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The list of reasons to visit Japan is pretty much endless - the unique Japanese culture, centuries-old Japanese traditions, and arts, just to name a few. But one of the best excuses to pack your bags and jump on the next plane to Tokyo is the country's incredibly diverse and innovative array of modern architecture.
The Japanese have their modern design ideas deeply connected to the traditional architecture, where wood, big screens and decorative but minimal designs where the most prominent. The contemporary take on Japanese architecture favorites such characteristics as multipurpose use, minimalism, and the relationship with nature which is very clear even the big city dwellings.
As you can see from this list compiled by Bored Panda, there seems to be no limit to the unique design ideas and imagination that goes into designing buildings and structures in Japan. And whether you're into secluded wooden forest hideaways, totally transparent modern design houses, stunning capsule towers or beautiful ribbon-shaped chapels, you're sure to find something in this Japanese architecture list to amaze you.
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#1
Japanese Kindergarten Built Around A Tree
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Maybe this can teach the children to appreciate nature more... instead of the traditional concrete playground.
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#2
Japanese Architect Created An Unique Forest House For 2 Retired Ladies
#3
Preschool In Japan Collects Rainwater Into Puddles For Kids To Play In
#4
Ebisu East Gallery In Shibuya, Tokyo
#5
Tiny House In Tokyo
#7
Sugamo Shinkin Bank In Kawaguchi
#8
House & Garden, Tokyo
#9
Acros Building In Fukuoka, Japan
#10
Ribbon Chapel In Hiroshima
#11
Unusual Slide House In Japan
#12
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan
#13
Sugamo Shinkin Bank / Shimura Branch Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Japan
#14
Tokyo Apartments
#15
Nasu Teepee House In Nasu, Japan
#16
Omotesando Branches In Tokyo
#17
Transparent House In Japan
#19
Sayama Forest Chapel
#20
Dear Ginza Building By Amano Design Office, Tokyo, Japan
#22
Reversible Destiny Lofts In Tokyo
#23
Miyahata Jōmon Museum In Fukushima, Japan
Owen Lutwyche 3 years ago
The brutalist concrete contrasts very nicely with the sterile, modern wooden ceiling
#24
Tsuzumimon Gate, Kanazawa Station, Kanazawa
#25
Sunny Hills Japan Dessert Shop In Omotesando, Tokyo
Fluttergirl 8 years ago
It kind of looks like a bunch of baby gates stacked on top of one another.
#26
Apartment – House In Chiba, Japan
#27
Mikimoto Ginza 2 Building In Tokyo
#29
Ghost House, Tokyo, Japan
#30
Grin Grin Building At Island City In Fukuoka City
#31
N Village In Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Robert Herczeg 8 years ago
interesting, this is something that I'd expect in a nordic country rather than Japan.
#32
O House In Kyoto, Japan
#33
Mirrored Entrance To 'Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku' Shopping Complex In Tokyo, Japan
#34
Yakisugi House (charcoal House) In Nagano, Japan
#35
S-House In Oomiya, Saitama, Japan
#36
Hoki Museum In Midori Ward, Chiba, Japan
#37
House In Muko
#38
House In Saijo, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
#40
Half And Half House
#41
Cocoon Tower, Shinjuku, Tokyo
#42
Za-Koenji Public Theatre In Suginami-Ku, Tokyo
#43
A House Awaiting Death In Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan
#47
Urbanprem Minami Aoyama Commercial Building In Tokyo, Japan
Nikita Jagora 7 years ago
If you don't like your neighbors, you can just roll your house somewhere else.
#50
K-Museum In Ariake, Tokyo
#51
Nanohana-Kan Communication And Recreation Plaza, Ibusuki, Japan
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Shruti Naik 7 years ago
Initially looked like some fancy façade work but the exteriors and interiors seem to merge so beautifully while still allowing complete access to the elements...
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
Initially looked like some fancy façade work but the exteriors and interiors seem to merge so beautifully while still allowing complete access to the elements...
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