A contribution to highlight this ancestral technique form the north mountains of  Kyoto (Kitayama).

This traditional cedar cut creates perfectly vertical and strong branches from the same mother tree. Decade after decade, new generations of branches grow, without cutting the original tree. This woods were traditionally growing to be used in the construction of houses, but it ended with the acceleration of the modern housing industry. Fortunately, some fields with thousands of daisugi are still in Kitayama, and also talented skilled artisans ready to share this knowledge. I hope that the new generation of foresters, carpenters, architects, designers, artists… will be inspired to use daisugi wood to improve contemporary virtuous process of partnership with nature.