Japan-based woodturner Yoshio Sakai believes it’s time to “drastically redefine the value of things.” To him that means starting with a discarded log and transforming it into a “meaningful resource.” A beautiful resource, as well. Each Timber planter pot from Sakai’s Rokurosha Workshop has expressive wood graining and a subtle scent of the Japanese cedar from which it was made.
![A Timber Pot is available in two sizes; 3,780 JPY and 4,860 JPY from Rokurosha. For more retailers in Japan, see Rokurosha Stockists.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/timber-pot-wooden-plant-pot-rokurosha-733x412.jpg)
![Woodturner Yoshio Sakai founded Rokurosha in \20\14; he works in a studio in Fukui Prefecture in western Japan.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wood-turner-yoshio-sakai-rokurosha-733x374.jpg)
Born in 1980 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Sakai traveled widely and studied with a traditional woodturner before winning a Young Designer Award in 2015 at Interior Lifestyle Tokyo, the largest international consumer goods trade show in the world.
![Also available from New Zealand–based Everyday Needs, a small, four-inch-high Japanese Cedar Planter Pot is \$85 NZD.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wood-timber-pot-succulent-rokurosha-733x489.jpg)
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