Common readers of our website are possible conscious of our admiration for The Trendy Home, the impeccably curated UK-based actual property web site. A couple of years again, when the corporate launched a biannual print journal dedicated to considerate design and regarded residing, we had been supplied a sneak peek and located ourselves poring over the story on Ryo Kashiwazaki’s enchanting weekend dwelling.

In 2018, the acclaimed footwear and equipment designer purchased an previous conventional home within the Japanese countryside, about an hour from Tokyo, the place he and his household reside. He was in search of a rural escape from city life (and his demanding job as inventive director and founding father of Hender Scheme, his artisanal leather-based items model) in addition to a spot for his two younger boys to have the ability to “discover and play in nature with out constraint,” he informed the journal.

“The kids are delighted with this previous people home because it reminds them of those they see in anime films, particularly after I open and shut the shutters. They’re at all times in excessive spirits right here and have enjoyable discovering wild frogs and beetles. We get up feeling extremely refreshed within the morning right here, and I like spending time stress-free on the porch – the move of time in a day is totally different from town.”

Right here’s a glimpse of their slowed-down, idyllic life within the nation.

Images by Mariell Lind Hansen, courtesy of The Trendy Home Journal.