Taichi Kokubun x Kazunari Ninomiya “The! Iron arm! DASH!! takes on a big experiment as part of the annual summer vacation project

■”As a senior, I’m worried. I really want to give you a present.” (TOKIO Kokubun Taichi)

“The!” from 19:00 on October 6th Iron arm! DASH!!” will be broadcasting the summer vacation of Taichi Kokubun (TOKIO) and Kazunari Ninomiya, which has become an annual event.

This time it’s a big experiment. Try making a wooden bicycle using only Okutama wood. A grand plan that doesn’t involve screws or nails will have an unexpected ending!? Also, that revenge that made you cry in 2023.

■Wood professionals gather! Can you make a bicycle only from wood?
Taichi and Ninomiya’s once-a-year summer vacation. This time, the 7th time, Taichi made a decision for Ninomiya, who had just established a company in 2023. “As a senior, I’m worried. I really want to give you a present,” he said, giving him a company car to use as a means of transportation around Ninomiya, but instead he headed to Okutama-cho, Tokyo, where nature is spread out. They make handmade wooden bicycles using Okutama wood.

Local architects, woodworkers, and other “wood professionals” will be assisting with such a grand plan. Even they said, “I’ve never made a wooden bicycle before” and this was their first attempt.

Taichi and Ninomiya take on an unknown plan that no one has ever done before. Although he was worried, “Will I be able to do it in one day?”, he thinned out a cypress tree in the forest of Okutama and tried to make not only a frame but also a saddle, handlebars, and tires from that single tree. Is it really possible to make a bicycle using only wood, without using screws or nails? The grand plan comes to an unexpected end!

In addition, in between work, the annual watermelon splitting event was held at the summer festival, which unfortunately ended in 2023. Check out the full story of the summer independent research that adults are seriously trying out on the program.