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Upcoming Events

• THIS FRIDAY, 10 am, Long Island City - join Joe and a group of Nihonsan folks at the woodshop and home of Iwao Morohashi and his family. Recently retired after 50 years as a Japanese carpenter in NYC, he will be giving a tour of his shop and house he built the interior of, giving away and selling tools, and a lot more. Space is somewhat limited, so please contact Joe at Nihonsan asap to guarantee participation and to get details. Email info@nihonsantools.com or call/text 929-724-4027! 
• Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival — This July 24-26, Jason Fox of Never Stop Building will host this year's annual gathering for all things Japanese Woodworking and Timber-Framing in Mercer, ME. (Register and learn more here.) Come and learn from the masters of the trade, connect with the wider community, and get inspired by the spirit and enthusiasm that draws us all together around this craft. Several members of the NYC community will be a part of the event including Joe, Will, makomako, Nolan Hatfield, Morgan Donn, Eli Weinberger, Eddie O'Donnell, and more.  
  For those already planning to head up for the event, we are coordinating carpooling. Get on our list by clicking to send emails using these links: Drivers. Passengers. In addition, participants can usually camp at the event site or stay on their own off-site, and Joe Samalin usually coordinates a big AirBNB for non-campers. If you are interested in joining please email him. info@nihonsantools.com. 
• Meet Yann Giguère of Mokuchi Studio! — on Wednesday, July 22nd, Yann will be visiting the New York Japanese Woodworking Community and giving a short talk that evening before we head up to Maine the next day. To welcome him, we will be hosting an off-schedule meetup that night @ Nihonsan Tools from 6-8pm. Come down for this rare opportuntiy to meet and learn from one of the pillars of Japanese Woodworking in North America. Get it on your calendar! (more about Yann below)
• Tool Spa Day: Now on the Schedule! – On Saturday, August 29th, Nihonsan Tools and the Japanese Woodworking Community will be hosting its first ever "Tool Spa Day." Conceived by Joe Williams, an active member of the community, the event will feature a full day of tool setup and sharpening guidance, a rust removal station, scrap leather for making kanna wraps, and lots more... Be sure to mark you calendars and we'll have more information to share as the date gets closer.
• New classes - Starting this summer we will be offering additional carving classes. In addition to beginner classes tackling chopsticks and jam/butter spreaders, Dan Musick has offered to start teaching a two-day class teaching his awesome birds with individual feathers. They are a unique and exciting project through which to learn carving! Also, our new kumiko instructor Jess Chase will be offering a slate of new beginner and intermediate kumiko classes. Keep your eye out for those.