Japanese Carpentry: Profiling New York City's Miya Shoji Woodshop

Building Without Nails: The Genius of Japanese Carpentry is a 25 minute documentary on New York City's Miya Shoji, a traditional Japanese woodshop in the heart of Manhattan. Owners Zui Hanafusa and his father show their techniques. Carpenter Joe Kleinberg fells a 300 year old elm.

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