Senkawa House — living room and courtyard arch (render)
Sakaba Shokudo Mai — Restaurant / izakaya
SeaTech HQ, Tsukiji — Office · whole-building renewal

Interior & Spatial Designer · TokyoInterior / Spatial Designer

I start withhow you liveand work.

Tokyo and Yokohama — every project handled by me, start to finish.

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Profile

Why I design spaces

The designer at work
Interior & Spatial Designer · Tokyo

The same floor area, organised differently, produces an entirely different life — that is why I keep doing this work.

Over the past few years in Tokyo I have worked on homes, guesthouses, restaurants and offices. What I pay attention to are the real needs and the real constraints: whether an izakaya should be brighter than its neighbours, what a 25 m² guest room must hold, which face of an old building to renew first on a limited budget. The answer is usually hidden inside those constraints.

I work as an independent studio. It is small by design: from the first conversation to the moment the last light is switched on, I handle the project myself — dealing with contractors and architects in Japanese, and explaining every step to you in English or Chinese.

Working languages: English / 中文 / 日本語

Senkawa House — principal bedroom in raking daylight (render)

Senkawa HouseDetached house · Senkawa, Tokyo · Render

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Thoughts

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I ask how it will be used before I draw.

Budget, circulation, how the business runs, the real pain points — most of it surfaces in the first honest conversation.

“Clean and bright” came from watching Noge →
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Photogenic lasts a day; usable lasts every day.

Rooms that endure, clean easily and grow familiar are worth more than rooms that merely look good.

Guest rooms: guest reviews are the real acceptance test →
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A concept only counts once it is built.

The edge of a stone counter, the height of a light cove, the handle of a door — I care how closely the finished space carries the design intent.

SeaTech: render ↔ as built →

Before I draw anything, I would like to hear how you live and work.

No brief or budget needed yet — a few lines and a couple of site photos are enough. I usually reply within 1–2 working days.

What happens next

  1. A reply within 1–2 working days
  2. A first conversation, online or in person — needs, budget, timing
  3. A site visit