Denpaku was introduced in the April 8, 2023 broadcast of “Asa da! Tabi Salad” on April 8, 2023.
The program introduced the charms of Amami Oshima Island in a wonderful video.
You can watch the streaming video you missed on TVer.
The streaming will end at 15:00 on Saturday, April 15.
Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA was featured in the February 28, 2023 issue of “Hanako: Tradition and Style Encountered on Amami Oshima. Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA” was introduced in the magazine “Hanako: Tradition and Style Encountered in Amami Oshima” on February 28, 2023.
Thank you very much for the wonderful text, photos, and the fascinating article on Amami Oshima.
Please take a look at the article.
Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA, Denpaku Old Folk Houses, and Margun Plaza were offered as filming locations for “Dining with the Chef,” an authentic English-language NHK cooking program from Japan that presents the philosophy, worldview, and appeal of Japanese cuisine to foreign viewers from a variety of perspectives.
In the program, we also commented a little on the community development efforts of Denpaku.
This is a learning program that unravels the profound culture of Amami Oshima’s traditional cuisine with food experts and producers.
It is available on NHK On Demand.
Please watch it as an opportunity to learn more about Amami Oshima.
（Watch Dining with the Chef Amami-Oshima vol.1 [NHK]:https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2019331/）
（Watch Dining with the Chef Amami-Oshima vol.2 [NHK]:https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2019330/）
Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA was introduced in the mook book “The Best 100 Hotels in Japan You Want to Visit Now [2023 Edition],” which features 100 of the latest resort hotels and inns carefully selected from all over Japan.
Thank you very much for introducing us with your nice text and photos.
The article is featured on the cover, the door picture in the table of contents, and 4 pages of the magazine.
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On Saturday, July 2, 2020, Representative Yasuhiro Yamashita spoke at “Inbound Summit 2022,” an online event organized by the Inbound Summit Executive Committee. The “Inbound Summit 2022” was a large-scale online event held for tourism businesses and local governments across Japan with the aim of raising the strategic importance of inbound tourism in Japan. With three other speakers, “Does Sustainable Tourism Really Need to be Tackled?” and held a session on the attractiveness and future of tourism in Japan and the importance of sustainable tourism.
●Date: Saturday, July 2, 2022, Term 3, 17:40 – 18:40
●Session theme: “Sustainability” – Do we really need to work on sustainable tourism? –
●Speakers:
Ryo Ito – Manager, Business Promotion Management Group, Planning and Coordination Office, Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)
Wang Chen – Representative Director, ENtrance
Yuuki Iwaasa, Associate Professor, Taisho University
Yasuhiro Yamashita – Architect and President, Denpaku + Kogei Co.
A large-scale online event for tourism operators and local governments across Japan, aimed at raising the strategic importance of inbound tourism in Japan. 120 key tourism players took the stage and more than 4,000 viewers attended the event.
（Click here for the official Inbound Summit 2022 website:
：https://inbound-summit.com/）
（Archived Videos / “Sustainability” – Do we really need to work on sustainable tourism? ~：https://youtu.be/U2_huj7iclA）
Denpaku Old Private House” was introduced by “Visit Kyushu,” a web media which provides tourist information to foreign countries.
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Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA” was featured in the beach style life magazine “HONEY” ~EARTH AWESOME / How beautiful the earth is! 〜(May 26, 2022 issue/Vol.33) introduced “Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA”.
Our accommodation facility “Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA” was featured in the research report 5 of Aichi Prefecture’s “FY2021 International Tourism City Function Development Research Project”.
“POPEYE Special Edition: Our Nippon Travel Guide (April 18, 2022 issue) “introduced “Denpaku The Beachfront MIJORA”.
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“Den-paku The Beachfront MIJORA”, an accommodation facility designed by Yasuhiro Yamashita and his architectural design office Atelier Tekuto (Shibuya, Tokyo), has been awarded the Good Design Gold Award (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award) for 2021 by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.This is the first gold award for Amami Oshima, and the award was given in recognition of the quality of the design of the accommodation facilities, the activities of the architects themselves to solve the local problems of Amami Oshima from various perspectives and to achieve sustainable management of the island, and the presentation of a new way of working. With this award, we will take the opportunity to expand the brand recognition of “Den-paku” and return the profits to the local community in order to realize “a society where no one is left behind.
