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  2. Housing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The typical loan term for Japanese homes was 20 years, with a 35% down payment, while in the United States it was 30 years and 25%, due to differing practices in their financial markets. In 1973, according to one study, 65% of the population of Japan lived in detached houses, while 12% lived in attached houses and 23% in a flat or apartment.

  3. Minka - Wikipedia

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    Minka. Coordinates: 36°24′N 136°53′E. A gasshō-zukuri -styled minka home in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture. Minka ( Japanese: 民家, lit. "house of the people") are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles . In the context of the four divisions of society, Minka were the dwellings of ...

  4. Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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    Japanese architecture. Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, originally built in 1397 ( Muromachi period) Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding doors ( fusuma) and other traditional partitions were used in place of walls, allowing the ...

  5. Sogo shosha - Wikipedia

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    3,377. Sojitz. 111. 923. Sogo shosha (総合商社, sōgō shōsha, or general trading companies) are Japanese wholesale companies that trade in a wide range of products and materials. In addition to acting as intermediaries, sōgō shōsha also engage in logistics, plant development and other services, as well as international resource ...

  6. Shofuso Japanese House and Garden - Wikipedia

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    Shofuso (Pine Breeze Villa), ( Japanese: 松風荘) also known as Japanese House and Garden, is a traditional 17th century-style Japanese house and garden located in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park on the site of the Centennial Exposition of 1876. [ 1] Shofuso is a nonprofit historic site with over 30,000 visitors each year and is open to ...

  7. List of Japanese imperial residences - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of residences occupied by the Japanese Imperial Family, noting the seasons of the year they are traditionally occupied. Members of the Japanese Imperial Family inhabit a range of residences around Japan. Some are official imperial palaces; others are used as private residences, although they are all owned and maintained by the state.

  8. List of World Heritage Sites in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. [1] As of July 2021, twenty-five properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: twenty cultural sites and five natural sites. [1] A further five sites and one site extension have been submitted for future inscription and were on the Tentative List as of 2017. [1]

  9. Machiya - Wikipedia

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    Machiya ( 町屋 / 町家) are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto. Machiya ('townhouses') and nōka ('farm dwellings') constitute the two categories of Japanese vernacular architecture known as minka ('folk dwellings'). Machiya originated as early as the Heian period and ...

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