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Our Architectural Works #6

Kimono Salon in Tokyo

A kimono salon in Setagaya, Tokyo.
Behind the showroom, a full tea room — a place that grows the very occasions to wear kimono, where commerce and culture quietly meet.

Brick shop front at dusk, a white crested noren glowing under the eaves

A kimono salon set inside an apartment in Setagaya, Tokyo.
As fewer people wear kimono, the business model was left intact and a full tea room was built at the back of the showroom — a tea-room salon that grows the occasions to wear kimono itself.

A large solid-wood table at the entrance serves fittings and consultations; a tatami space in the middle works as a class or as spectator seating.
Raised one level, the tea room becomes a stage, open to tea lessons, rakugo and Japanese dance alike.

The display of obi and sandals and the room of hospitality are bound into one continuous space.

Entrance glowing at dusk beyond a live-edge counter, a serene work of Japanese architecture

The entrance at dusk

As evening falls, the shop's light gathers beyond the live-edge counter.
A crest glows through the glass doors, and the day settles quietly toward closing.

Full tea room inside the shop, the chashitsu set with a hanging scroll and a natural post

A full tea room behind the showroom

Beyond the obi display lies a true tea room, with tatami, an alcove and a naturally curved post.
Here, the occasions to wear kimono are quietly grown.

Live-edge timber counter with woven bamboo pendant lights, a warm Japanese interior

The counter and the obi gallery

From the solid-wood table at the entrance, the eye runs down the tatami gallery of obi.

Consultation and selection unfold in one continuous gesture.

Naturally curved alcove post with inlaid circular motifs beside a hanging scroll

The naturally curved alcove post

Beside the alcove stands a post that keeps the wood's natural curve.

Circular inlays scattered across the grain catch the light, quietly.

  • Naturally curved alcove post with inlaid circular motifs beside a hanging scroll
  • Sunken hearth and tea utensils in the chashitsu beneath a lattice-and-washi ceiling
  • Chashitsu with a naturally curved post and raised daime tatami beside the hearth
  • Full tea room inside the shop, the chashitsu set with a hanging scroll and a natural post
  • Solid-wood reception counter looking down the gallery toward displayed kimono
  • Reception counter beside a cedar lattice screen, with quiet Japanese architecture detailing
  • Entrance glowing at dusk beyond a live-edge counter, a serene work of Japanese architecture
  • Entrance hall with a live-edge counter, display shelves and a tatami Japanese interior
  • Obi display along a cedar chest, with a view through shoji into the inner tea room
  • Live-edge timber counter with woven bamboo pendant lights, a warm Japanese interior
  • Row of obi sashes lit on black stands along a cedar chest, fine Japanese architecture joinery
  • Long tatami gallery lined with obi sashes on stands, a calm work of Japanese architecture
  • Tatami seminar space with low tables and stools, a flexible Japanese interior for events
  • Brick-fronted shop with a slatted timber sign board and a white crested noren
  • Brick shop front at dusk, a white crested noren glowing under the eaves
  • Tatami guest room at night with a lit display alcove of ceramics and a water basin
  • Tea utensils on tatami beside a sculpted post and a frosted sliding door
  • Alcove with a calligraphy scroll and a single flower, refined Japanese architecture

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