Inami, the Japanese Woodcarvers’ Town
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15 min readMar 12, 2024
Inami is a town of 8,000 inhabitants located in Toyama Prefecture. With more than a hundred sculptors’ workshops, it is said to be the number one city for sculptors in Japan.
After moving there in 2016, architect Tomotsugu Yamakawa decided to turn part of his recently refurbished house into an accommodation for visitors to use as a base point to explore the town. That was the birth of “Bed and…
