Japan's architectural achievements, both secular and sacred, reflect the foreign and native influences that shaped Japanese culture as a whole. The Jomon culture (10,000–300 BCE) offers the first evidence of architecture in Japan....

(1854–1919), first modern Japanese architect. Tatsuno Kingo was born the son of a low-ranking samurai of the Karatsu domain, in what is today Saga Prefecture. He left the province to go to Tokyo to study at the Imperial College of Engineering...

In the mid-nineteenth century, the profession of architecture was introduced to Japan from abroad, and the first architects were trained to use Western historical styles in their work. At the beginning of the twentieth century, however, the architect...

Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku?) has as long a history as any other aspect of Japanese culture. Originally heavily influenced by Chinese architecture, it has also developed many differences and aspects which are indigenous to...

A famous piece of Hollywood is up for sale. The owners of the Magic Castle and the Japanese mansion that houses the Yamashiro restaurant are looking for someone interested in acquiring the landmarks and the surrounding 10-acre hilltop property.The buyer would get a valuable piece...

A famous piece of Hollywood is up for sale.The owners of the Magic Castle and the Japanese mansion that houses the Yamashiro restaurant are looking for someone interested in acquiring the landmarks and the surrounding 10-acre hilltop property.The buyer would get a valuable piece of...