! 😃👍

I'm blown away.

Very informative! Thank you.

Great video. Wow!

Such abundance of excellence!

Very nice shop - and very nice guide. Thank you. Pleace more of that...

Thank you so much for this video ! i learn all the time..great Stuff ! From England UK...:-)

Thank God it's in Japan and not in Europe, because I'd drive out there and spend way too much money 😁. Thanks so much for showing this and for your other videos. I just subscribed.

This store is a dream. I love Japanese hand tools for woodworking. Unfortunately we do not have such an amazing shop here in Bavaria.

Great presentation and introduction to what's available.... Thankyou. Perhaps a video on tool storage/boxes suited to traditional Japanese tools?

oh gosh, what a wonderland! I shouldn't go without a supervisor …

Love this, would love to visit and pick up something. Thanks.

Thanks for a great walk-through and for knowing so well what you are talking about. What a stunning store?! Would be a dream to visit one day.

I live in California thank you for this video very informative 👍🏼

Thank you very much for taking time to share this learning experience with us. I very much look forward to learning more about Japanese craftsmanship and tools from you!

Great video you gave some great advice some many thanks for that and yes I have followed some of it :)

I would need a week to shop in that store

Having just stumbled across this video, I felt very lucky to see it. Your knowledge explained was interesting and extremely helpful. I live in Japan and will try to visit this store thanks to you 🙂👍

Wow, I love that store, must come and shop from BC Canada. Worth the ride.

Wow! Heaven on earth

Wow. That was an amazing video. I'd need another suitcase if i visited. Dam shame don't send overseas. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊

So cool..

I enjoy these visits to different tool stores, thank you. Could you do a video on what a Japanese carpenter have in their tool belts?

oh, wow. Wow. Wow. Wow!

Very interesting! Thanks for showing! I've never heard of gomu handles, only of gumi handles.

Excellent

what a wonderful shop, an Aladdins cave ! Arigato

Amazing. I was just in Japan and bought various Japanese tools..will definitely visit this store on my next trip

I'd go to Japan just to go to that store.

すごい！ありがとう先生．

Love your channel, wish I had your skill and knowledge !

Great. Having the possibility to buy online - that would be great.

Thank u.!!!!!!

What a great video. Like you say the store looks clean - and seems to be worth visiting. I would have loved to have seen a few kitchen knives as you're so knowledgeable. I really like your channel!

Thank!!!!

Sagamihara its close to where I live thanks for this now I know where to go

I love Japanese hand tool ❤

Una vera e propria "cuccagna"! Il paradiso per gli appassionati di artigianato giapponsese

I wish we had real tool stores in the states like this one. The punch we call is a nail set, usually for finishing nails. They also have a cupped end to help it not slipping of the wire head nail cause the nail of soft metal (wire). I also find it facinating about the stones. I am surprised that the dont have this approximate grit size of each type of stone classified by type. You talked about this in previous video. Also they know for the handful types of steels use in Japenese tools, what steels work for what grit size and type of stone, like we have here in the states. I have seen a chart that show grit sizes of waterstone by manufacture and the range they claim they are. There seems to be a lot of emphasis placed on the artisanship of the Blacksmiths in Japan. The prices of the hammers were out of this world! Of course things are not flying off the shelfs either! LOL Great review and thanks for sharing your journey with us, since I do not have the opportunity to be there to learn directly. Columbus Michigan

I think it is extremely unfair that I can't find a place like this in my state. If you do, it is so expensive you only buy one or maybe two small items that are cheap. Your store encourages craft by allowing the price to be available for most people. If I came to Japan, it would be to buy tools. Thanks for this awesome video.

Just visited Japan and went this shop bought some gouges and a Dono and ebany handle and small cona

Incroyable vidéo, j’aurais regardé cela encore pendant des heures, c’est passionnant. Si j’avais un magasin comme cela près de chez moi; je crois bien que j’y passerais des journées entières… encore merci!

Dogu Kan very nice name , i m not a carpenter ,i like the tools for wood turning and handy work like spoon

Matsui straightedge also has one with a half round notch for the blade to protrude while checking Kanna.

+ Great job on your content 👍🏻 Looking forward to that hammer handle/head assembly video 🤔 Keep up the good work

Thanks a lot for the video! Could you please make a video about books/magazines on Japanese carpentry?🙏🏻

Great video and I was doing a rough yen-dollar conversion when you were mentioning prices and they weren’t too bad especially for high quality items, they’re worth the money. I used to live in Kurihama when I was in the Navy stationed in Yokosuka and still remember my rent that was ¥147,000 which is $1,058.11 at today’s exchange rate of ¥138.927 = $1.00 for a 3-bedroom (one was a tatami room) apartment at the Intake Kurihama apartment complex.

That is an awesome shop. It's not too far from Tsurugamine, where I normally stay when travelling to Japan. I'd love to pick up some nomi (not 蚤) for small carving. I still don't understand why so many Japanese look down on Daiku-san.....they are artists whose medium is WOOD......and Wadaiku in my opinion is one of the highest forms of art. Thank you for introducing me to this wonderful shop.

I grew up in the city, though on the Odakyu line side, I had no idea about this place.

Toys and carving tools japan is # 1

it's paradise for carpenters, thank you for the very informative video

Thank you so much! I've been looking for an english speaker who also knows Japanese culture so well. I'm surprised I haven't found you sooner. I"m looking to head to Japan precisely to experience the culture but to also buy a ton of tools. I'm looking to head next year but not sure exactly if the Miki Hardware Festival is going on anymore. So hard to find info as someone who doesn't speak Japanese.

No nail guns? 勉強なりました。ありがとうございます。

wowww so......

Thank you for sharing this wonderful store and it's offerings with us! Might I ask please, for both this store and future ones you might cover - are you able to let us know if the store is prepared and able to ship internationally? There are many gems in these places for woodworkers around the world, and it's sometimes not always clear from the store's website (often needing Google Translation) whether they are willing to ship overseas. Many thanks again, and keep up the good work!

No body does quality control like The Japanese. Its absolute perfection down to the folding of the certificate, orientation and position of the inspectors stamp or it will never see the light of day

i love tools.

Oh my god.....❤

Super shop and video. I'm afraid if I entered that shop the police would have to come to remove me.

Wow I'm so jealous I wanna be there and spend my coins lol

This is chippy heaven🤤🤤🤤🤤

could you do some more recording in his shop ? :D

mis 3 paises que yo siempre compro MADE IN JAPAN ..MADE IN USA Y MADE IN GERMANY son unas maravillas

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I wish I could watch this video while or before I was in Japan for the vacation last week. This makes me wants to go to Japan again! BTW this video's audio is very left-heavy for some reason. I've checked your other videos and many of them are also left-heavy. I think there might be something wrong with your camera. You might want to fix that as it's can be quite uncomfortable listening especially on headphones. Other than that, excellent video!!

Wow…..

i honestly dont think id have any trouble spending a whole day in there just browsing every single item on their shelves lol

Thanks for letting me know about the shop, we went there today and it was all you said and more. They were telling us that they are getting a lot more foreigners through the shop. They were thankful for the exposure. Maybe you guys can do a follow up?

15:05 Not really: to hit a nail but not the surrounding wood, all you need is a slightly convex face - and most hammers have that convex face on one side. These tippy hammer faces are for short nails: you can hold the nails and hit them between your fingers to get them started without smashing your hand.