Kitoushi no Mori Kitoron by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Hot spring resort on a hill with a view of Higashikawa town in Hokkaido. Located on the same grassy plain as KKAA Hokkaido Satellite Office, considered to be the navel of Hokkaido.
Photo © Kotaro Imada
The exterior walls are covered with larch from Hokkaido, locally cut birch was extensively used for the interior, and birch was also used to make the furniture together with woodworkers from Higashikawa.
There is an amphitheater deck that naturally blends with the top of the sharp-pointed roof and the nearby Daisetsuzan peaks. Source by Kengo Kuma and Associates.
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Architect: Kengo Kuma and Associates
Project Team: Takashi Taguchi, Tomomi Sekiguchi, Yoo Shiho, Junlin Chen, Kyoko Mase
Design: Institute of Interior Architecture Inc.
Area: 2,185 m2
Completed: 2023.3
Photographs: Kotaro Imada
