Thanks to an international effort to preserve traditional Japanese homes, an old timber frame is rebuilt in Oregon. By Charles Bickford...

Enjoy the Kominka with a 360-degree view

We built the "studio" using the saved beams and traditional materials that we imported from Japan with a wonderful help of Kominka...

Just a glimpse of our Kominka project history... I hope you'll enjoy them. I can't wait for our OPEN HOUSE online! Please stay tuned!

What is Kominka? According to Google Translate, Kominka is "ancient folk house" and that is almost correct--but it's much more than that....