Historic Houses of Japan

About this book

From palaces to farmhouses: 200 real Japanese houses you can actually visit, each told the same three ways — The Story (who built it, who lived there), What to Look For (the rooms, gardens and details that matter), and Before You Go (where it is, how the visit works, and whether the building is original, relocated, reconstructed — or private, and honestly labelled so).

Guidebooks give you farmhouses only (101), postwar architects only (97, at $85), or beautiful photographs of just 15 houses. This book climbs the whole ladder in one volume: imperial villas, castle palaces, samurai lanes, merchants' storehouses, thatched great houses, teahouses, poets' homes, Western mansions and modern masters' retreats — 200 houses, one clear format, $9.99.

Written and created in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu. Published by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, a Japanese publisher in Hokkaido, Japan. Authentic Japanese content, carefully made in Japan — not mass-produced.