Kirigaya Residence

The Kirigaya residence (桐ヶ谷家, Kirigaya ie^?), located in rather spacious lot^[1] in Kawagoe, Saitama prefecture,^[2] is an old Japanese-style house, lingering alongside the dated streets of southern Saitama where the entire Kirigaya family lives.^[1]

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Design Works Kirigaya Residence main plan — Layout of the Kirigaya Residence (see text for translations)

The premises of the residence include two buildings: the main residential building (母屋, omoya^?), and the dojo (道所, dojo^?), located to its right from the point of view of the entrance to the lot.^[3] A water tap (水道, suidou^?) is installed opposite to the dojo and another in front of the residential building. A small plot of grassland with a pond (池, ike^?) is in front of the residential building, as well as a gentle slope.^[4]

The residential building consists of two floors. The front door leads to a small entranceway (玄関, genkan^?) which leads to a corridor (廊下, rouka^?). Straight ahead of the entranceway are the stairs to the second floor. The corridor continues to the left, where it leads to a porch (縁側, engawa^?) on the left side and a Japanese-style room (和室, washitsu^?) on the right side. Meanwhile, straight ahead of the entranceway and past the stairs, the corridor leads to a joint kitchen (キッチン, kicchin^?) and living room (リビング, ribingu^?) to the right. The corridor continues to the left from here, leading to a water closet room, washroom (洗面, senmen^?) and a bathroom (風呂, furo^?), as well as connecting to the Japanese-style room from the opposite side.^[4]

On the second floor, after climbing up the stairs, the path first leads to Suguha’s room (直葉の部屋, Suguha no heya^?), followed by Kazuto’s room (和人の部屋, Kazuto no heya^?). The floor has another washroom (洗面, senmen^?) and a water closet. Additionally, the floor has a balcony (ベランダ, beranda^?) on the opposite side of the stairs.^[4]