About DIY Japanese Joinery

Why Choose DIY JJ?

Today, just by typing “Japanese woodworking” or “Japanese carpentry” in YouTube, we can find a lot of videos that introduce complex joints and work pieces built with Japanese woodworking techniques. They are all beautiful, made extremely accurately, and absolutely remarkable. It’s no wonder they are so popular.

But people like you are not satisfied with only watching someone’s work. What you really want to do is to enjoy the touch of wood, or to smooth the surface of a piece of timber with a hand plane, or to put the pieces together that you crafted by your own hands. Correct?

Through our step by step tutorial videos you will learn the essentials of Japanese woodworking and be able to craft whatever you want all by yourself, just like the pieces in your favourite videos.

“But is it really possible for me to make such complicated things?”

Don’t worry. Even if they look complicated, they are made by taking a lot of small, simple steps. No matter how complex they look, the accumulation of every single step, when perfectly done, will make it possible to achieve a challenging goal. The grounds for saying this? I’m actually not good with my hands. Even a clumsy person like me can create beautiful things by concentrating on every single step one by one. You don’t necessarily need to have good dexterity. What you need is perseverance.

Also, our video courses are suitable for those who want to learn or work in the related industry in Japan. We have designed our courses so that you will have acquired a series of essential basic skills when you finish the course. If you learn and master the knowledge and techniques introduced in these courses, you will be able to tackle each task with confidence without being supervised. This is also going to be a benefit for your boss. As you know, bosses are always looking for adaptable motivated potential.

In addition, through our courses, you will be able to learn the required mentality to work in Japan as a craftsman. As long as you have that mental attitude, and your skills are good enough so that you won’t need to be monitored all the time, your future boss will find you from the crowd and give a chance to you, even if your Japanese is limited. This course can be the best investment if you want to work in Japanese carpentry or the woodworking industry in the future.