Yu Watanabe is an 80-year old retired professor of design who agreed to emerge from retirement to create these beautiful pieces for future generations. Hiromatsu Furniture believes it is their duty to heal the soul through their designs. Hiromatsu Furniture is based in Okawa City in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, a city steeped in 450 years of woodworking history. Ookawa is Japan’s furniture central with over 1200 furniture companies claiming the land as their home.

It is clad in natural stone as an echo of the facing quay. Glass facades with sliding doors provide daylight entrance. In a way the bedrooms appear as a house in the open space. The roof is like a podium for living. There is a built in kitchen and a whirlpool with a view of [...]

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