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As the customer approaches the front desk, they see no staff… just a solid wall of gold leaf. But sud

For example, the floor of the lobby, right at the front desk, holds an “otoshiana”, a deep pit with 5

Each individual louver is painted brown on one side, and black on the face and the other side, such t

Thus, this hotel’s design concept of “shadow” was born: mysterious, shadowy, and silent, yet with a s

The client for the design is from the nearby city of Kouga, known for centuries as home to ninja. He

Text description provided by the architects. This architecture is about “shadow”. It’s a hotel named

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Save this picture.Koichi Torimura; Takashi Inaizumi