It was completely demolished and various administrative rooms were added to the south, while the Japanese-style adjacent room on the first floor (guest room) and the second floor (exhibition room) were preserved as they were originally and turned into a soba restaurant. The adjacent rooms each had a formal design with a tokoto and nageshi (rail-like wall), and the floor beams were large, making it suitable for expansion and renovation. The transom on the veranda was still a shoji screen, so one of them was used as a smoke exhaust window (lol). The shoe-removal stone on the veranda was dug up from a kimachi-stone that supported the foundation stone of the main pillar, and was carefully finished even to the point where it was hidden in the soil. Perhaps it was the spirit of the craftsman.
The design of the namako wall, the corbel-shaped plaster on the ridgepole, the parent-child lattice, etc. were copied from the details of the surrounding houses. The meeting hall was built in the style of a storehouse and was positioned facing the Gomen Yashiki across the courtyard.

A bright courtyard is set up at the back of the building to invite people walking by, and the seating is arranged so that the courtyard can be seen from any seat. The stairs are a light, suspended structure so as not to block the view to the courtyard, and a split-level floor connects the first and second floors. The second floor has a lowered floor height to create a calm space, and the gable and arch truss are fixed with wooden plugs as a structural expression of the small space. (The arch beam is carved out as a single unit up to the navel and fixed with a wooden plug.)

In Tottori City, I feel that the folk art created by Shoya Yoshida is still alive in people’s lives. 43 years after his death, he may have finally found his feet on the ground. I hope that Capri will also be loved for a long time in line with that lineage.

This was an unusual request for a gallery, but with the increasing number of tourists coming and going along Kamimon-dori street at Izumo Taisha Shrine, a filter was needed to select customers.

As a minimal architectural move that would not destroy the taste of the shop, we replaced one glass door and installed a steel display shelf behind the glass doors other than the entrance to block the view. The display shelf has slits for displaying works lower than eye level, allowing visitors to get a sneak peek inside the shop. This is a device that encourages people who do not resonate with the exhibits to pass by.

We installed small lights to illuminate the works, creating a small night view of Kamimon-dori street.

Without changing the exterior that blends in with the street, we reused the existing glass windows, old fittings, old zelkova boards, and old chestnut pillars to create a new and tasteful space.

We hope that the 100-year history of Izumo Taisha Kamimon Street will be enhanced by the renovated shops lining the street, making it an even more attractive streetscape in the future.

(Winner of the Excellence Award at the 2013 Shimane Architecture and Housing Competition)

The chairs were made by the client and the atelier staff using cypress wood.

In the restaurant, the traditional structure of a thatched roof house is reproduced with old materials, contrasting with the neutral white space. The ridgepole, sasu log grouping, and tsumugi (railings) illuminated by the light of the skylight are distant landscapes that have been passed down in the Izumo region.
In the pastry shop, a single old piece of wood inherits the renga poem, and the small sunlight filtering through the trees becomes a sundial that records the movement of the sun on the wall.
The Tougen Market is a column-free space with truss beams. Traditional construction methods are used in the truss beam connections.

The store, which was covered with new building materials, has been remodeled with natural materials.

A small courtyard garden that reflects the seasons has been newly installed outside the window. The space has been remodeled to create a place to take a breather with natural materials such as straw-covered walls and cedar board ceilings.