Japanese boatbuilding

Rob Stevens

Wooden Canoes are in the Blood
A friend recently asked if I could be a resource person on canoe building at a "Kezurou Kai"; a "social gathering and friendly competition showcasing the skill of woodworkers that use the Japanese tools." My initial feeling is that wooden canoe building is not relevant to that tradition. I have only just poked my head into the rabbit hole;

https://mokuchiwoodworking.com/events/kez2017/

http://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/
 
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Japan does have a wooden canoe history. On the northern island of Hokkaido there was a tradition of building bark canoes using elm bark. there was a story about it in one of the Wooden Canoe magazines maybe 15- 18 years ago. I can't remember much else except they were very heavy and not as sleek as a birch bark canoes but they were canoes and got the job done.
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