I didn't want my family's old house in Japan to sit empty — so I turned it into a café

Aoi Onodera, 32, decided to renovate the Japanese home that had been in his family since the 1940s rather than let it fall ...
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A Gen X couple bought an abandoned house in Japan for $23,000. They're restoring it as part of their retirement plan.

The Australian couple plan to restore the property in the coming years as they transition into retirement. They say that integrating into the local community is a crucial part of being a homeowner in ...
Architectural Record

A Centuries-old Japanese Farmhouse Finds a Home Outside Boston

The non-profit Miho Belmont International worked with a team that included Atelier Ryo and I-Kanda Architects to renovate and relocate a traditional timber 'minka' in the Boston suburbs.
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Founder of Japan House Shozo Sato dies at 91

Shozo Sato, founder of Japan House and professor emeritus, has died at 91, Japan House announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Sato arrived at the University as an artist-in-residence at the ...
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Shozo Sato, founder of U of I’s Japan House, dies at 91

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Japan House at the University of Illinois is mourning the loss of its founder and beloved professor emeritus. The organization announced on Tuesday that Shozo Sato passed ...
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Denizen Works designs Japanese house with "enigmatic quality"

UK studio Denizen Works has exclusively revealed its first house in Japan, which features an almost entirely blank street-facing facade.