There are not many examples of hospitals being built with wood, however the Sakura Hospital opened in November 2022 with an eye on being a prototype for wooden hospitals in the future. …It is located 60 km northeast of Tokyo… and is the second wooden 2×4 hospitals to be constructed in Japan. …It’s been designed and constructed as a 3-storey fireproof building with a nail plate truss and rafter roof. The hospital has a total floor area of 2,677 m², consuming over 400 m³ of SPF lumber and engineered wood products with a carbon storage equivalent calculated to be 474t of CO2. …The reason the owner chose a two-by-four wood structure, was to create an environmentally conscious, safe, and comfortable environment to respond to, and considering the health needs of its patients and staff working at the hospital.