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Postby Captain Japan » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:10 am

A world view from Japan
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HAYAMA, Japan: When Allan Redden says building his house was an international project, he means it.

He and his wife, Eiko Okamoto, were adamant about using three architects - one in Washington, one in San Francisco and a third in Tokyo - because they felt the trio would complement one another's strengths, ideas and cultural orientations.

The chandeliers in the cavernous living room came from Austria, exterior doors from Sweden, flooring from the United States and kitchen cabinets from Canada.

"The style of the house was first to reflect that there are no absolutes in design or humanity," Redden said.

"The house does not, in our eyes, show favoritism to any specific school of design, but does reflect our love of people."

The house, which totals 299 tsubo, or 10,640 square feet, is the largest private dwelling in Hayama- cho, a resort town of 32,000 people about 50 kilometers, or 30 miles, from Tokyo. The couple built it with their interests in mind.

I think this is an important part of the story...
Okamoto runs The Alpha Language Institute, a school that offers a range of classes - English, Spanish, Greek and more - while Redden organizes classical concerts that are held four times a year in the house's huge living room, overlooking the bay and the Mount Fuji in the distance....more...
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Postby dimwit » Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:00 am

I was frankly very surprised that he got the municipality to approve a house that size. There is not way you could build a residence that big here or most other cities I know of in Japan. My assumption is that he is using it as an office/residence becasuse I think that would be the only way you could do it.
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Postby Greji » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:42 am

dimwit wrote:I was frankly very surprised that he got the municipality to approve a house that size. There is not way you could build a residence that big here or most other cities I know of in Japan. My assumption is that he is using it as an office/residence becasuse I think that would be the only way you could do it.


Not really Dimmer. It is in the Zoning Laws. Where essentially they have the basic business and residential separations with a business/residence classiffication like you are assuming, it is like in everything else, they have some wierd provisions, maybe vague would be a better word. Their building codes that are supposed to coincide with the Zoning, but can be very flexible to people with big clout. Hayama is pretty big on their resort (and imperial beachfront besso, favorite of the Showa Emperor) image and a lot of big money has besso's there for that reason. I would be willing to bet for that very reason, they don't have many, if any, size restrictions. Normally, the only uniform building restriction common to most areas, is the maximum percentage of the land that can be dedicated to the building itself and they are quite "urasai" should you exceed this when building your new home.
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