Read any Japanese building — temple, teahouse, or Tokyo tower — with eyes that know what they're seeing.

Japan packs 1,400 years of building ideas into a country you can cross in a day — and once you can read a roof, you can't unsee it.

By the end

You will be able to walk up to any Japanese building, old or new, and explain what it is doing and why it was built that way.

Who this is for

Curious adults who love buildings and design, whether you're flying to Japan next month or never leaving your armchair.