The new cedar-topped counter in the shop side of the Hakuba snowboard factory workshop.

Local Japanese cedar live-edge slabs for the bar counter!  

A look inside our Hakuba snowboard factory build. First up is the counter on the shop side, made from two impressive slabs of local Japanese cedar – perfect for talking craft board design over some local craft beer. What else do we need in here?

Close-up of the giant slab of Japanese live-edge cedar for the counter top in the Hakuba snowboard factory.

Now that’s an impressive piece of wood! One of the two slabs of Japanese live-edge cedar for the counter top in the Hakuba snowboard factory shop. We’ll be posting all along the way of this journey to build a custom snowboard factory in Hakuba here on the News page. If you just want to get the big important news – like when we can finally make boards for you! – subscribe to our email newsletter in the footer below…