I’ve been pretty idle in terms of modeling Japanese watercraft or updating this site, some might even say I’ve been remiss. But, I was recently contacted by my old mentor Douglas Brooks to build a model of the Shinanogawa boat that has been the subject of his full-size Japanese boatbuilding workshops. So, I’ve been revisiting my wasen modeling supplies, notes, tools and all. I even started thinking again about the wasen model displays I used to set up at the bank in the Japan Center Mall in San Francisco. Last time I displayed there was nearly 7 years ago. I used to display two or three times a year there until Covid put an end to that.

My wasen model display at Union Bank in the Japan Center Mall, San Francisco, in November of 2019

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