# @dwellmagazine on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMVcP0ZRJgJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33973805-dwellmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-20T15:42:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dwell (@dwellmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/dwellmagazine

## Caption

It’s a late March afternoon, and the mountains of Japan are awakening to spring as Rob dozes in his living room. The soft-spoken Englishman hails from a small town on Great Britain’s southern coast, and after living abroad for nearly three decades, he has finally found a place to put down permanent roots with his wife, Junko, who is originally from Okayama. The home, with its sprawling glass surfaces and sharp angles, could feel out of place this deep in the woods, but nature doesn’t seem to mind. A pack of wild macaques arrives to clamber over heaps of firewood, and their cries enter the house via an open kitchen window. The monkeys can see the family going about their daily life indoors, but they remain unfazed. This house is a besso, a Japanese term for a countryside vacation home. Rob and Junko found their architect, @reimitsui, a former associate of Shigeru Ban, in a uniquely Japanese way. Junko met him at a formal tea ceremony, and they bonded over their love for traditional culture and aesthetics. Mitsui was given free rein to let his imagination run wild, and he delivered a 1,085-square-foot cabin with two multilevel wings connected by a living space. “Wow, that’s different,” Rob remembers saying after seeing Mitsui’s design concept for the first time after years of expecting to retire in a traditional kominka farmhouse. Still, it felt right. From the sunken living room to the sheet of glass that serves as a roof, it’s all pretty fantastic. See more photos at the link in bio, or in our travel issue, out now.
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Photos by @jeremiesouteyrat
Story by Terin Jackson
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