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    Modern Japanese-Style Residence × High Sidelight

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    Modern Japanese-Style Residence

    This collection features custom-built homes that seamlessly integrate modern Japanese aesthetics, including contemporary tatami rooms and raised tatami seating areas. By skillfully utilizing traditional materials while adapting layouts and lighting to suit contemporary lifestyles, these residences exemplify sophisticated and tasteful interpretations of Japanese spatial design. The examples showcased here highlight elegant and thoughtfully curated Japanese-style interiors that harmonize tradition with modernity.

    House with High Sidelights

    High sidelight windows capturing steady sunlight and sky views while maintaining privacy from ground level. Introducing high sidelight residential examples.

  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|LDK|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|LDK
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Exterior|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Entrance hall|Custom-built house
    A gallery and entrance with a composed yet soft atmosphere.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Corridor|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Corridor
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Entrance hall|Custom-built house
    A gallery-cum-entrance paved with Ōya stone. The courtyard garden is located directly ahead.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Atelier|Custom-built house
    Lighting concealed in the kamoi (lintel) illuminates the ceiling and diffuses light throughout the atelier.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Garden|Custom-built house
    A two-story atelier and gallery facing due south; the tatami room arranged in a 'ku'-shaped configuration.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|LDK|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|LDK
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Japanese-style room
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Exterior|Custom-built house
    It forms a green spot within the otherwise uniform streetscape.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Atelier|Custom-built house
    The opening facing the north garden draws in the upstream breeze from the river and the morning sun.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Entrance hall|Custom-built house
    By finishing the ante-room floor of the tatami room with tatami, it invites a sensibility appropriate to the washitsu (Japanese-style room).
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|LDK|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|LDK
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Entrance hall|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Entrance hall
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Exterior|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Atelier|Custom-built house
    South elevation of the atelier. The front opening contains glass doors, a mesh screen, and taiko shoji (arched sliding shoji) that retract into the wall.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Atelier|Custom-built house
    From the stair landing, through the lattice of the high-side lights, one sees the greenery and flowers of the garden's specimen tree.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Entrance hall|Custom-built house
    Through the lattice door you see the wall displaying the artist's works and, beyond it, the small courtyard garden (tsuboniwa).
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Garden|Custom-built house
    An elevation in which each opening generates a rhythmic composition.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Courtyard|Custom-built house
    From the sofa one can sit and view the tranquil north garden and the paintings in the gallery.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Entrance hall|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Entrance hall
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Stairs|Custom-built house
    A lightweight staircase cantilevered from the wall. The first-step handrail is shaped to invite a casual, natural grasp.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|LDK|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|LDK
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Approach|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Approach
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Lavatory|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Lavatory
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house
    An opening that frames the garden view. A tall tree whose trunk alone is visible invites the imagination to what lies beyond.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Atelier|Custom-built house
    The second-floor loft, also called the 'river-view room' (kawami no ma). The opening is at a height that is comfortable when seated on the floor.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Approach|Custom-built house
    Walking while observing the greenery and houses becomes time to shake off distractions and return to one's true self.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house
    A modern tokonoma installation without a traditional tokobashira (decorative post), incorporating vertical slits.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Garden|Custom-built house
    Light that illuminates the interior and spills outward welcomes occupants returning home.
    Architecture Firm:Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect
    2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
    Authentic Garden
    Gallery Wall
    Atelier
    Gallery
    Japanese Modern
    Tsubo Garden
    High Sidelight
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Exterior|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
  • House in Tezukayama, Nara|Modern Japanese-Style Residence|House with High Sidelights|Exterior|Custom-built house
    House in Tezukayama, Nara|Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Kumi Inoue Architects
    Kumi Inoue Architects
    2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
    Exposed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Large Opening
    High Sidelight
    Calm Presence
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