Ultimate Guide to Traditional Japanese House

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• Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens brings a piece of Japan to Philly
• Daita, Tokyo by Ryuichi Sasaki / Sasaki Architecture
• Shigeru Ban houses at the Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima
• Aside from tatami mats, what else can you find in a traditional Japanese home?
• In This Tokyo Home, a Secret Garden Thrives Behind a Cascade of Glass

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Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens brings a piece of Japan to Philly

The spaces are just minutes apart on foot, surrounded by forests and mountains. SSH No.03 consists of a modular network of ten, discrete two-storey pavilions, defined by angular tilted roofs, black façades of charred cedar cladding and cut-out windows. Japanese design has long been on the cutting edge of style, although along with the country’s forward-thinking innovations, there is also a deep commitment to tradition. That’s particularly true in Japan’s contemporary homes, where modern pieces including sectionals and vibrant art mix with signature elements such as shoji screens, tatami mats, and rock gardens. We’ve gathered spectacular Japanese rooms from the pages of AD that blend Eastern and Western aesthetics.

Daita, Tokyo by Ryuichi Sasaki / Sasaki Architecture

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Shigeru Ban houses at the Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima

But amid all of these convincing recreations, the San Marino museum’s latest addition just might be its most genuinely enveloping one yet. The bedrooms are tiny, with the exception of the master bedroom on the first floor. There is only one toilet for sharing on the second floor, and the bath is on the first floor. The “tatami” rooms are multi-functional and typically serve as storage areas or as extra bedrooms. Tatami mats are made of rice straw and woven rush grass, which makes them most effective in absorbing heat. They also have the ability to draw water from the air, helping ease humidity levels inside the home.

Although there might be some valuable collector pieces in a Japanese house, they were not locked in any way, and a burglar need do no more than slide open a window screen or even the front door. For this reason, those who could afford to often employed a caretaker if they were absent for any length of time. Another consequence of this lack of security was that any unknown person approaching a house was treated with suspicion, hence the precaution of visitors calling out 'Excuse me' as they approached the door, a tradition which still continues today in modern Japan. Editor and Japanese-English translator Judy Evans has a background in education, the arts, production horticulture and landscape design.

In a Japanese genkan (entrance hall), the piece of timber that covers the step up into the house is called the agari-kamachi (see ⑧ in the irori illustration below). The tokonoma alcove is a decorative element characteristic of the reception room of a Japanese-style home. Recessed into one wall of the room and raised slightly above floor level, it is used to display wall hangings and ikebana flower arrangements. The tokonoma originated in the Muromachi Period (1336 – 1573), when the lord of the house would sit in a separate section of the room with a raised floor when receiving his vassals.

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It does not simply serve as a terrace, but the engawa connects the living room to the garden. This porch-like structure is on the outside and functions as both an entryway and a corridor. In western homes, this would translate to either the attic or the basement where we stash random stuff. The oshi-ire is not a room per se but a storage space tucked away in a different room of the house.

Once the post and beam framework of the house is completed and the ridge beam finally put in place, a jōtōshiki or ridge beam-raising ceremony is held to bless the house and pray for its safety. Among foreigners moving to Japan many choose to buy and restore these quickly disappearing homes for their own. Most importantly, they promote Japanese traditions like sitting “seiza”, praying, and sleeping on the floor. Her third EP, Swim Against the Tide (2016), was influenced by 1980s synth-pop. Her fourth EP, Saw You in a Dream (2017), saw her continued experimentation with different genres of electronica and rock. Bain co-produced her first full-length album Good at Falling (2019) with George Daniel and American record producer BJ Burton.

As our Alliance cooperation reaches new heights, we are expanding our engagement to reflect the global nature of our partnership. Private areas of the house (bedroom, bathroom, office) can be shoes-off ‘live on the floor’ spaces with little or no furniture. Public and hang out parts of the house (entries, kitchens, living rooms) can be designed for shoes-on and furniture. In this case, there should be a clear split-level transition between the two—a place where shedding footwear is convenient.

A hipped roof is a type of roof in which there are four slopes on the roof that form a ridge at the top. This is the simplest roof type, which also meant less labor and materials and was, therefore, the cheapest. As a Result – The triangular shapes that these supports have provide more strength than the right angles typically used in support structures. These supports are fixed to the tops of posts and vertical beams and rise towards the roof to support it. The “umbrella” style has one vertical central post in the middle of the house, and 4 horizontal beams that extend outwards from that post.

So for the last forty years we have accumulated lumber to become our own lumber yard. We have on hand two acres covered with lumber decks, about 250,000 board feet of many species sawn to our specifications and cured to proper moisture content. About half of any job is completed in the shop before our materials go to site.

Highly water-resistant stalks such as those of susuki grass (Miscanthus sinensis) and yoshi, the common reed (Phragmites australis), are used. The roof tiles commonly seen nowadays on traditional-style homes in Japan became common during the latter part of the eighteenth century. Other traditional roofing materials include timber shingles called kokera-buki, and hiwada-buki, shingles made from cypress bark. A Shoji is, at its most basic, a sliding wall of sorts, constructed with translucent paper instead of window glass.