Cob: Re: Re: Japanese Earthen Building

[Keven Naphtali]

Thanks alot Darel...
I have some pictures posted at http://naph.port5.com/farmhouses of some
earthen japanese traditonal farmhouses from a museum near my house.  take a
look.

I have also been to the Japanese sea, the Tango peninsula where a business
man has built a wine fermentation warehouse and lodge with the traditional
bamboo ### lattice and gigantic wooden beams and fermented rice straw cob.
The end result is beautiful but this is definitely not the solution for the
cobber on a tight budget.

Take care,
Keven

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darel Henman" <henman at it.to-be.co.jp>
To: "Keven Naphtali" <napher at hotmail.com>
Cc: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:46 AM
Subject: Cob: Re: Japanese Earthen Building


> Kevin,
>   I don't know of any construction sites in the Osaka area, but, the in
> the kansai area, near you, Gifu-Ken, Aichi-Ken, still use earthen walls
> relatively a lot and have sources of good soil.   In eastern Kochi on
> Shikoku Island across the bay from Osaka, is where the famous "tosa
> shikkui" (Tosa Lime-Earth-fermented straw plaster) is made.  It's used
> for exterior walls, and lime-plaster reliefs.
>
>   For new construction, you might locate a "Doro-kon-ya", (earth wall
> buiding mud maker), there are at least three in the country and not far
> from Osaka, I believe.  It's an esoteric business so you might have to
> ask a local "sakan-ya" (masonary man) about where they are located.  I
> could find no web pages for them.
>
>   For existing old buildings,  Kyoto probably has the most remaining,
> since they preserve the old important buildings and tea houses with the
> same technology that they were made with.
>
> Darel
>
> > Darel,
> >
> > Just wondering how you tracked down these wonderful resources in Japan,
have
> > you been to Japan? I am currently living in Osaka and would love to
visit
> > some construction sites if you know of any in the Kansai area.  Let me
know.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Keven
> >
>
>