Fast. Clean. Exactly as you imagined.
Est. 1952
Fast. Clean.
Exactly as you imagined.
Japanese craftsmanship. No excuses.
Two masters. Every project.
No exceptions.
We take on fewer than twelve projects a year.
40
YEARS
AT THE
BENCH.
Kazushi Yoshioka. Trained at fifteen under the last generation of shrine masters. Forty years in wood. Tea rooms, temples, heritage restorations, and private residences across Europe. He takes every project himself. No delegates. No excuses.
Fifth generation. Est. 1952.
Now working between Japan and Europe —
delivering exactly what you imagined. Fast. Clean. No excuses.
"Wood speaks.
It tells you how it wants to be used.
A carpenter who cannot listen is killing the wood."
To sharpen your tools is to sharpen yourself.
道具を磨くことは、自分を磨くことだ。
Five generations endured because five generations refused to compromise.
五代続いた理由は、五代が妥協しなかったからだ。
Not slow and good. Fast and right.
遅くていい仕事より、速くて正しい仕事を。
Photography from actual projects coming soon.
TWO MASTERS.
ONE STANDARD.
Two master carpenters. Every project, from first conversation to final handover,
is handled by the masters themselves.
No apprentices. No subcontractors.
That is the commitment.
Kazushi
Yoshioka
吉岡 主司
Apprenticed at fifteen under the last generation of shrine masters. Forty years at the bench. Tea rooms, temples, heritage restorations, and private residences from Japan to Europe. Every project: the master himself.
Forty years. One craft. No compromise.
Every project is completed by two master carpenters, from design consultation to final handover. Not passed to apprentices. Ever.
The master selects every piece of timber at the source. Grain, direction, moisture. Only the right wood is used.
Work that leaves the masters' hands is not Yoshioka work. Subcontracting is the death of quality.
Gion, Kyoto
2024
National Treasure Temple, Nara
2023
Salone del Mobile · with SK Architects
2024
Paris, 8e
2023
Aoyama, Tokyo
2024
150-year townhouse · Nishijin, Kyoto
2022
Ryokan · Arashiyama, Kyoto
2023
Private Interior · Lisboa, PT
2024
Private Residence · Zürich, CH
2022Selected works only. Full portfolio available upon request.
TELL US
EXACTLY WHAT
YOU IMAGINED.
We take enquiries from the planning stage.
Site visits and estimates available across Japan
and major European cities.
The master replies personally within two business days.
Fast response. No intermediaries. No excuses.
Architects and interior designers: we work to your drawings.