A young Japanese busshi, or carver of wooden Buddha statues, has been posting videos of his work on YouTube, hoping to explain his craft to the world.
Toshiharu Sakagami, 31, has posted some 150 videos online that have garnered more than 230,000 views.
Sakagami had wanted to work with his hands since becoming a teenager, and when he met a busshi in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, at the age of 19 after graduating from high school in Chiba Prefecture, he became his apprentice, attracted by the master's personality.