Japan’s heritage architecture-restored, repurposed, delivered.
Showcase the supreme tradition of Japanese heritage architecture for your next build
Kyoto Trove specializes in supplying architects and builders with authentic elements of Japanese artisan architecture to incorporate into their builds. Our inventory ranges from entire buildings to Japanese joinery beams and other irreplaceable heritage architecture aged 50 to 500 years old.
We are Japan’s largest repository of traditional hand-crafted buildings and building elements, including tea houses, beams hand-crafted from rare materials, meticulously sculpted wood carvings, Washitsu rooms, and aged sliding Shoji and Fusuma doors.
Every one of our artifacts are historic heirlooms of Japan’s supreme tradition of artisan craft building, impossible to replicate. Whatever your building needs, if we don’t have the item already in-house, our consultants will use our network to find the unique historical artifact to incorporate into your next build.
Complete Heritage Structures
Evidence of a deep architectural inheritance dots Japan’s countryside. Today, urban migration trends leave a wake of extravagant buildings built with rare craftwork and sometimes extinct materials. Rediscovered spacious heritage buildings can be less practical in large urban centers like Tokyo.
Aged Doors
Naturally aged, embracing the Japanese concept of “wabisabi”—the beauty of imperfection—our doors are far from factory produced commodities. Made by hand by skilled craftworkers in an age that treasured specialized skills, our doors have stood the test of time. We are proud to feature both the expert artisanship and the hand-carved imperfections.
Beams and Structural Components
Our beams and structural components age 50 to 500 years old.
With the advent of machine milling, felled trees began to be processed into identical, interchangeable building components. In contrast, beams in Old Japan came from trees picked by a village’s own forestry experts.
Ranma Screens
Ranma screens are an integral component of traditional Japanese houses, usually placed above sliding Fusuma doors in a traditional “wa” room. Hand carved by a single artisan over the course of 6-12 months, Ranma screens used to cost an entire year’s wages to acquire and were reserved for the fortunate few who could afford them.