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    House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden × Stylish Japanese-Style Rooms

    House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden

    A home with a courtyard garden (tsubo-garden) incorporates a small, serene garden within a limited site to bring natural light, air, and seasonal charm indoors. Enclosed by the building, the quiet garden provides an intimate connection to nature while maintaining privacy from neighboring views. Frameable views from living rooms, bathrooms, or hallways add visual delight to daily routines. Combining stone, greenery, and moss creates a peaceful sanctuary within an urban setting. Introducing homes with a tsubo-garden that foster a quiet, elegant connection with nature.

    Stylish Japanese-Style Rooms

    A stylish Japanese-style room incorporates traditional elements like tatami mats, shoji screens, and fusuma sliding doors to create a tranquil space tailored for modern living. Located as a cozy nook off the living area, it serves flexibly as a relaxing lounge or a guest room as needed. Low windows and shoji diffuse soft natural light, while visual connections to a courtyard or garden bring in the serene beauty of changing seasons. Incorporating alcoves (tokonoma) and custom cabinetry with refined proportions lends quiet elegance to simple layouts. Introducing homes with stylish Japanese-style rooms that bring the comfort of tatami and traditional spatial aesthetics into contemporary living.

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  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|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

    Japanese Modern
    Authentic Garden
    High Sidelight
    Atelier
    Gallery Wall
    Tsubo Garden
    Gallery
  • House in Higashi-Ikoma — Two-Family Residence with Three Gardens|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House in Higashi-Ikoma — Two-Family Residence with Three Gardens|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

    Wooden Sash
    Authentic Garden
    Luxury home
    Piano
    Tsubo Garden
    Proportion
    Calm Presence
    Two-Family House
    Fully Openable Sash
    Wet-Engawa
  • Revitalization of Prewar Rental Kyoto Townhouses | Row Houses on Showa Alley|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    A wall opening discovered during demolition proved to be an original secondary window; it is normally protected from wind and rain with a hanging shoji screen.

    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

    302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

    Japanese Modern
    Narrow House
    Exposed Beam
    Professional Equipment
    Income Property
    Reclaimed Beam
    Tsubo Garden
    Japanese House
    Kominka Restoration
    Renovation
    Kyomachiya
    SeismicReinforcement
    SeismicAssessment
    Nagaya
  • Kujo Residence|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Kujo Residence|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Abax Architects

    Abax Architects

    203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Exposed rafters
    Music Room
    Tsubo Garden
    Sloped Ceiling
    Capturing Light
    Two-Family House
    TwoFamilyHouse
    MusicStudio
    ExposedBeams
    SlopedCeiling
  • Revitalization of Prewar Rental Kyoto Townhouses | Row Houses on Showa Alley|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Second floor: existing ceiling boards were removed and replaced with a boat-bottom (cove) ceiling.

    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

    302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

    Japanese Modern
    Narrow House
    Exposed Beam
    Professional Equipment
    Income Property
    Reclaimed Beam
    Tsubo Garden
    Japanese House
    Kominka Restoration
    Renovation
    Kyomachiya
    SeismicReinforcement
    SeismicAssessment
    Nagaya
  • House in Sedomigaoka – A Small Northeast-Facing House|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House in Sedomigaoka – A Small Northeast-Facing House|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

    Optimized Storage
    Japanese Modern
    Exposed Beam
    Visual Control
    Tsubo Garden
    Wet-Engawa
  • House of Scales|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House of Scales|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Hirotaka Sato Architects

    Hirotaka Sato Architects

    3F, 32 Shibakoen Building, 3-4-30 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo

    Wooden Sash
    Curved Wall
    Authentic Garden
    Reclaimed Wood
    Terrace
    Skip Floor
    Luxury home
    Tsubo Garden
    Luxury Modern
    Fully Openable Sash
  • Nishidaikaidō House|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Nishidaikaidō House|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Kota Goto Architectural Studio

    Kota Goto Architectural Studio

    1-17-1 Unuma-Haba-chō, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

    Simple Modern
    Entrance Doma
    Closed to Outside, Open to Inside
    Tsubo Garden
  • House Nestled Among the Trees|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    View toward the nijiriguchi side, from the position of the daime tatami, with concealed indirect lighting. A double tsuridana shelf and central post can be seen.

