Japanese Minimalist Houses: Top Photos

Silence, wood, and light in the tradition that taught the world what emptiness can do

Tatami room (used as a break room for teachers), 1st floor of Hitane Elementary School. Shimo-Hitane, Chokai, Yurihonjo, Akita, Japan.
A tatami room preserved as a teachers' break room at Hitane Elementary School, Akita — not a museum, not a luxury ryokan. The spatial argument surviving into ordinary life. © Douglas P Perkins, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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