The wood begins to speak.
The entrance to Matsumoto Castle Park is just beyond the front door.
The Japanese Alps beyond the castle.
Two private houses shaped by Kiso wood and the hands of Matsumoto.
From castle to mountains.
Walk the moat at first light.
Spend the day toward the mountains.
Return to a timber house as evening settles.
MOKUGO is not a place to pass through Matsumoto. It is a house for staying a few days, slowing down, and being together.
Two houses.
North Wing and South Wing.
Each is a fully independent private house.
Upstairs, a living floor looking toward Matsumoto Castle and the Japanese Alps. Two bedrooms. A bathroom and a separate shower room.
The houses are close in spirit, with subtle differences in light and in the way the bedrooms are arranged.
Wood and craft.
More than 80% of the timber used in the buildings comes from Nagano Prefecture.
Custom Kiso hinoki woodwork. Furniture supervised by Matsumoto maker Daisaku Maeda.
Edo-period blue-and-white soba cups are here to be used, not displayed.
A few days in Matsumoto.
Matsumoto Castle in the morning.
A day toward the Japanese Alps.
Kamikochi, Azumino, Narai-juku; one place at a time, then home again.
Some things in Matsumoto only appear when you stay.
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Castle, wood, light, and the two houses.
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