Amazing Japanese Sukiya House
Sukiya / 数寄屋 is the authentic Japanese architecture which is simple, sound and graceful. Elegant rooms, spiritual tea rooms, admired tatami floors, old wood pillars, and beautiful gardens and ponds. Its simplicity is ultimate sophistication.
Its origin dates back to Azuchi Momoyama era / 安土桃山時代, when reign of the famous Shogun Nobunaga Oda and Hideyoshi Toyotomi lasted in Japan. They loved Sukiya style as official residences and the architecture gradually was spread to common people’s houses and life style.
Since then, Japanese houses have been built influenced by Sukiya style. In the construction process, customers tell how they want to build rooms, for example materials, atmosphere, expression, colors and so on. Accordingly carpenters make fixtures and ensure it is right. Communication between two sides shall be well-cultivated.
However in the modern era, particularly after the WW II, the authentic Japanese housing was took place to prefabricated housing, which is just a choosing process in living in house makers’ catalogues. As Sukiya style is very expensive and piecework process so that its tradition soon became extinct. Plus, Japanese are not only badly intimidates Western style but also and buys a full of appliances, furniture, and gadgets to their narrow spaces. So they lives in ”rabbit hutches”.
Therefore the Abiko Sukiya Guest House is very rare and highly valuable. Its Sukiya grade and status is amazing. The house is in well-kept conditions inside and outside. The façades and the garden are also beautiful. It is like inhaling the flavors of great vintage sake.
The house has been intriguingly built in 1980 by a famous Sukiya house builder Kikuchi Kensetsu. Now this house is owned by a Japanese company and they use as a guest house mainly for foreign visitors who loves Japanese style.
front hall
Living room and corridor
Garden
Pond with carps
Vista from 2nd floor
Layout
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The house is located between Narita Airport and Tokyo metropolitan. From the airport it takes about 80 minutes by car. From the guest house to Otemachi, Tokyo takes 60 minutes by train or car. Visiters from abroad rest and enjoy Japanese authentic living.
Location detail
Right end Narita airport.
Address 1-chome, Funado, Abiko-city, Chiba
15 minutes walk from Abiko JR station
Lot size 272.78㎡
House size 627.81㎡ 7LDK(7bedrooms+dinning kitchen),
a tea‐ceremony room
The owner of the company has taken care of the house in a professional manner. As he becomes old and does not keep it forever, he decided to sell the house to a person or a company who loves the real Japanese living style and understands importance of keeping away from extinction.
Asking price 99,800,000 JPY including sales tax.
No brokerage fee as the seller directly sells.
If you are interested in the house please let me know. I will arrange your visit with the seller and am happy to answer any questions.
attention Yoshifumi Go
e-mail go(at)cotoba.jp
