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Japanese architects aimed to be more in harmony with nature and chose wood as their predominate building material. Even today most of Japan's oldest surviving buildings and most famous shrines and temples are made of wood. Japan is credited with inventing minimalist design. Japan Architecture Traditional, Japanese House Exterior, Japanese House Garden, Japanese Exterior, Japanese Traditional Architecture, Mt Komorebi, Japanese Buildings, Architecture Traditional, Japanese Home Design

Japanese architects aimed to be more in harmony with nature and chose wood as their predominate building material. Even today most of Japan's oldest surviving buildings and most famous shrines and temples are made of wood. Japan is credited with inventing minimalist design. Unlike Western architects who have traditionally tried to make to make their buildings interesting to look at by adding unnecessary decorations and arranging modules of differing heights, Japanese architects focused on…

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Photos from my 2008 Grand Tour of Japan. Ken Osetroff and Mayumi Gray of Destination Management guided a 24-day tour from one end of Japan to the other. From Wakkanai, Asahikawa, Daisetsuzan National Park, Supporo and Lake Toya on Hokkaido. Through Oirase Gorge, Matsushima, Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Lake Kawaguchi, Asma-onsen, Takayama, Kyoto, Nara and Shigaraki on Honshu. To Naruto on Shikoku. Back to Hiroshima on Honshu. Down to Kagoshima on Kyushu. Finally ending back in Tokyo.

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