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Friday, May 9, 2014

Hidden Japanese Sliding Doors

A recent trip to Japan afforded the opportunity to stay as a guest in Japanese pair'. Sliding doors lead to the guest's lounge – a space that may only have a low table and always-on tea maker as furniture. All cupboards are hidden behind sliding Hidden behind a sliding bird's-eye maple door is a Japanese-inspired closet-room, lined with handmade shoji screens and crowned by a peaked skylight. Serene and tranquil, it is a place of both concealment and revelation. "All my life I've wanted a Zen area The impossibly small yet practical Japanese a power sliding door on the driver's passenger side, a first for "bonnet-type" minicars. ("Bonnet-type" simply means the car's nose protrudes in the traditional sense.) The system uses hidden door rails Organizers hope to discover hidden creators with distinctive ideas and designs, Prof. Morikawa said. In addition to the gigantic return key, the short list includes Japanese-style sliding paper doors for covering wall sockets and tiny bags designed The projection screen itself retracts into one of the wood beams and reveals a piece of Japanese artwork. All the room’s Triad Bronze/4 speakers are hidden behind fabric the theater from the bar area, sliding shoji doors do the trick. One of their experiments (and biggest splurge) was a 190-liter Japanese soaking tub they discovered online A second- floor laundry and pair of his-and-her closets are hidden behind sliding doors on which old piping from Equitable Gas (still tagged .

The terrace is invisible to people passing on the street because it is hidden behind stainless steel to a music room and a traditional Japanese room that can also function as a spare bedroom. Sliding doors allow all three spaces to open out to one The exquisite paintings on the 83 sliding doors inside the Hojo were all executed by Kano Tanyu (1602-1674), one of the foremost artists of the Kyoto-based Kano School. Each is designated an important cultural property. The garden is a representative examp Last year the Shofuso Japanese House and Garden won a Best of Philly award from Philadelphia Magazine. It was a dubious distinction: “Best Hidden Tourist Attraction s 20 murals installed on paper sliding doors. The murals create the illusion The Japanese clearly value tradition With each course, the waitresses go through the ritual of opening the sliding paper doors, kneeling on the tatami and explaining the details of each dish. Iwana sashimi at the Maruhachi ryokan. .