■NIPPONIA Harima Fukusaki Library Maison The Miki Family Residence, a Hyogo Prefecture designated important tangible cultural property, is a prefectural designated cultural property with all nine existing buildings, and its grand structure conveys the life of a village headman to the present day. It ...
This paper reports the characteristics of energy consumption on 7 types of buildings (office, retail facility, school, hospital, hotel, community center, sport arena) in Rukuoka that is situated in south-western part of Japan. The energy consumption of the buildings is analyzed by Principal ...
Too much money is spent maintaining and repairing old buildings. Some people think that they should be knocked down and give way to modern buildings. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. ...
sugar, and eggs, kawara senbei is more like a cookie wafer than a rice cracker. It gets its name, which means “tile” in Japanese, from the fact that the original kawara senbei crackers were made in the shape of roof tiles for homes and buildings. Today, kawara senbei ...
Most major airports and train stations in Japan will not only have a lot of accommodation nearby, but regularly also have hotels inside or attached. These are particularly convenient, especially when using the shinkansen to move around Japan as you won’t need to drag luggage far before dropping...
An apartment building is among the most common houses in the modern era.These tall structures tend to be made of concrete or bricks and have numerous levels that contain multiple housing units on every floor. Many apartment buildings differ in size, amenities, and structural design, each offering...
Commercial bridges –These are bridges that host commercial buildings such as restaurants and shops. Most commonly used in medieval bridges created in urban environments where they took advantage of the constant flow of pedestrian traffic, today these kinds of bridges are rarely constructed with a not...
Gravity— The downward pull is a bigger deal with bridges than buildings. Unlike a home or a skyscraper, most of what’s under a bridge is empty space. Load— The weight of the bridge itself is combined with the weight of whatever it carries. The longer a bridge is, and the more peop...
This is the kind of Ivy often found covering the sides of buildings. Hedera also makes a lovely hanging plant and the smaller varieties can be used as ground cover for large potted plants. Hedera comes in a variety of leaf shapes from pointed to ruffled and is often variegated in shades ...
Though they were built to last and used more stone in their construction than most Japanese buildings, castles were still constructed primarily of wood, and many have been destroyed over the years. Today there are more than one hundred castles extant, or partially extant, in Japan, out of aro...