The driftwood treehouse on Hokkaido Island, Japan

 
   
 
 

Takashi Kobayashi is a treehouse builder who lives in Kamakura, Japan. He built this treehouse using driftwood gathered on the island of Hokkaido.
 
 

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The oval bird’s nest treehouse is 12ft (3.6m) tall and 9ft (2.7m) in diameter reached by a spiralling staircase 18ft (5.5m) tall. The treehouse is owned by the town of Kamishihoro for the people of Hokkaido.  Takashi built his first treehouse in 1993, on a piece of land he rented in Tokyo; since then, he has built 25 more, most of them for schools.