In this video, we are in Sanjo, Niigata, Japan for a small version of the Kezuroukai, a Japanese Planer competition. It is an event where people from all over Japan come to show off and test their planing skills. Those that want to enter need to present shavings that are less than 15 microns. However, it is more likely to be recognized if you have shavings under 12 microns.
At this event we met a lot of nice and interesting people. We learned about what to look for when buying a sumitsubo, a Japanese inking pot. We also learned about some planing tools and techniques that were very interesting and could be applied to carpentry life helping to improve the output quality of work.
It was a great event and we had a lot of fun shopping and talking with people. We highly recommend attending a Kezuroukai in Japan or one of them happening overseas.
Videographers and Editing:
Kaori / Garrett
Equipment Used:
Olympus OMD EM-1 Mark iii (4k)
Olympus OMD EM-5 Mark iii (4k)
Rode VideoMicro (Audio)
Rode VideoMic NTG (Audio)
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