Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Japan is a major export country for the European log house industry. According to Audiomedia Oy's press release, during more than five decades More than 5,000 Honkarakenne log buildings have gone up in Japan.

Honka Japan Asako Hashimoto's the job is to promote Finland's Honkarakenne's operations in Japan.

"We [Honkarakente] have a factory in Karstula, and when customers arrive there from Japan, I go to guide them on site, says Hashimoto, who has lived in Finland for 14 years."

According to Hashimoto, Scandinavian culture is popular in Japan, and Scandinavian style is generally considered modern and high-quality.

Longer-term cooperation brings added value to the project

With Visu24, Hashimoto has implemented several successful visualization projects, and what's best: the images realized by Visu have received praise from Japan as well.

"The entire staff of Honka Japan is satisfied, and we also feel that the level of our own supply has increased since the start of cooperation between Visu and Honka Japan."

Hashimoto describes the continuum of cooperation in a particularly meaningful way. When the implementer of the visualization images learns to understand the client's wishes more deeply, it can be seen in both the smoothness and quality of the work.

"There are small differences in a log-built house compared to a normal one, and when the properties of the log become familiar to the person making the pictures, they can be well displayed in the pictures, Hashimoto explains and further specifies that from the customer's point of view, it is of the utmost importance that Visu24 has invested in knowing the customer's needs."

"We know and understand what we want and need at Visu. I am particularly satisfied with that, Hashimoto says."

When a customer of Honka Japan and the future owner of a log house sees a high-quality image online, it is of course good, if not the best, marketing.

"The positive image conveyed to the customers is what counts."

To strengthen the image, the log houses have been depicted in an authentic Japanese environment. Many plots are located in the mountains, so the highest mountain in Japan looks great Mount Fuji has ended up in the background of many log houses.

of Visu24 and Honka Japan's cooperation started with a recommendation. The reputation of Visu's high-quality and excellent price-quality images had reached the ears of Hashimoto's supervisor, and the final result is now waiting for new projects.

"I can happily recommend Visu24's images to others as well", Hashimoto states.