Japanese built American style home

Not sure you can say it's American style with this level of Craftsmenship lol.

Pretty cool craftmanship, but that style of framing doesn't have nearly the shear strength of American balloon/platform framing. They fall down easier in earthquakes when compared to American style homes.

Amazing craftsmanship.

I would bet it would be amazing cost to build that way.

I'd always heard the average life of a Japanese house was 30ish years.
Not built to.last.

I agree.

Smash needs that big mallet

Have relatives that live in Japan. A lot of what they are doing is to survive earthquakes. But even so........somebody was taught math and engineering.......and they are using. it. But skillset with tools is amazing.

Thanks Wolffie, I was there for a while 50 years ago. Brings back a lot of memories......jk

You need a sledge-o-matic......

So got curious about this and found this interesting


There actually another guy on YouTube that buys and renovates Japanese houses and apparently most people over there find the concept extremely odd

it's called a commander

that might be American style , but it is very not American

great craftsmanship but , that would be a million dollar build in the US

found it interesting they did all this stuff to make the floors not squeak but still nailed them down

just interesting where they used joints , and screws and nails.

that 24mm plywood sub flooring sure does look nice

That's what true craftsmanship looks like.

Another thing is I feel most builders would probably kick you off a project for being as anal as him. At least some framers lol.

Run Chuckie, run!

Prior to about 1998, on the west coast, high quality, fine ring-count, old growth doug fir, hemlock, and yellow cedar logs brought a large premium price due to the Japanese demand for traditional framing like shown in the video. That demand changed almost overnight when they changed to more western construction practices.
Also, their use of a lot of heavy tile roofs led to a lot of colapsed buildings when the traditional methods where used. I have a hunch that economics plays a big part as well.
You cant hardly give away large diameter logs nowadays; the new automated mills can't handle them.

I wish houses here were built like that. Most houses here are concrete construction. It’s great for the typhones but not great for moisture. Mold and mildew grows very fast.

WOW! Amazing craftsmanship. IMO that whitewashed interior color spoiled the use of so much wood.