When American businessman Brian Heywood decided to build a home in Kamakura, he wondered if he could also save some old Japanese houses and a disused temple.

KYOTO -- An early pioneering work of domestic architectural ... Biwa Canal in this ancient Japanese capital's Yamashina Ward. The building, once called the Tsurumaki House and now known as the ...

which has been used in Japan for furniture since ancient times for its lightweight and high humidity control properties. While honouring the Japanese tradition of extensive use of wood material in ...