faf777 In Japan, Timeshares Are Back, and Cooler Than Ever

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In the foothills of Mount Asama, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, jagged lava formations dot the landscape — remnants of a 1783 eruption that swallowed villages and permanently scarred the land. A nearby park pocked with dark volcanic rock is called Onioshidashien, or Expelling Demons.

Nearby, a crop of angular polyhedrons appeared last year, joining the lava deposits in this forested region about 90 miles northwest of central Tokyo. But these new objects arrived with skylights and saunas.

ImageSolid lava deposits dot the landscape in Onioshidashien park, the remnants of a 1783 volcanic eruption at nearby Mount Asama.Credit...James Whitlow Delano for The New York Times

The Mount Asama area, which one local tourism site calls “one of the best spots in Japan to witness the threat of nature,” may seem an unlikely place for a showcase of modern design. But these geometric vacation homes mark the return of a trend that went out of fashion in Japan’s post-1980s economic decline: timeshares.

Built on platforms, the 14 Moss prefabricated cabins, designed by the architect Kotaro Anzai for the timeshare startup Sanu, have floor-to-ceiling windows to bring in views of the surrounding forest of Japanese maple, elm, magnolia and Mizunara oak. At 516 square feet, each cabin can accommodate four guests. Amenities include pellet stoves, wine cellars and, in some cases,66jogo casino private saunas and electric-vehicle chargers. Apart from their unusual geometric design, the cabins’ main attraction may be their furniture, which is made entirely from Japanese wood: cypress, cedar and larch for the structures, cedar for the deck and window frames, and chestnut for the beds.

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A short drive away, Sanu’s cluster of slightly larger, A-frame-style cabins also feature cedar and other Japanese woods. Inspired by honeycombs, the Bee bungalows have sleeping nooks with two semidouble beds framed by semicircular, slatted interior walls. There’s plenty of light from large windows under the 13-foot ceilings, and some decks have wooden barrel saunas for warming up during the long winters.

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