Custom Japanese-style 2br/1ba home on 1.6 wooded acres overlooking a year-round creek near Yosemite. Designed by an award-winning architect, the home is sited to create a sense of refuge & serenity. Start by entering the genkan where you remove your shoes & step up into the home, allowing a moment of transition from the world outside. You'll be greeted by the open living room with woodstove, shoji screens, vaulted ceilings, clerestory windows & views of the creek & greenbelt. A wall of shoji screens near the deck allow light, privacy & thermal buffering. The lovely kitchen offers granite counters, newer stainless appliances, slate floors & a gas stove. The separate dining room has beamed ceilings & lovely views. A small deck off this side of the house is a perfect place for a cup of tea. From the living room, step up into the atmospheric tatami room, w/closet storage for futons & wonderful views. Down the hall you'll find a bedroom w/a desk, closets & a display niche downstairs; in the loft, a bed is lit up by the unique corner window & clerestory windows. Lastly, the toilet area is separate from the bathing area, dedicated solely to cleanliness, w/laundry area, sink & stone-tiled shower for bathing before soaking in the deep stone tub. Outside, rock walls, steps, mossy rocks & a large back deck overlook Whiskey Creek in a greenbelt adjoining the property. Located ~20 min drive to Bass Lake, 40 min to the South Gate of Yosemite NP & close to the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway.