Anyway, long story short, the friend we stayed with are now live in Frank Lloyd Wright house. The most famous Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in Japan is the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. We actually stayed at their old apartment where we stayed a month after the fire last year. But we hung out with them at the house. It was very interesting experience, especially because now we know little bit of building house. I had much much better impression than when I joined to the tour in Oak Park. It have lots of Japanese taste and height like Japanese house. It gave me nostalgie. Like the photo above is like a entrance of my grand mother's house.
とにかく、かくかくしかじか、実のところ今友達がフランクロイドライトの家に住んでいます。そうです、あの帝国ホテルのフランク ロイド ライト!ま、実際のところ、私たちは去年火事にあった頃に彼らが住んでいたアパートに泊まっていたのですが、毎日遊びにいって、満喫してきました。以前と違い、私たちも家作りを経験しているので、どんな風に建てているかや、どんな風に設計しているかなどが何となくわかり、以前オークパークのライトのスタジオツアーに参加したときよりも、ずっとずっと楽しめた。貴重な体験をさせてもらいました。どの部屋に行っても、なるほど〜、あ〜そうするか〜と関心。彼の建築はかなり日本の影響が見えて、私にとっては日本の部屋のように天井の低い落ち着いた懐かしい感じのする家でした。この上の写真なんて、おばあちゃん家の玄関を彷彿とさせる。
Like any other of his work, this house constructed with lots of middle floor rooms. All room have a windows at least on the corner, and balcony. So you can enjoy all different view and height each room. Also especially the balconies are on the corners. So you are not looking into neighbors window directly. Rooms are not so big, just perfect cozy size. And looks like all room have different theme. Like the one above looks for me almost like a lighthouse. There are windows all 360 degree in this room. I liked how he treated all details with his taste. From door handles, locks, storm doors, and to just simple hooks all fits perfect each other. Even kitchen stove, bath tub, and toilet are square and Frank Lloyd Wrightish. Or are they he designed??
コンロやお風呂やトイレまでカクカクしてライト風。それともそれも彼がデザインしたか?!
This table she uses for the computer table reminds me of "Wadansu(和箪笥)". There is a Japanese tea room looking small building in the garden. But you can't just walk straight there. The path he made mades us walk around, so people can enjoy the garden from different angles. Like the pine tree in Katsurarikyu, an imperial villa in Kyoto. Actually the Japanese tea room looking room was not a tea room. It is a big hot bath tub room like "Sento(public bath)", or "Onsen(spa)". This life is impressive. You can open the Shoji walls, and be able to enjoy outside when you taking bath.
私の友達がパソコンテーブルに使っているこのテーブルはあたかも和箪笥そのまんまではないですか。庭の端っこにはお茶室のような障子に囲まれた建物。外に出ても、見えて入るのに直進できないように、庭を楽しむよう回り道をして道が作ってある。桂離宮の松みたい。このお茶室のような部屋は実際お茶室ではなく、銭湯?温泉??と思わせるようなでっかいホットタブ。やっぱり世の中にはこんなことできる人がいるんやな〜とかなり感心させられた。周りは障子になっていて、お風呂に入りながら外を楽しむことができる。The big part of this short trip is not only to see friends, but also to go Mitsuwa, the Japanese super market, and IKEA to buy house stuffs, and etc. I finally got a rice cooker, and takoyaki plate! I didn't know you can cook so many things with rice cooker now a days. I can even make own tofu. Really!? I can't wait to have my own kitchen. When you come to visit us, I will cook takoyaki for you! Yam!
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