Notice from the Accommodation
To everyone who stays here
A choice and set of values: rethinking our increasingly convenient modern society
“Noticing a sense of discomfort in the pursuit of perfection”
Modern design often aims for flawless completion—so precise and gapless that it can feel like a reflection of today’s world, always pressed for time.
“What we can learn from a small medieval Hotel in Europe”
While traveling for work, I stayed at a small medieval Hotel in rural France. Because the building is hundreds of years old, the floors are uneven and some doors don’t quite fit. Yet I was deeply moved by its natural wood construction and the handmade warmth you rarely find in buildings today. In modern life, “synthetic chemical materials that resemble nature” are certainly convenient. But what we sought was a different set of values. Intentional imperfections, creaking floors, furniture with iron hooks—through these small departures from everyday life, I hope you will feel the simplicity and warmth that stayed with me.
“Aiming to create a shelter (place of rest) and garden (primeval forest) that will remain unchanged even 100 years from now”
We want to offer a shelter—a place where you can step away from daily life driven by time. For that, being somewhere free from artificial things matters. This may not be a lavish Hotel. Without harming the animals that have long lived here, or the primeval forest and its ecosystem, we hope to live in “resonance and harmony with nature.”
Your time at our Hotel may require just a little extra effort at times. But this is an essential philosophy for us—not only for today, but for 100 years from now.
Designer: Kazuhiko Tomiyama
