Welcome to the Museum

In the Interest of Wood & Plywood and the Future of our Environment

100 Years since the birth of plywood in Japan. In October, 2007, the first Wood & Plywood Museum in the world opened. Not only for accumulating information and displaying exhibits, the Wood & Plywood Museum is a museum that also contributes to making a prosperous society in which nature and people can mutually coexist. By coming into contact with everyone, the museum is "in the interest of wood & plywood and the future of our environment" and is a place where people can gain a new understanding of living with a feeling of ease that is brought about by trees and of preventing global warming with the use of forest resources.

Japan, a country blessed with plentiful forest resources and water; by all means, please come for a visit.

 

 

Profile: Shigeru Yoshida

March 1963	Graduated from Rikkyo University, Economics Department
October 1997	Tokyo Governor's Commendation (Distinguished Service in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Promotion)
April 2002	Received the Blue Ribbon Medal Chairman of the Board of Directors (current post) Japan Plywood Trade Association (Nihon Goban Shogyo Kumiai) Chairman and CEO (current posts) JK Holdings Co., Ltd. Director (current post) Japan Kenzai Co., Ltd. Trustee (current post) The Wood & Plywood Museum NPO

 

 

Welcome to Wood & Plywood Museum

In the entrance room, there are several logs, representative of Japan, and basic features such as difference in wood color, cracks due to drying, and discoloration can be seen.

From the displayed exhibits in the environment section, you can learn about problems that engulf forestry, concrete proposals to solve those problems, facts of nature based on the carbon cycle, mechanisms of global warming, measures to prevent it, and other issues.

In the plywood section, you can compare actual samples of plywood and the classifications of plywood based on the JAS standards. You can see and understand the manufacturing process of plywood in a diorama setting with "Nedanon," a thick plywood, and a model building that uses "Nedanon." The outer drive of the veneer lathe is a special feature of the museum. The reason is that boards can be made even from thin, curved material taken from forest thinnings. This makes forestry a wonderful, hidden potential. Seeing is believing, so please, by all means, come to the museum and have a look. Also, please feel free to ask any questions. The staff and I are here to answer them.

Takeshi Okano Director of The Wood & Plywood Museum NPO

 

Profile: Takeshi Okano

March 1965	Graduated from University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agriculture, Department of Forest Production, Master's Degree
January 1967 to March1999	University of Tokyo
April 1999 to March 2007	Japan Wood Products Information & Research Center, "Wood Consultation Office" Manager
October 2007 to Present	Wood & Plywood Museum Director University of Tokyo, Professor Emeritus, Doctorate in Agriculture

 

 

History

2005	With the proposal by Shigeru Yoshida, the Chairman of JK Holdings Co., Ltd and the late Hiroshi Inoue, the chairman of Seihoku Co., Ltd., the establishment of the museum was planned with the participation of scholars and groups and companies that are involved in lumber and plywood.
October 2007	Construction of the Wood Land Tower in Shinkiba, Tokyo was completed. The Wood & Plywood Museum opened as a non-profit organization.
October 2008	The wood and plywood photo contest was held.
November 2008	The total number of visitors exceeded 10,000.
March 2010	The total number of visitors exceeded 20,000.