There is a place called “Era” where we used to play, among many other places in the river. It is a hard-to-reach place, with an area for swimming surrounded by large rocks that are fun to jump from. To get to this large rock, you had to jump from the rock in front, swim across the current, hang on to the rock and finally climb it.

When we were playing there and wanted to come back to land, we had to jump off the big boulder, cross the current again, hang on to the boulder that seemed to suck us in without getting sucked in and then climb back up.

I wished for the building to look like it had been there for a long time.

Hita has long played a role as a hub city. The building is located on the banks of the Kagetsu River, at the foot of Miyuki Bridge, at the entrance to the Yasaka Shrine, and in a corner of Mamedamachi, Because it’s a place a key place in the town that many people see when entering and returning to Hita, I wanted to make it not a brand-new building, but a building made by a first-class craftsman with genuine local materials that has the appearance that has existed for a long time.

I hope that by having a solid presence here, it can become one of the symbols that can raise the level of Mamedamachi and Hita. Since Hita is a timber town, there are many good buildings in Hita that are made of high-quality wood. I had the image that if we could make good use of it, we would be able to produce high-quality products that cannot be achieved in other regions.

Like an antique tearoom and a modern inn in a historic city

The exterior is an interesting building with a Japanese shape and a Western finish as the original structure of the building. It looks like a Japanese building like a warehouse, but it was made by laminating outer walls called siding, and it is a construction method that is still practiced today by spraying aggregate called lysine. Compared to plaster finish, this has the advantage of being easier to install, resistant to rain and wind, and cheaper to install. In this case as well, the exterior wall painting is maintained every 10 years, and the wall is protected while being modified.

However, as it looks, the vertical joint lines look larger, which makes it look like a vertical stripe. Also, unlike plaster, the surface has rough stones on the surface, so it does not look like a Japanese-style wall like a warehouse.

Because it is a building that influences the image of the city

In addition, orange tiles were pasted around the entrance, and it was an existing building that looked like a simple back entrance. We devised the exterior design and construction so that it would be a teahouse and an inn standing at the entrance of the shrine. First, I filled the joints and aggregates of the white wall and repainted it with a flat wall like plaster. It seems to be a trivial matter, but by doing this, the atmosphere changes to a Japanese warehouse at once.

In addition, a lattice made of red Hita cedar wood is used around the entrance to create the face of the entrance of the inn. Also, by making it difficult to see the inside from the outside, we were able to create a private space at the entrance of the inn, which gave more space to spend time. Finally, I attached the sign and letters of Suikomareso to the white wall of the building. When entering and leaving Mamedamachi, the scenery from the opposite bank changed from the top of Miyuki Bridge. It seems that a clear path to the approach to Yasaka Shrine has been created. At night, the shadow of the sign of Suikomareso is reflected by the streetlight, and it fades right with the scenery of the town.