手神について 神宿る、神奈川の手。
手神について 神宿る、神奈川の手。

“Divine hands” of fine craftsmen in Kanagawa, Japan

Delicate Yosegi wood crafts, exquisitely turned miniature wood crafts and more.  

In Kanagawa prefecture of Japan, there live remarkable craftsmen who are often referred to as having “divine hands”.  These remarkable Japanese craftsmen express their lifelong passion through their divine craftsmanship. 

(Top photo) View of Enoura from the window of Kobayashi and Matsumoto's workshop

Craftsmen

斎藤木工所 斎藤久夫

Hisao Saito

Master Fine Woodturner
小林木工 小林じゅんの

Junno Kobayashi

Yosegi Wood Crafter
乾木工 乾靖史

Yasushi Inui

Automatic Woodturner
木工房千舟 岩宮千尋

Chihiro Iwamiya

Inlay Woodturner
まつもと木工所 松本育

Iku Matsumoto

Wood Crafter

Producers

株式会社ジーンワークス 池谷賢

Masaru Ikeya

JeanWorks Co., Ltd.
Producer
Yamakita

Founded JeanWorks Co., Ltd. in 2020, Masaru Ikeya is a producer of “entertainment” centered around the concept of “creations starting from wood.” He assists artists, craftsmen, and corporations in transforming their visions, ideas, and designs into commercially available products.

KAICHI DESIGN 山田 佳一朗,山内 美歩

Keiichiro Yamada / Miho Yamauchi

KAICHI DESIGN
Director / Designer
Kawasaki

Kaichiro Yamada
Director, Designer
Graduating from Musashino Art University in 1997 and serving as a research assistant in its design lab, Kaichiro Yamada founded KAICHIDESIGN in 2004. Collaborating with visionaries, creators, communicators and users, Kaichiro thrives to enrich people’s lives through various design initiatives.
Kaichiro received the Good Design Award (2004/'11/'13/'14/'16/'18/'19), red dot design award (2010 Germany), Design for Asia Award (2012 Hong Kong), Tokyo Business Design Award 2013 Excellence Award, and Wood Design Award (2015/'17)


Miho Yamauchi
Designer
Graduating from Musashino Art University, Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design, majoring in Interior Design in 2016, Miho started working at the interior design firm redman.inc in the same year. Miho has been working at KAICHI DESIGN since 2021 and is currently active in the design unit “myna.”

Afterhours Design 横田茂

Shigeru Yokota

Afterhours Design
Web Designer

After working in editing and production for a web media platform specializing in dining out, Shigeru Yokota transitioned to a role as a web director and designer at a design company. Since 2010, Shigeru has been actively operating as 'Afterhours Design.' In 2007, Shigeru co-founded a cake shop called 'Afterhours' with Ai Yokota in Yoyogi-Hachiman, where he supports its operation and online sales.