02.Cherry blossom season, southwest view

　 YODOKO Guest House is built on a small hill surrounded by greenery in Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. The house was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1974 for the first time as a RC building. Although the house is four stories high, each floor overlaps in a staircase pattern along with the inclination of the ridge, and every section of the building is only one or two stories high.