Main lobby of Okura Hotel Tokyo, Japan. This wing will be torn down in 2015.

Main lobby of Okura Hotel Tokyo, Japan. This wing will be torn down in Sad to hear this happen.

日本家屋、畳

Japanese residence R

Floor paper & Indirect lighting

Jeju Ball

kengo kuma designs jeju ball for art villa complex in korea

View from the patio towards the tatami room of the Tetsuka House by John Pawson.

The tatami room of the Tetsuka House by John Pawson

Japanese residence

Japanese residence :o So awesome~!

モダンな和室には、照明をつかった遊び心も必要。壁を照らしたり、空間全体を雰囲気アップするための照明の取り付け方があります。

モダンな和室には、照明をつかった遊び心も必要。壁を照らしたり、空間全体を雰囲気アップするための照明の取り付け方があります。

Japan - Interior at Waki-Honjin, Tsumago-juku, Nagano

Japanese traditional restaurant, Ryotei 料亭

Japanese traditional restaurant, Ryotei 料亭 thats the dream.

Kagami mochi 鏡餅 : Kagamimochi are sets of two round, flat rice cakes, in which a smaller one is placed on top of a larger one. Kagami mochi are offerings to the god of the New Year in Japan.

謹賀新年

Kagami mochi 鏡餅 : Kagamimochi are sets of two round, flat rice cakes, in which a smaller one is placed on top of a larger one. Kagami mochi are offerings to the god of the New Year in Japan.

Kyoto houses. Wooden sliding doors

grandiose housing in the Traditional City

Japanese traditional room, Washitsu 和室

Garden framing [Japanese traditional room, Washitsu 和室 Transparent glass to control and frame view, translucent glass to allow diffused light and limit view.

Japanese traditional house in Sankeien Garden, Yokohama, Japan 三渓園

Japanese traditional house in Sankeien Garden, Yokohama, Japan 三渓園

Zen interior

Love the color on the wall, pottery, carpet, art

Washitsu (Japanese style room), is a term used as an antonym for yoshitsu (Western style room). A feature of washitsu is tatami flooring. Washitsu usually have sliding doors (fusuma). They may have shoji & if used as a reception room, it may have a tokonoma (alcove for decorative items). Today, many Japanese houses have only 1 washitsu, used for entertaining guests. The furniture in a washitsu may include a low table at which a family may eat dinner or entertain guests, while sitting on…

traditional japanese paper lantern asian patio by HartmanBaldwin Design/Build

Keyaki wooden table by kozan, Japan

床の間は無くとも

Keyaki wooden table by kozan, Japan

A Yen for the Past: Farewell to Tokyo’s Hotel Okura | Projects | Interior Design

A Yen for the Past: Farewell to Tokyo’s Hotel Okura

A Yen for the Past: Farewell to Tokyo’s Hotel Okura. A cedar screen in a hemp-leaf pattern.

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