Advisor

“TSUWABUKI was born in the rich pristine forest in Nakijin, located in the northern part of Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa’s main island. Standing there, having the view of the huge and deep ocean, TSUWABUKI, consisting of four different buildings of different functions, would show the guests a different way of travel in Okinawa. I am pleased to be involved in such a wonderful ‘place’, ‘opportunity’, and ‘people’ to the best of my ability”

Biography
Ceramic artist, plastic artist, and art director. He has lived and worked in kilns and ateliers around the world including Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America, acquiring his skills while working on site. Now he has held exhibitions at museums and galleries in Japan and abroad. He also has published many books, including “UCHIDA KOICHI” (Kyuryudo) and “MADE IN JAPAN” (Anonima Studio). In 2015, he opened “BANKO archive design museum” in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, which collects and archives Banko-yaki pottery produced during the period from the Meiji to Showa era. He was awarded the Japan Ceramics Society Prize in 2019. He supervised “KATACHI museum” opened in 2021, specializing Japan’s culinary culture through kitchen utensils in VISON, Taki Town, Mie Prefecture.

Architect

“When people admire the nature, landscapes come to life. Artists and craftsmen responded to this forest. As an architect, I was pleased to witness the birth of numerous landscapes. TSUWABUKI is a ‘style’ where architecture, garden, and forest have become one. I really hope this place evokes unique ‘landscape’ for each and every one of the guests”.

Biography
1977 Born in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture
2001 Graduated from Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Design, Architecture
2006 Moved to Okinawa
2007 Established Architecture ici.
2022 Established Architecture ici Co. Representative Director.
The company conducts design and construction mainly on the main island of Okinawa, based on the concept that architecture is the act of translating the language of nature into the human language.

Textile

Based in northern Okinawa, creating clothing and spatial designs in relation to nature and people, while making sure that her work flows consistently, from the point where things are born and to the point when things are sent back to earth, all within the process of growing and cultivating natural dyes, and in the process, using firewood and fermentation, as well as design and sewing.

Landscape gardener

Born in 1980, Hasami-cho, Nagasaki Prefecture. After graduating from high school, trained under a gardener in Kyoto and moved to England to study gardening. While in charge of the Japanese garden at KEW, the Royal Botanical Gardens, studied gardening rooted in the British way of life. After returning to Japan, established a base in Nagasaki, Japan, and has created gardens in Japan and around the world.

Tableware

Lacquerware studio of Ai Tokeshi a lacquer artist, and Hiroyuki Tokeshi, a woodworker.