Yoshino Cedar House

Yoshino Cedar House by Go Hasegawa

Yoshino-gun, Japan

A collaboration between Airbnb's design studio, Samara, and Tokyo-based architect Go Hasegawa, the Yoshino Cedar House is nothing short of a masterpiece. The home was established to boost the economy of Yoshino, a rural town in central Japan, and was built entirely out of locally sourced and milled cedar wood. The resulting structure looks almost like the inside of a sauna, with warm-hued wood covering every surface. This listing is for two private rooms on the upper level, while the lower level is open to the entire town, so you can head downstairs and break bread with some locals.

Source: CNN Traveler & AIRBNB