You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.

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.

If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.

We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.

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.