“Two art movements have recently gained a lot of attention in Japan: the architecture of Terunobu Fujimori and ROJO”, is stated on Designboom.
Terunobu Fujimori seems to be known as the world’s only ‘surreal architect’. Fujimori uses simple, natural materials, like wood. The photos of the treehouses he built attracted my attention, reminding me of childhood. Wouldn’t it be great to bring those type of buildings into the busy metropolis?
A bakery with home-grown yeast, a coffee shop that serves lunch made with regional ingredients, an organic farm that grows and collects their own seeds for harvest, and a 100% self-sufficient brewery. We trace the fruits of Ogawamachi's local production and consumption to explore the future possibilities of trans-locality.
Tea ceremonies are inextricably linked to Japanese culture. On the island of Kyushu, a tea plantation turns the tea ceremony into an immersive landscape experience, allowing visitors to consume the tea where it's grown.
A DIY bookstore by the lake, a cozy smoke sauna in a 30-people village, and a bakery that ferments bread with wild yeast. On a trip to Tottori and Okayama, Japan, MOMENT visit spaces where citizens come and go to nourish their minds and bodies.
