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	Historic Architecture in Kyoto - http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hstj/histj.html Photographs, basic historical facts and visitor info on the notable historic buildings of Kyoto.
	Architecture - http://web-japan.org/webjapan/search/Culture_Architecture_00.html Examines architecture in Japan influenced by foreign cultures as well as climate; landscape and examples of both traditional and modern architecture including temples, shrines, castles and bridges.
	Japanese Architecture in Kansai - http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_e/build.htm Structures such as temples, castles, tea rooms and their component elements.
	Chiiori Project - http://www.chiiori.org/ Preserving old thatched roof houses in rural Japan. For people concerned with saving and preserving the kayabuki houses that are being lost at an alarming rate.
	Shoin Architecture - http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/shoin/mainpage.htm Illustrated discussion of the development of this Muromachi period style. Well organized.

	Tondabayashi "The Sugiyama Family's Old House" - http://www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/tondabayashi/tondabayashi04-e.html Edo period home of a wealthy sake brewer.
	The Traditional Japanese House - http://www.japanlinks.ch/traditional_japanese_house/ Details the elements of a traditional Japanese house, and the Japanese attitude toward aesthetics, balance, harmony, economy and beauty.
	Response of Traditional Wooden Japanese Construction - http://nisee.berkeley.edu/kobe/tobriner.html Shows the weaknesses in traditional Japanese wooden homes in the face of earthquakes.
	Jaspanese Country Style (Minka-Ichiku) - http://www.minka-ichiku.com/ Information on preserving and converting traditional Japanese farm houses (minka) for modern living. Includes additional material related to Yoshihiro Takishita's book "Japanese Country Style" and the houses he has built.
	Visual Arts: Architecture - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0119) Article discussing the impact of traditional concepts on modern Japanese architects.

	The Japanese House - http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/410JapHouseTxE1.html Analysis of traditional Japanese domestic architecture as being based on long standing attitudes towards ideas of harmony. Black and white illustrations on separate pages.
	Architecture - http://web-japan.org/museum/arch.html Historical overview, from early shrines and temples to castles and modern trends.

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