Our Architectural Works #1

CHASHITSU in Roppongi, Tokyo

東京・六本木の邸宅に設えた独立型の茶室。庭の石や苔、梅の老木を生かし、その土地の記憶を、茶のための静かな新しい空間へと受け継ぎました。

Low stone water basin (tsukubai) with a bamboo ladle, set among moss, gravel, and natural stones in a Japanese tea garden.

静かな清めの作法

Wooden Japanese tea house illuminated at blue hour, surrounded by a lit garden with trees and a traditional stone lantern.

灯りともる夕べの庵

Entrance of a wooden tea house with a hanging wooden name plaque, viewed through bright green Japanese maple leaves in the foreground.

楓ごしに庵をのぞむ

Interior of a Japanese tea room with timber walls and a low bench, corner windows looking onto a green garden, and a lit washi andon lamp.

庭を招き入れる一間

  • Tatami tea room interior with a woven bamboo ceiling and shoji screens, traditional Japanese architecture in a Roppongi chashitsu.
  • Illuminated entrance and stone garden of a chashitsu at night, Japanese tea house architecture in Roppongi, Tokyo.
  • Hand-carved wooden name plaque framed by green maple leaves, a detail of the Japanese tea room.
  • Japanese tea room interior with a timber bench, sunken earthen step and tatami flooring, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Close-up of hand-crafted asanoha kumiko latticework and woven bamboo, a fine Japanese architecture detail in the chashitsu.
  • Japanese tea room with an indoor stone-and-sand court, hanging scroll and paper lamp, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Tea house entrance opening onto a stone-and-moss garden, Japanese tea house architecture in Roppongi, Tokyo.
  • Veranda and stepping-stone garden of a chashitsu lit at night, showing Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Engawa corridor with an indoor sand garden leading to tatami rooms, traditional Japanese architecture of the chashitsu.
  • Japanese garden with a bamboo fence, pine, stone lantern and stepping-stone path beside a Roppongi chashitsu.
  • Tile-roofed Japanese tea house glowing at dusk within a city garden, Japanese architecture in Roppongi, Tokyo.
  • Tatami tea room at night with a natural log post and paper andon lamps, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Japanese tea room with a tokonoma alcove and calligraphy scroll beneath a woven bamboo ceiling, traditional chashitsu architecture.
  • Mizuya preparation room with cedar shelving and shoji screens, a functional detail of Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Engawa bench with bamboo sudare blinds and shoji framing a garden view, Japanese tea house architecture.
  • Chashitsu lit at dusk with a stone tsukubai water basin in the garden, Japanese tea house architecture in Tokyo.
  • Connected tatami rooms with shoji and a woven bamboo ceiling, the spatial composition of Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Tatami tea room at night with a tokonoma, calligraphy scroll and kumiko lattice, a traditional Japanese architecture detail.
  • Symmetrical view through shoji onto an engawa bench and garden, a balanced composition of Japanese tea room architecture.
  • Detail of woven bamboo herringbone walls, a kumiko window and cedar boards, craftsmanship of Japanese tea house architecture.