History catches up with today

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From a post to the "Craftsmanship in Wood" forum:

The arbieds inspectie, a sort of immigration control agency of the Dutch state, recently fined the Japan cultural organization of Rotterdam 60,000€ because they had invited carpenters out of Japan to build an authentic tea house for them but the carpenters had no work permits. In their own defense this organization discovered a 400 year-old unused but still valid treaty allowing Japanese to work in the Netherlands. So if they want, Japanese citizens can come now to The Netherlands and work.

I believe this article is about the project:
www.kees-ouwens.jp/view49.php

Here is a PDF press release from Shofukan about the ministry decision:
shofukan.nl/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PressReleaseShofukan150112_EN.pdf

Here is the page about the Senshin-an garden at Shofukan, with a video about the construction of the teahouse:
shofukan.nl/senshin/