When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.

But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see.