    Architecture Firm:Archiplace

    Archiplace

    502 Palm House Hatsudai, 1-20-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

    Outdoor Living
    Wooden Sash
    Japanese Modern
    Tea Garden
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Wood Siding
    Tea Room
    Wood Deck
    Study corner
    LivingWithNature
    WoodBurningStove
    Terrace
    TeaRoom
    TeaGarden
  • House in Koshien|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House in Koshien|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Abax Architects

    Abax Architects

    203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Wooden Sash
    Lattice
    Built-in Garage
    Closed to Outside, Open to Inside
    Hotel-like
    Tsubo Garden
    Capturing Light
    Calm Presence
    Void
    Large Opening
    Built-inGarage
    ClosedOutsideOpenInside
    WoodenSash
    Atrium
  • House in Higashi-Ikoma — Two-Family Residence with Three Gardens|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House in Higashi-Ikoma — Two-Family Residence with Three Gardens|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

    Wooden Sash
    Authentic Garden
    Luxury home
    Piano
    Tsubo Garden
    Proportion
    Calm Presence
    Two-Family House
    Fully Openable Sash
    Wet-Engawa
  • House Nestled Among the Trees|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    The tea garden can be seen through the ground-level window, which also serves as the nijiriguchi of the Japanese-style room (tea room). Light reflected from the tatami illuminates the ceiling finished with karakami paper. On the right is the kin人guchi, an entrance for honored guests, connecting to the main entrance.

    Architecture Firm:Archiplace

    Archiplace

    502 Palm House Hatsudai, 1-20-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

    Outdoor Living
    Wooden Sash
    Japanese Modern
    Tea Garden
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Wood Siding
    Tea Room
    Wood Deck
    Study corner
    LivingWithNature
    WoodBurningStove
    Terrace
    TeaRoom
    TeaGarden
  • Residence in Kamiuma|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Residence in Kamiuma|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Urban House
    Japanese Modern
    Narrow House
    Lattice
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Capturing Light
    Wet-Engawa
  • Residence in Kamiuma|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Residence in Kamiuma|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Urban House
    Japanese Modern
    Narrow House
    Lattice
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Capturing Light
    Wet-Engawa
  • Kujo Residence|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Kujo Residence|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Abax Architects

    Abax Architects

    203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Exposed rafters
    Music Room
    Tsubo Garden
    Sloped Ceiling
    Capturing Light
    Two-Family House
    TwoFamilyHouse
    MusicStudio
    ExposedBeams
    SlopedCeiling
  • Kujo Residence|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Kujo Residence|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Abax Architects

    Abax Architects

    203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Exposed rafters
    Music Room
    Tsubo Garden
    Sloped Ceiling
    Capturing Light
    Two-Family House
    TwoFamilyHouse
    MusicStudio
    ExposedBeams
    SlopedCeiling
  • House with Slanted Lattice|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House with Slanted Lattice|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:an Archi-Lab. First-Class Architect Office

    an Archi-Lab. First-Class Architect Office

    Heights S&A 2F, 4-20-31 Awaji, Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Irregular Site
    Japanese Modern
    Exposed Beam
    Steel Staircase
    House with Doma
    Passage Doma
    Tsubo Garden
    Natural Light
    Breezy House
    Void
  • Residence in Kamiuma|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Residence in Kamiuma|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Urban House
    Japanese Modern
    Narrow House
    Lattice
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Capturing Light
    Wet-Engawa
  • House Nestled Among the Trees|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    The walls are finished with dark-brown-stained Japanese beech plywood. The tatami is Ryukyu tatami with dark navy edging.

