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At Toma House in Nara, Japan, a historic Shinto priest house becomes an art space built on memory
In Nara, Japan, Shingo Sakuma and Jin-Yi Liu restore an 18th-century Shinto priest family's residence beside a primeval forest and turn it into an art space.
A serene look at how an ancient Shinto house is being revived through craft, art and memory.
In the Japanese city of Nara, Shingo Sakuma and Jin-Yi Liu have preserved an 18th century Shinto priest family’s residence on the edge of a primeval forest leading to the Kasugataisha Shrine. Now an art space, Toma House
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