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  • Desk in one of the 56 single rooms designed by Taiji Fujimori

    01Desk in one of the 56 single rooms designed by Taiji Fujimori

  • Top-floor restaurant with naked light bulbs and an angular ceiling

    02Top-floor restaurant with naked light bulbs and an angular ceiling

  • One of two training spaces in the centre

    03One of two training spaces in the centre

  • A hot spring onsen bath – one of the highlights of the Hakone region

    04A hot spring onsen bath – one of the highlights of the Hakone region

  • Glass walls make the most of natural surroundings

    05Glass walls make the most of natural surroundings

  • An angular roof caps the L-shaped building with two interior courtyards

    06An angular roof caps the L-shaped building with two interior courtyards

  • The rooms have doors opening onto wooden decks

    07The rooms have doors opening onto wooden decks

  • Lobby with G-shaped table and seating units. The low stools can be flipped on their side and turned into tables

    08Lobby with G-shaped table and seating units. The low stools can be flipped on their side and turned into tables

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Nature's teachings— Hakone

Preface

Dai Nippon Printing’s new training centre, by architect Kenya Ishihara, was designed to inspire its employees. With a spa and views of Mount Fuji, it seems more like a retreat than a place of work but with this incentive we bet the staff never miss a training day.

Dai Nippon, Kenya Ishihara, Mount Fuji

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