Tokio

This is Tokio, from Matsumoto. We were introduced by Elan, our mutual friend in Seattle. Tokio treated me to a wonderful day in the area around Matsumoto, including Azumino and Omachi. While out and about, we visited buildings he has both built and renovated and saw many of the pieces he crafted.

Tokio is a master woodworker. We visited a new home project that he collaborated on the design and met with the two guys who were doing the construction work. Sitting in that space, I couldn’t help thinking of my father who, as a carpenter and cabinet maker, spent many days on projects like this.

We are outside his workshop from out of which he created so many beautiful works of art as pictured below, all at his “Penguin House.”