Architecture

Looking down from the observation tower at clustered octagonal roofs, most with a smaller lantern on top, with apartment blocks and a park beyond

Okinawa Architecture

Urasoe Art Museum: Architecture Must Be Healthy

Published: Sep 29, 2026

The windowless exposed-concrete façade of the Row House in Sumiyoshi, two storeys high with a single recessed doorway, between trees and neighbouring houses

Osaka Architecture

Row House in Sumiyoshi: Bring an Umbrella to the Bathroom

Published: Sep 29, 2026

White façade, three arched entrances and a domed tower at Ōe Catholic Church in Amakusa.

Kumamoto Architecture

Ōe Church: A French Priest with an Amakusa Accent

Published: Sep 26, 2026

Three paintings by Kayoko Murata depicting Kamakura’s Christian history behind a stone baptismal font.

Kanagawa Architecture

Yukinoshita Catholic Church: Kamakura’s Christians, Remembered in Paint

Published: Sep 26, 2026

Two black-and-white cats resting beside an open glass door on sunlit tatami.

Kumamoto Architecture

Natsume Sōseki’s Uchitsuboi House: I Am a Cat. Still No Name?

Published: Sep 13, 2026

Red gateway of Kōkōdō tunnel in Kamakura, with faded food signs and a dark pedestrian passage beneath the rock.

Kanagawa Architecture

Kōkōdō: A Delicious-Looking Shortcut

Published: Sep 10, 2026

Maruoka Castle’s wooden keep with white plaster walls and stone base.

Fukui Architecture

Maruoka Castle: 67-Degree Stairs Under a 120-Tonne Stone Roof

Published: Sep 4, 2026

Low-angle view of Tojinbo Tower beneath a cloudy sky, showing the red-trimmed observation deck and weathered support column.

Fukui Architecture

Tojinbo Tower: So Close, Yet So Far

Published: Sep 3, 2026

Four giant face-and-feet sculptures lined up outside the entrance to Dotonbori Hotel in Osaka.

Osaka Architecture

Dotonbori Hotel: Four Giant Faces Waiting for the World

Published: Sep 1, 2026

Japanese-style Catholic church with a tiled roof, white plaster walls and timber framing in Katase near Enoshima.

Kanagawa Architecture

Katase Catholic Church: The Church That Looks Like a Temple

Published: Aug 27, 2026

Rows of massive concrete columns inside the Underground Temple in Kasukabe, Saitama.

Saitama Architecture

MAOUDC: The Underground Temple Beneath Kasukabe

Published: Aug 25, 2026