Beach House Brings California Surfer Vibes to Chigasaki, Japan in Dwell

An Architect’s Beach House Brings California Surfer Vibes to Chigasaki, Japan, Dwell, Apr. 30, 2020. 


"So many Japanese people love the California lifestyle," Yusuke Makino says. "Their image is of a California surfer that lives close to the ocean in a ’60s- or ’70s-style wood-sided house, even if it’s not true. I think many surfer guys don’t have money. They only love to surf. Sometimes they live in very cheap apartment. But the Japanese image of the surfer’s home is a very nice, clean wood-facade house close to the ocean."