Within an hour of Tokyo, the Lotus House sits amid a 2300sqm private woodland, a reclusive haven built solely for its owner to spend time away from his family.The client is a wealthy businessman who 'collects' architecture; he has already transported a traditional sukiya-style teahouse, designed by the master Japanese architect Togo Murano, and a 500-year-old meditation hall. Meticulously restored and cared for, these buildings are not simply museum pieces but are used as spaces to indulge his other typically Japanese hobbies: tea ceremonies, calligraphy and meditation.
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