    Architecture Firm:Archiplace

    Archiplace

    502 Palm House Hatsudai, 1-20-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

    Outdoor Living
    Wooden Sash
    Japanese Modern
    Tea Garden
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Wood Siding
    Tea Room
    Wood Deck
    Study corner
    LivingWithNature
    WoodBurningStove
    Terrace
    TeaRoom
    TeaGarden
  • Kujo Residence|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Kujo Residence|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Abax Architects

    Abax Architects

    203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Exposed rafters
    Music Room
    Tsubo Garden
    Sloped Ceiling
    Capturing Light
    Two-Family House
    TwoFamilyHouse
    MusicStudio
    ExposedBeams
    SlopedCeiling
  • An Artist's Atelier — A Place of Creation Enveloped in Quietude and Tension|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|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

    Japanese Modern
    Authentic Garden
    High Sidelight
    Atelier
    Gallery Wall
    Tsubo Garden
    Gallery
  • House Nestled Among the Trees|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Mizuya, with a tenbukuro storage cabinet above. The sink is copper, with bamboo slats made of bleached bamboo. The lower part of the wainscoting, which is exposed to splashing water, is also clad in copper. Between the sink and the tatami is a charcoal box finished with cedar boards.

    Architecture Firm:Archiplace

    Archiplace

    502 Palm House Hatsudai, 1-20-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

    Outdoor Living
    Wooden Sash
    Japanese Modern
    Tea Garden
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Wood Siding
    Tea Room
    Wood Deck
    Study corner
    LivingWithNature
    WoodBurningStove
    Terrace
    TeaRoom
    TeaGarden
  • Residence in Kamiuma|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Residence in Kamiuma|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

    1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Urban House
    Japanese Modern
    Narrow House
    Lattice
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Capturing Light
    Wet-Engawa
  • House in Koshien|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House in Koshien|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Abax Architects

    Abax Architects

    203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Wooden Sash
    Lattice
    Built-in Garage
    Closed to Outside, Open to Inside
    Hotel-like
    Tsubo Garden
    Capturing Light
    Calm Presence
    Void
    Large Opening
    Built-inGarage
    ClosedOutsideOpenInside
    WoodenSash
    Atrium
  • House in Higashi-Ikoma — Two-Family Residence with Three Gardens|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House in Higashi-Ikoma — Two-Family Residence with Three Gardens|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

    Wooden Sash
    Authentic Garden
    Luxury home
    Piano
    Tsubo Garden
    Proportion
    Calm Presence
    Two-Family House
    Fully Openable Sash
    Wet-Engawa
  • House Nestled Among the Trees|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    At the back is the sadoguchi entrance leading to the mizuya. Directly above the hearth is a kamahirukugi kettle hook. The alcove floor is covered with tatami, and the rear wall is finished with karakami paper and fitted with a nakakugi hook (musokugi, flush type).

    Architecture Firm:Archiplace

    Archiplace

    502 Palm House Hatsudai, 1-20-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

    Outdoor Living
    Wooden Sash
    Japanese Modern
    Tea Garden
    Terrace
    Tsubo Garden
    Wood Siding
    Tea Room
    Wood Deck
    Study corner
    LivingWithNature
    WoodBurningStove
    Terrace
    TeaRoom
    TeaGarden
  • House in Sedomigaoka – A Small Northeast-Facing House|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    House in Sedomigaoka – A Small Northeast-Facing House|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

    Optimized Storage
    Japanese Modern
    Exposed Beam
    Visual Control
    Tsubo Garden
    Wet-Engawa
  • Kujo Residence|House with a Tsubo Courtyard Garden|Japanese-style room|Custom-built house

    Kujo Residence|Japanese-style room

    Architecture Firm:Abax Architects

    Abax Architects

    203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

    Exposed rafters
    Music Room
    Tsubo Garden
    Sloped Ceiling
    Capturing Light
    Two-Family House
    TwoFamilyHouse
    MusicStudio
    ExposedBeams
    SlopedCeiling
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