Construction of new houses in Tokuyama-City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. A new house under construction. A Japanese laborer drills holes through roof slats. The laborer picks up pieces he has drilled holes in and climbs up a step ladder and onto a roof. A middle class house recently constructed shows delicate and extension glass. Paneling for out doors and paper paneling for the inner corridor. Construction of a new Japanese house shows a carpenter using a tool to square lumber. Two workers roofing with bamboo. Construction of another house shows a bamboo thatched roof and in the background another house under construction. A man weaves a bamboo lathe for a house wall which is later to be plastered with mud.
A school and various houses under construction in Tokuyama-City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Japanese girls carry lumber to construct school rooms for the Skuragaoka Girls' High School. Two canvas covered huts used as school rooms and half constructed school building in the background. Newly built middle class Japanese houses. In the background there is a technical school. A Japanese laborer mixes mud and straw in a big wooden container by stomping around in it with his bare feet. Construction of a wooden frame structure. A man sifts sand used in the covering of walls of the houses under construction.