“Den-paku” is a lodging facility that Yasuhiro Yamashita is working on in the Amami Islands to pass on traditional and legendary architecture, villages and culture to the next generation. For more information, please refer to “What is Den-paku” below.
Yasuhiro Yamashita, President of our company, comments on the award.
I am very grateful for being selected for the Good Design Gold Award for 2021. I am also very happy that this project has been recognized not only for its architecture but also for its community development. Amami Oshima Island was recognized as a World Natural Heritage Site this year, but more than that, it is a region characterized by the fact that each small village has its own culture and traditions for hundreds of years. I would like to continue to do my small part to support the preservation of this unique village culture.
The following is an excerpt of evaluation comments by the Good Design Award judges.
A plan for a decentralized accommodation facility on Amami Oshima Island. The purpose of the project is to solve various problems inherent in the island such as lack of nursing care, care for the handicapped and few job opportunities, and to make the island a sustainable and rich living area. The facilities consist of newly built villas on the beachfront, an inn renovated from an existing old house on the island, and a center facility renovated from a former supermarket building. The guests of the facilities selected for judging will not only stay in the facilities, but will also be able to walk around in the relaxed daily life unique to Amami Oshima and interact with the islanders, making the experience itself a pleasure of travel. All of the facilities are well designed and highly evaluated as they present a new way of profession in which the architects themselves are responsible for the sustainable management of the island.
Facility Name：Den-paku The Beachfront MIJORA(WEB:https://den-paku.com/the-beachfront-mijora/ ）
Facility Overview：
Den-paku The Beachfront MIJORA is a luxury villa resort facility located on Amami Oshima Island, a World Natural Heritage Site blessed with lush forests and beautiful seas. Based on the concept of “interacting with the nature of the island”, the resort offers a relaxing stay experience that allows guests to forget the hustle and bustle of everyday life and relax their minds through the great nature that spreads out through the glass walls.
Architect: Yasuhiro Yamashita x (Atelier Tekuto + Amami Design Group)
The following is the introduction page on the Good Design Award website.
https://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/52624?token=hDBFO59mIh
What is Den-paku?
Den-paku is a community development project that promotes interaction between tourists and local residents by operating three types of lodging facilities: “Den-paku Old House”, “Den-paku Amami Hotel”, “Den-paku The Beachfront MIJORA”, and the complex “Ma-Gun Plaza”.
Amami Oshima Island has nurtured a rich natural environment and ecosystem, and in 2021 it was registered as a World Natural Heritage site. In the same way, about 360 village cultures have been inherited for hundreds of years through the course of various histories, and the “shima” (villages) are Amami’s precious cultural resources that it boasts to the world. Den-paku considers them as “treasures of Amami” and started “Den-paku” in 2016 with the desire to protect and pass them on to the future.
What is the Good Design Award?
The Good Design Award is an evaluation and promotion activity of Japan’s representative design, succeeding the Good Design Product Selection System established in 1957. As a global design award with the participation of many companies and organizations in Japan and abroad, the Good Design Awards are held annually with the aim of improving the quality of life and utilizing design to solve social issues and themes.
The “G Mark,” the symbol of the Good Design Award, is widely known as a symbol of excellent design.
https://www.g-mark.org
As an architect, I have been focusing on buried materials that have never been looked at, listening to their voices, and re-editing them as new building materials and materials for regional revitalization.
Currently, we are practicing town planning to build new relationships with visitors to the area while creating a network based on small villages.
With a main focus on promoting the SDGs, we will make the next hope a reality through “time” in the relationship between humans and nature.
On July 27, 2021, “Denpaku Old Private House”, an inn with a hatagori workshop, was introduced on the “Chikyu no Arukikata” website (operated by Chikyu no Arukikata Co., Ltd.).
Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima are scheduled to be registered as World Natural Heritage sites on July 26, 2021.
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