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A Japanese-inspired home office features a low glass-topped wooden desk set into a sunken legwell on tatami mats, with a dark gray floor cushion nearby. A wood-and-washi shoji lantern casts warm light and maple leaf shadows on earthen clay-plaster walls. The open threshold faces a raked gravel Zen garden with concentric patterns, moss, black stones, a stone basin fountain topped by a small guardian figure, bright persimmons, and a Japanese maple in autumn color.

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Set on tatami mats, a low horigotatsu desk with a glass-topped hardwood surface faces open doors to a karesansui garden. Clay-plaster walls, a wood-and-washi shoji lantern, and soft floor lighting create a warm glow. Outside, raked gravel rings, moss, black stones, and a stone basin with a guardian figure sit beneath an autumn maple. The restrained palette and natural textures shape a mindful, distraction-free Japanese Zen home office.

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warm beige plaster walls natural tatami straw gold rich reddish-brown wood tones soft gray gravel with black stone accents autumnal red-orange maple leaves

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