【開箱．畫集】埜埜原《奇妙建築探訪記埜埜原作品集》

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💡 Basic Information about the Book
💬 Book Review
📍 Official Introduction
📍 Book Table of Contents
📍 About the Author
🔗 Purchase link

💡 Basic Information about the Book

Title: "Nonohara's Works: A Visit to Wonderful Buildings"
Original Title: "Inspection of buildings in the original works collection of No Haru"
English Title: “Nonohara Artworks – A diary of visits to interesting buildings”
Author：Nonohara
TranslatorHuang Shiting
PublisherRuisheng Culture
Publication Date: 2025-07-04
Language：Traditional Chinese
ISBN13: 9789864018260
BindingPaperback / 160 pages / 18.2 x 23.7 cm / General audience / Full color printing / First edition
Price750 yuan
Gift: Drawing cards x 2 (5 designs in total, random)

The book's endpapers feature a signed message from the author, exclusive to the traditional Chinese edition.

💬 Book Review

20250915

"Exploring Wonderful Architecture" is the debut collection of works by Japanese illustrator Nonohara, an illustration book that combines a fantasy world with diverse architectural settings! 🍄

The book includes the author's architectural designs and illustrations known as "# Moe Architecture," fully presenting the imaginative world he created.

Open the book and embark on a journey with the main character, "Buhezhu" 🎒⛺

The chapters are divided into four zones: "Plains," "Coastal and Island Zones," "Mountains and Forests," and "Canyon Kingdom," visiting a total of 26 wondrous buildings: exploring their exteriors and interiors, their unique geographical features, and the daily lives of the villagers.

However, some details are stuck between the pages, and the book is not easy to lay completely flat, which makes reading a little inconvenient and a bit of a pity!

The book, totaling 160 pages, is quite rich in content. Besides scenes and architecture, it includes settings for small objects, creatures, food, and furniture, supplemented by textual notes, making the overall world-building more narrative and relatable. 🚪

From macro-level urban landscapes to minute details of daily life, everything showcases the creativity of "imagination and reality coexisting."

It's a fun picture book that combines an art book and a setting guide!

This kind of worldview setting has also led to the crossover release of "A Tiny WanderThis is an adventure game; those who are interested can check it out!

📍 Official Introduction

Join Buhezhu on an unprecedented journey across the fantasy continent!
Settlements that developed on giant trees
A small house overlooking a sea of clouds
A canyon kingdom built in the ruins of a lake
Island port town floating in the sky
This is a book that will ignite your imagination.
A collection of fantastical illustrations that seem familiar yet exist only in dreams!

The # book features a special color illustration and message from Nonohara-sensei for readers of the Traditional Chinese version!

The # set includes two exquisite drawing cards (5 designs in total, 2 randomly selected). Collect them now!

Nohara, producer and illustrator of games such as "CALME of the Cliff" and "A Tiny Wander".
A wondrous fantasy world combining art books, setting guides, and picture books! (26 works)

◆It's not just architecture, it creates a completely new worldview◆
The term "mountain carrying" refers to the act of carrying luggage uphill, or to people who do it for a living. People who do this job are usually entrusted with carrying luggage to dangerous areas that are inaccessible by vehicles or airships.

Have you ever fantasized about visiting a building you've never been to before? Illustrator Nonohara uses her travels across the continent as a central theme, exploring different exotic cultures that have developed due to different geographical and natural environments within the same worldview. With her simple yet meticulous brushstrokes, she creates an exciting art book that feels like an exploration game of the continent.

Follow Buhe Pig on a journey across the mysterious continent, and admire the unique scenery you've never seen before. It's both close to your imagination and full of subtle and ingenious details that will amaze you.

Explore 4 major zones and 26 unique buildings, experiencing the distinctive geographical features and the cultural customs closely intertwined with nature.

◆Explore the mysterious architecture at your leisure◆
Contextual illustrations X architectural line drawings X interior floor plans X text descriptions X travelogue
With its distinctive coloring style and strong hand-drawn lines, the overall picture resembles a picture book, full of vitality.

In addition, the book details the exterior of the houses, the traces of life inside, and the props, and uses a handwritten style of text, written in the tone of the protagonist Bu Hezhu, to explain things in a humorous and witty way, leading readers to take an immersive town tour from his perspective.

★In the plains, there are cozy wooden buildings and bustling markets. In this seemingly ordinary area, there are also small islands that float in the sky like pancakes!

★Along the coast and on the islands, there are urban buildings that break away from fantasy and are closer to our daily lives! The Chinese-style staircase scenery like Jiufen, or the apartment buildings with iron bars on the windows, evoke our resonance.

★In the mountains and forests, there are food trucks with big wolves, or foghorn cabins in the sea of clouds to prevent travelers from getting lost. As you climb higher up the mountain, you will find more spectacular scenery created by the combination of the natural wonders of cliffs and the perseverance of the local people.

★Feel the howling winds in the canyon kingdom, experience the wooden houses floating on the lake or the penguin brothers' home built of rock, and finally see what souvenirs Buhe Pig received on his journey.

📍 Book Table of Contents

Preface – 002
A Visit to Amazing Buildings: Mainland China MAP – 008
Travel Tools – 010
Chapter 1. Plains
- Messy Mixed House 014
- The library of a certain mansion 020
- Secret Base in the Sky 024
- Bustling Market 028
- Border Blacksmith Shop 032
- Hilly Rest Area 038
- A small harbor on an island floating in the sky 044
- Chapter 1. Travelogue 050
Chapter 2. Coastal and Island Areas
- Traditional restaurant street 054
- Chaos Housing 058
- The plant shop 062 is quite exaggerated in appearance.
- Towns with many slopes 066
- Fishermen's Home Built at Sea 072
- Enjoying tea in a leisurely and carefree atmosphere (076)
- Chapter 2. Travelogue 080
Chapter 3. Mountainous and Forested Areas
- The Big Bad Wolf's Bread Cart 084
- Little Valley Pizza House 090
- Cloud Sea and Fog Flute Hut 096
- Forest Capital Herbal Shop 100
- Cliffside B&B 110
- Hut on Ruifeng Mountain 114
- Cliff Village 118, far from the forest
- Chapter 3. Travel Log 122
Chapter 4. The Kingdom of the Canyons
- Iwaya 126
- House behind the waterfall 132
- Windmill Hut 136
- Lower Street 140
- Water House 144
- Underdrain residence 148
- Chapter 4. Travelogue 154
Local products from the trip – 156
Conclusion – 158

📍 About the Author

Nonohara

Concept artist / illustrator / indie game developer

Since 2019, the "#CuteArchitecture" series of landscape illustrations has sparked discussion on social media. With the theme of "wanting to see, wanting to live in," the series depicts lifelike scenarios where nature and daily life coexist, allowing viewers to appreciate the beauty of nature and the fun of human life. The artist previously worked as a background illustrator and art director at a game company before going independent in 2021. Their main activities include creating concept art and design sketches for games, producing key visuals for experiential museums, and providing paper art design. They also work on small-scale independent game development projects.