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ARTS TRADITION PHOTO GALLERY: Shrines and Temples Street Scenes Japanese furnitures In a Japanese house Shrines Temples

Japanese houses have thin walls because of the mild climate and overlapping, slanted, and slightly curved roofs because of the fact that there is plenty of rain especially during early summer. Wood is the traditional material for building houses. It makes them airy which is important during the humid summer months. The disadvantages are that the houses can be damaged easily by earthquakes and fires. Nowadays, concrete and steel are, of course, widely used as well. When Japan opened herself to the rest of the world around the year 1868, Western architecture began to displace traditional Japanese architecture. Nevertheless, modern Japanese detached houses still have a typically Japanese appearance. A modern Japanese house A condominium apartment house

ARCHITECTURE Japanese Architecture (Audrey C. Kanemoto) About Japanese Dwelling Architecture. Japanese-style modern architecture in Nagoya Architecture from before World War II. Japanese Architecture in Kyoto (The Leo Masuda Architectonic Office) Pictures. Castles of Japan (Takashi's Home Page) About Japanese castles. No links yet.

November 11, 1997 In Deutsch

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