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Ceravie Resort Izumigo Co., Ltd. operates hotels, cottages, and dog resort facilities in 11 locations across Japan. We were in charge of renovating the restaurant at "AMBIENT Azumino Hotel," a mountain resort surrounded by the Northern Alps. The background to the plan was to improve the efficiency of operations by expanding and consolidating the restaurant, which was previously divided into two floors, the basement and the first floor, onto the first floor, and to create a resort atmosphere with the magnificent Northern Alps visible from the observation terrace on the first floor, thereby improving the value of the customer experience. The plan was to create an extraordinary atmosphere using space, furniture, and decorations that reflect the region's unique culture, history, and crafts, and to create a new live kitchen that uses local ingredients to create cooking methods unique to the area, and to incorporate elements that will make customers want to stay again.

Opened in July 2025 in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, the new indoor playground "mirocco" aims to be a place where children can not only enjoy playing to their heart's content, but also enjoy it with their families and local people. This facility has renovated the pool and hot bath facilities that were located in the indoor facility "Tamarina" in the 22nd Century Hills Park in Mansui, Kakegawa City, and have been renovated into an all-weather playground. While making use of our know-how in regional revitalization and facility business, we were in charge of everything from concept formulation to design, construction of interiors, playground equipment, and decoration, and operation. In addition, as a voluntary business of the DBO* business, we have made private investment to improve the attractiveness of the facility by adding playground equipment, artificial furniture, fixtures, signs, graphics, etc. About Facility Concept/Space concept design The facility concept is "Let's create every day." 365 (3 = Mi / 6 = Ro / 5 = Ko) The naming was decided by voting for "mirocco" with the meaning that it will be a facility where everyone can gather. The four main areas are "Guruguru no Yama" where you can play with playground equipment, "Waku Waku Base" where you can play quietly, "Hitoyasumi Lounge" where adults can relax, and "Hi Hi Hara" where babies can play safely. In addition to these areas, Tamarina will open a new store in Shizuoka Prefecture, "This Is Cafe", offering menus that are easy to use for customers of all ages. In addition, the interior of the facility, such as the interiors, playground equipment, and benches, uses local resources, and uses environmentally friendly materials in various places, such as benches using prefectural logged wood, workshop spaces that use scraps and waste materials as work materials, and plastering walls using "soil" from the Kakegawa River. *DBO: Abbreviation for Design Build Operate (design, construction, and operation), one of the business methods when developing public facilities. The public entrusts the design, construction, and operation of facilities to private operators.

This is an office renovation project for Star Micronics, Head Office headquartered in Shizuoka City, whose purpose is to "contribute to the sustainable development of society as a 'great small and medium-sized enterprise' that challenges the world." The seven-story Head Office was initially operated in 2018 with open offices on the first to sixth floors and a prestigious, confidential executive floor on the seventh floor. Six years later, in 2024, in order to accommodate the increase in the number of employees and changes in work styles, it was decided to operate the seventh floor as office space as well. Based on the request, we collaborated with Kiuchi Construction, which is also Star Micronics' prosperity partner, to propose, design, and construction, and it reopened in February 2025. The plan, which places a 40-seat quiet work area on the east side, an active area for lively discussions on the west side, private executive offices on the south side, and an executive meeting room (normally an office area) on the north side, with a light court in the center of the floor, provides a sense of openness while ensuring an appropriate distance between different areas.

AINEC has relocated Head Office to Frontier Meieki, an environmentally conscious and advanced office building located in Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya. The concept is "Hope of Light," reflecting the new beginning and hopeful future that the company will experience in a space where its symbolic color, "AINEC Blue," and light intertwine. The office space features an advanced design that fuses environmental considerations with concept design, and uses "light," "blue," and "environmentally friendly materials" as concept design elements to create a place that embodies the company's purpose and vision. Under the direction of Taki Tanaka, CEO of IZA, who is in charge of AINEC's branding, a symbolic "light" art installation was created in the reception area in collaboration with Takahiro Matsuo, CEO of LUCENT Inc (artwork), and Setsuya Kurotaki, CEO of NOiR inc (sound concept design). Furthermore, the gentle AINEC Blue envelops the entire office, fostering a sense of unity and connection among all those who gather here. In addition, for the raised access floor, the existing subfloor was cleaned and reused, reducing the environmental impact by eliminating the need for finishing materials. For the wall materials, cement tiles made from recycled waste such as coal ash from thermal power plants and used coffee grounds were used. Our company was in charge of the design and construction.

Yawataya Isogoro's shichimi spice tins are renowned as a souvenir from Shinshu (Nagano Prefecture). To commemorate the 100th anniversary of their sale, displays was held with the theme "Anatomy of the Shichimi Tin." The exhibition unravels the secrets contained within the small tin from the perspectives of history, materials, and concept design. Panel concept design resembling unfolded labels enveloped the small venue, and the shichimi spice tin, a beloved supporting player on the dinner table, took center stage, adorning the space. Furthermore, this exhibition was held at the Citizen's Gallery of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art and recorded the highest number of visitors ever for a gallery displays.

Founded in Nagano in 1736, Yawataya Isogoro is a long-established company that has created the image that "Shichimi is the best Shinshu souvenir." As part of the commemorative project for the 100th anniversary of the sale of canned shichimi in 2024, the company renovated its confectionery manufacturing workshop and warehouse to open a research and development site for shichimi togarashi. The new facility will function as a business negotiation lounge and test kitchen for B2B collaborative products, a hub for interaction between customers and employees, and a showroom.

