I'm sure you can find a ready to hang door. Maybe this company has what you need.

7' Tall Bamboo Tree Shoji Sliding Door Kit, Natural · More Info

Thanks so much.

Now, does anyone have any ideas if I want to go for the window look rather than the door?

https://www.hunker.com/13412038/how-to-build-a-shoji-screen

Why not post a picture of your situation . Right now I have no idea why it would need to be closed it sounds to me like a pass through not a doorway at all.

This is a cutout, not a full-opening (the way you are describing it). The style depends greatly on the other elements in the space. Please post a photo. Thanks.

What about these?

https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Oriental-Furniture-7-ft-Natural-Shoji-2-Panel-Sliding-Door-SHOJI-DOOR-Natural/303067887?mtc=Shopping-BA-F_HDH-G-D59-59_34_INTERIOR_FURNITURE-MULTI-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Bedroom&cm_mmc=Shopping-BA-F_HDH-G-D59-59_34_INTERIOR_FURNITURE-MULTI-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-Bedroom-71700000045547812-58700004666510329-92700046768679246&gclid=CjwKCAiAluLvBRASEiwAAbX3GdSO6frJgyp3d2oNUp5GtPFBh2omZ-0X2r50iRD_0xnFN_Rva_svwBoCDhYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Hope the photos help you envision what I'm talking about.

We literally just purchased this 2nd home, townhouse (photo is from day 2 after purchase). It's a middle unit, so light is limited. In the room shown above, the wall opposite the cut out has a large slider door to a very private patio.

The kitchen is completely interior and for natural light only has those 2 pass-through windows which both have nice views through another room to the outside. When we gut the kitchen, I'd like to keep the size of this pass through/cut out and enlarge the one on the other side of the kitchen. There maybe I'd also cut a door opening into the dining room on that side.

But, back to my original question. When we re-do the kitchen (soon) we'd remove the bar counter where the stuff is sitting now. Then, I'd like to put my shoji screen across the opening.

I'd prefer to just have a shoji-type window the size of the cut out. But, I can maybe see that a full length door might work with it acting as a frame to the sides of the pass through when the window is completely opened up.

This is a fairly contemporary design as far as the architecture of the unit itself, and I plan to furnish it with a contemporary feel with Japanese and Scandinavian influences.

We also intend to put in a frosted glass door (type and size TBD) where the opening to the hall (top photo) at the left of the cutout is. With these changes we hope to be able to use this room very occasionally for overflow during large family gatherings for a guest bedroom. Our primary goal for the room though is to have some sort of separation for when one person wants to have at least some semi-sound seclusion from the rest of the main floor which is very open. We though we could accomplish this by adding the door and a sliding shoji window. Maybe we're wrong. We know there will still be noise, but it is better than having everything completely open.

Thanks for your ideas.

How big is the room proposed for overflow/bedroom? Maybe in the remodel you could take some of its footage into the kitchen, and add a keeping area with a sofa bed for overflow guests. Shoji won't do much for sound dampening; real ones are usually paper. If you reduce that large doorway down to a regular one, you could add the gained square footage to the kitchen.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/205476801730328337/

Here's a nice keeping area with the kitchen. This would bring your windowed room into the kitchen and brighten everything up.

Interesting idea about stealing space from this room to enlarge the kitchen. But, the room is only 13' wide (the wall the cut-out is on) by 11' deep. So there really isn't room to take away. And, the sink is right on the other side of the cutout; we're trying to minimize remodeling costs by keeping the plumbing in the same location.

I know real shoji screens are paper and not at all sound proof. That's why I was thinking aobut a glass door/window that could mimic the idea and yet at the same time give some soundproofing.

The plumbing may be able to be positioned in an island between the kitchen and keeping room.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/244531454754669414/

Still looking for window size but came across this barn-door style, full length door which is getting closer to the look I am after. How do you think something like this would look when fully opened since the bottom half would show the wall rather than being open.

Sorry for the Houzz link, but I can't get any of the photo insert options to work for me today. This is the photo on the link with the doors opened up.

https://www.houzz.com/products/planum-2102-closet-double-barn-doors-72x96-chocolate-ash-and-hardware-13ft-prvw-vr~144058941

Those might work, but I still think the spaces will feel closed up. With a keeping room there, and an island perpendicular to the window wall, you'd have a great open entertainment space within the kitchen's footprint. How often do overnight guests stay and need an entire bedroom?

If anyone is searching this topic in the future, I have found several different people who have websites and who will make custom shoji screens. It seems like they can also do window-size like I am looking for. Still waiting to find out how pricey they are though.

NEW Woodworks

Portland Shoji Screen

Shoji Designs

One other thought was to have someone build you a frame, put in a real glass window and 3M makes glass film that mimics the look of rice paper, or bamboo, etc. I know because I used their film on my elevator doors.