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Wood turners/galleries in Hokkaido?

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Can anyone point me in the direction of these?

I'll be in Sapporo, Niseko and Furano in Feb. and have by chance identified the craft/artisan district in Furano but not speaking Japanese the others elude me.
 
Best bet would be to contact the Japan chapter of AAW:

Go to https://www.woodturner.org/

Select [Find a Chapter] from the left-hand menu to get to a new page.

Select [Japan] in the search box. Should have some contact information, possibly in English. By February, you might even learn some Japanese.;)

Cheers,
Joe
 
Thanks Joe.

A Tokyo based chapter shows up.

Its website bulletin board is all Japanese except for 'Stuart Ablett' ... one of the forum members here I think.

Yes, boning up on the language will help. 'Sapporo?' said in a bar will be a good start ;)
 
If I'm not mistaken (entirely possible), Stu also participates on another forum where we both do. A PM from here or there could be a shoehorn into your search. What we used to call "networking."

Best of luck, and have a good trip.

Cheers,
Joe
 
Thanks Joe.

Yes, your memory is fine :)

We haven't heard much from him Down under for a while.

Will wait to see what other fishes this net produces and then try Stu direct.
 
Contact in Japan

Ern - I sent a message (with cc to your personal email) to an associate of mine in Japan, who should be able to help you. If that doesn't result in a response, I have a few others that should be willing to help. Japan is a great place with wonderful people. You will enjoy your visit!!

Jerry
 
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Its website bulletin board is all Japanese except for 'Stuart Ablett' ... one of the forum members here I think.
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He posts (in a number of places) as Stu in Tokyo

But I haven't seen anything from him in some time and have a vague recollection that he was moving state-side. But I can't recall if that was future or past tense.

But try here
 
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