This is a renovation project for an inn located in the western part of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture. This project is the second and third phase renewal of "Atara Yoru Nishiizu," named after a poem in the Manyoshu collection, "A wonderful night that is a pity to see it end." In the first phase, we renovated the suites and bar, in the second phase, we renovated the guest rooms, and in the third phase, we renovated the façade, lobby, rooftop terrace (foot bath), common corridor, and live kitchen, and we were in charge of the complete renovation. We created an experience where you can enjoy the evening, with spacious and comfortable guest rooms where young couples and married couples can relax, a lobby where you can roast and eat marshmallows while soaking your feet in a foot bath, and a rooftop terrace with a foot bath where you can enjoy watching the horizon of Nishiizu.

This was a plan to relocate the offices of AIYA, a long-established matcha manufacturer founded in 1888 and based in Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture, one of Japan's leading matcha producing areas. The relocation was planned within a new BCP product warehouse building that was built on the site of the existing factory.

Tetra Pak is a global leader in food processing and paper container filling and packaging systems, founded in Sweden in 1951. The Gotemba Technical Center is a core facility for Tetra Pak Japan's domestic technical services, playing a vital role in product support by conducting filling and packaging system demonstrations, quality control, and paper container analysis and evaluation. The facility celebrated its 25th anniversary since relocating to Gotemba in 1999. Therefore, a large-scale renovation project was undertaken to renew the space into one where visitors can experience innovation for new product development and sustainability initiatives through displays and digital tools. Pike was in charge of concept design, Jones Lang LaSalle was in charge of overall project management, and our company participated in this project as the overall construction company for interiors. To create concept design that convincingly showcases Tetra Pak's advanced technology, the entrance lobby, where guests are welcomed, is concept design around three core elements: sharp, paper-fold-like shapes that represent the foundation of the company's business; linear lighting that emphasizes these folds; and pure white to express the company's pride in safety as a food-related business. In the showroom, where actual business negotiations take place, the above concept is followed, and a wood-grain color scheme is incorporated to further express Tetra Pak's approach to sustainability.

Takemoto Oil & Fat Co., Ltd. is a global company with a 300-year history, operating a food business centered on "Maruhon Sesame Oil" and a chemical business based on interfacial chemistry. We were recently in charge of renovating the entrance to Head Office headquarters. Our aim was to create a space where visitors (domestic and international customers, local residents, and job-seeking students) can feel the company's culture and history, while also improving employee engagement and telling the company's story.

Our company was responsible for the design and construction of the renovation work at Seiko Epson's Toyoshina Plant, Second Factory Building, in Nagano Prefecture. The result is a displays space that visualizes and allows visitors to experience the displays technology, and capabilities of the Visual Products Division. It consists of an exhibition space where visitors can experience the history of projector products and see actual displays, and a LAB space equipped with a 25m extra-large screen and a 360-degree screen that can be flexibly used for various purposes.

The Aichi Startup Hall was newly established on the second floor of STATION Ai, a startup support hub developed by Aichi Prefecture. Aichi Prefecture has long been home to numerous entrepreneurs who have contributed to the development of its industries. To unravel the stories of their encounters and inspirations, how they overcame adversity, and how they fostered innovation, the hall aims to provide a timeless and inspiring experience for aspiring entrepreneurs and the next generation of children, offering insights into their beliefs, challenging spirit, and visions, stimulating their creativity. The hall is divided into four zones, broadly introducing the roots of Aichi's industries and the challenges faced by many entrepreneurs associated with Aichi. Through displays displays utilizing digital technologies such as video and AI, it offers a sensory and emotionally resonant learning experience for everyone, from children to adults. In addition to the digital displays, a library curated to complement the facility's content has also been established. With the intention of guiding these various displays contents, which fuse digital and analog elements, across time and space into the future, we incorporated the three elements that created Aichi—wood, water, and earth—into the spatial composition, realizing a flexible, streamlined spatial concept design.

The Oiwake area, located on the west side of Karuizawa, is popular for its bright and open atmosphere with the Mikage Waterway flowing slowly, unlike the atmosphere of the old summer resort of Old Karuizawa. The main residence is a one-story villa standing along the irrigation canal overlooking Mt. Asama. The owner, who enjoys skiing, built it as a ski house to use with friends in the winter, and since the owner likes natural stone, we sought a way to use stone that would be suitable for a villa. Since people spend a long time in a house, we thought about how to use the stone in a way that would increase the resolution of the space over time and suddenly notice the different expressions and charms of the natural stone, rather than attracting attention with luxury or decoration. The most symbolic space is the kitchen, which combines two natural stones. When you go through the corridor from the entrance hall, you will be greeted by a dynamic kitchen in front of you. There is no dining table, and by integrating the counter and dining table, the kitchen stands out and becomes a symbolic presence like a stage among the living room, dining room, and kitchen.

This project involved the basic interiors concept design and FF&E (furniture, furniture, and landscaping) design and construction for Hines, a global real estate company, in their first logistics facility investment project in Japan. We handled the basic concept design of interiors and landscape for the tenant common areas, as well as the selection of FF&E such as furniture, decorative lighting, and landscaping.

For JR Nagoya Takashimaya's June 2023 store-wide promotion, "LIFE + DESIGN ~A Creative Life, Discovered and Expanded~," our company was in charge of the logo, visuals, interiors concept design, and sales promotion planning (including participation in a creators' talk show), and we produced the entire store.