“TSUTAYA BOOKS”, a lifestyle bookstore, has taken on a project with us to open their 20th store, after renewing their type of enterprise, in Ebetsu City, Hokkaido Japan.
The site is adjacent to “Four Seasons Promenade” in Ebetsu City and faces a forest thickly covered with large trees. The concept of the store is “A Forest Library to Enjoy a Slow-Life” and to create a place that proposes a lifestyle within a comfortable space.

After completion of the building, events for residents have been planned out, nearly 50 events monthly and over 500 throughout the year, to contribute to the local culture, and it has played a central part in the local community offering much more than public buildings in the city. This building is not only a commercial facility selling goods but also a place striving to create and nurture a culture. This resonates with the resolution of the TSUTAYA BOOKS founder to “create places where people gather”, which is passed on to us as our response to the theme of Slow-Life of EBETSU TSUTAYA BOOKS.