Fuji Sosai is a company operating many funeral homes. Upon designing the office for its headquarters, For the employees at Fuji Sosai, tension fills the funeral homes where they have to work at every day as these are the places where people face death, and where utmost care and consideration are required. To help employees feel relaxed after returning to the office from these parlors, designers designed the space based on the image of a “cafe.”

He was born in Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan. He went to Tokyo as a high school graduate,and was attracted by new, various designs that popped into my eyes while living as a Tokyoite. Commercial and shop interior designs especially got his attention, and went to a design school. Started working at a shop design office, lighting design company and construction agent after graduation in order to learn the design and building of restaurants, apparel shops, business offices and housing. Since ICHI DESIGN INC started in 2010, he has been working in various designs, such as restaurants, bars, cafes and clinics, welfare facilities, merchandise stores and office designs, mainly in Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. He has won several domestic design awards, including the JID award 2017 Grand Prize.

FUJI-SOSAI is a company operating many funeral homes. The name FUJI-SOSAI came from Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain, and SOSAI which means funeral-parlor. With headquarters in Okinawa, Japan, it operates four funeral venues. Compared to other funeral homes, it offers excellent comfort and is very popular with users.