Takenaka opens new carpentry museum in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - A real-size dummy pillar of Toshodaiji Temple's main hall is exhibited at Takenaka Corp.'s Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum in Kobe, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2014, during a press preview. Official inauguration is scheduled for Oct. 4.

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