Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Today we visited Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum in Shinkobe (on the recommendation of our friend Caroline Heycock). I was expecting to be interested but to have to leave early with fractious children (the younger two, at any rate). Not so: not only was the museum a beautiful piece of architecture full of stunning craftsmanship, but the workshops kept Julian and Sean occupied for a good two hours on a damp Saturday. Well worth the visit, right beside Shinkobe Station, admission 500 yen for adults.