The transitory nature of the Japanese ethos is also embedded in their concepts of time. History in Japan is not noted in terms of the Gregorian calendar, but rather, as in medieval times, on the rule of the Shogun, or later, on the coronation of the present emperor. The Shinto religion also extends this sense [...]

The geography and climate of the numerous islands of Japan, located on the edge of the Eurasian continent, are central factors in much of Japan’s customs and relationship to nature. The rugged geography is that of uninhabitable mountainous regions covering 80% of the country, with the remaining land covered with plains and rivers that are [...]

Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Farshid Moussavi argued, in a recent issue of Japan Architect, that architecture is based on the engineering of material life and is not a plastic art. They include in their definition of material: ideas and effects; but they do not include planning and programming (Zaera-Polo & Moussavi, 2002). Equally so, others have [...]

All designers need to balance the primary design principles of function, economy, form, aesthetics, ritual, and meaning when they produce their work. These principles are expressed in all design, but the more successful designs express this balance in the macro and micro levels. Clearly defined details are as much a part of Western design and [...]

Japanese home decoration have lower bedroom typically. Usually the bedroom set is on the floor and have simple decoration. They have styles with some bamboo accessories and having sakura or similiar styles. In modern japanese home styles with clean and simple decoration, you just need to keep the typically of this styles, getting your bedroom [...]

Structure of the japanese house the most principal thing that should be included when building a house japan is resistance to four seasons , including summer and winter. Kitchen area and hallway has a wooden floor but the room which is usually employed to sit like a living room , the floor was covered with [...]