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Names are written in the Japanese way with surname first and given name second.
The vocals â, ô und û are pronounced like long a, o und u.

A
abc (television station)
Abe Hiroshi (history)
Abroad, Japanese (leisure)
ACE Headquarters (modern architecture)
Across Fukuoka (modern architecture)
Adams, William (history)
Adashino-Nembutsu-ji (temple)
A.D.H. Architects (architect)
Adjimi, Morris (architect)
ADK Shôchiku Square (modern architecture)
Advertising (economy)
Agonshû (new religion)
Agriculture (work)
Aichi Prefecture Administrative Bldg. (architecture)
Aichi Prefectural University (education)
Aichi World Exposition EXPO 2005 (exhibition)
Aida Takefumi (architect)
Aioi Insurance Shinjuku Building (architect)
Airplane (traffic)
Airport (traffic):
Airports in Japan:
   Centrair / Nagoya
   Chitose / Sapporo
   Haneda / Tôkyô
   Itami / Ôsaka
   Kansai / Ôsaka
   Narita / Tôkyô
Aizu-Wakamatsu (city)
Akama-jingû (shrine)
Akarenga Creative Space (modern architecture)
Akarenga Culture Center (contemporary architecture)
Akasaka (Tôkyô)
Akasaka Palace (contemporary architecture)
Akasaka Prince Hotel (modern architecture)
Akashi-kaikyô (bridge)
Akechidaira Plateau (Nikkô)
Akihabara (Tôkyô)
Akihabara Crossfield (modern architecture)
Akihabara Daibiru (modern architecture)
Akihabara UDX (modern architecture)
Akihito, Emperor (emperor's familiy)
Akishino, Prince (emperor's family)
Akita (city)
Akiyoshi-dô (cave)
Alcohol (food & drinks)
All Souls´Day (annual festivals)
Alto B (modern architecture)
AM / PM (convenience store)
ama = woman diver
Amakusa Shirô (history)
Ama-no-hashidate (landscape)
Ambasz, Emilio (architect)
Ambidex Head Office Building (modern architecture)
Ambiente Showroom (modern architecture)
Ambulance (work)
American Football (sports)
Amerika-mura (Ôsaka)
amida nyorai = Amida Buddha
Amlux, Toyota Auto Salon (modern architecture)
Amulet (lucky charme)
Amusement Park (leisure)
ANA Hotel Tokyo (modern architecture)
Andô Tadao (architect)
Android - Receptionist, traditional (robot)
Android - Receptionist, modern (robot)
Angelo Tarlazzi House (modern architecture)
Angler (leasure)
Animal Deities (iconography)
Annual Customs & Festivals
Antenna (telecommunication)
Antoku Emporer (history)
Aoi-matsuri (festival)
Aoki Jun (architect)
Aomori (city)
Aoshima Sekkei (architect)
Aoyama (Tôkyô)
Aoyama-dôri (Tôkyô)
Aoyama-gakuin-daigaku (university)
Aoyama Technical College (modern architecture)
Aoyama Twin Towers (Tôkyô)
A.P.C. Building (modern architecture)
Aqua Line Bridge = Tôkyô Wan Aqua-Line
Arai Chiaki (architect)
Ara-kawa (river)
Araki Kôhei (architect)
Arashiyama (Kyôto)
Arch Bridge (bridge)
Architect 5 Partnership (architect)
Architects, Foreign (modern architecture)
Architects, Japanese ( modern architecture)
Architecture
Architecture, Modern
ARK Clinica Dentistica (modern architecture)
Ark Hills (modern architekcure)
Ark Hills Mori Tower (modern architecture)
ARS (modern architecture)
Art Plaza 1000 (modern architecture)
Art Plaza 1000 Sentagaya (moderne architecture)
Art Tower Mito (modern architecture)
ARTE Yokohama (modern architecture)
Arts, Martial
Arts, Performing
Arts & Crafts
Asaba Design Studio (modern architecture)
Asada Takashi (architect)
Asahi Bank, former (banking house)
Asahi Beer Azumabashi Bldg. (modern architecture)
Asahi Super Dry Hall (modern architecture)
Asahi-TV (Tôkyô)
Asahi-kawa (river)
Asaka, Kichizô (architect)
Asakusa (Tôkyô)
Asakusa-kannon (temple)
Asano Dental Clinic (modern architecture)
Ashihara Taro (architect)
Ashihara Yoshinobu (architect)
Ashikaga shoguns (history)
Ashikaga Takauji (history)
Ashikaga Yoshimasa (history)
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (history)
Ashi-no-kô (Hakone)
Aso-san (mountain)
Aso Tarô (politics)
Atago Green Hills / Mori Tower (modern architecture)
Atago Green Hills / Forest Tower (modern architecture)

Atami (city)
Atelier at Tomigaya (modern architecture)
Atelier U (architect)
Atomic Bomb Dome (Hiroshima)
Atsushi Kitagawara (architect)
Atsuta-jingû (shrine)
AUDI Forum Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Australia (embassy)
Autumn (season)
Autumn, early (season)
Autumn, late (season)
AXS Satow Inc. (architect)
Azabu (Tôkyô)
Azabu Edge (modern architecture)
Azabu-jûban (Tôkyô)
Azalea Blossom (season)
Azuchi (city)
Azuchi-jô (castle)
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (history)
Azuma (convenience store)
Azuma-bashi (bridge)
Azuma Takamitsu (architect)
Azumabashi Building (modern architecture)
Azusa Sekkei (architect)

B
Babies (society)
Baelz, Erwin (history)
Bag Lady (society)
Bamboo (nature)
Bamboo Aesthetic (bamboo)
Bamboo Building Material (bamboo)
Bamboo Cutting Ceremony (festival)
Bamboo Decoration (bamboo)
Bamboo Flute (tradional instruments)
Bamboo Forest (bamboo)
Bamboo Pavilion / EXPO 2007 (bamboo)
Bamboo Shoots / Sprouts (bamboo)
Bamboo Types (bamboo)
Ban Shigeru (architect)
Bandô - prisoner-of-war camp (history)
Bank Bill (finances)
Bank Counter (banking house)
Bank Note (finances)
Bank of Japan (banking house)
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (banking house)
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (banking house)
Bank of Yokohama (banking house)
Bank of Yokohama, old (contemporary architecture)
Banking Houses
Banryû Shônin (Matsumoto)
Baseball (sports)
Bashô, Matsuo = Matsu Bashô (poet)
Bath House (custom & tradition)
Bath, Private (custom & tradition)
Bath, Public (custom & tradition)
Bathroom / Toilet (custom & tradition)
Bathtub (custom & tradition)
Battle of Dannoura (history)
Battle of Sekigahara (history)
Battledore Market (Tôkyô festival)
Beach (leisure)
Beam (modern architecture)
Beckham, David (advertising)
Beckham, Victoria (advertising)
Beef (supermarket)
Beer (food)
Beggars´Procession (festival)
Bellini, Mario (architect)
Beppu (city)
Berliner Volksbank (modern architecture)
Berrick Hall (contemporary architecture)
Bic Camera (consumption)
Bicycle (traffic)
Big Egg (modern architecture)
Big Sight, Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Big Swan Stadium Niigata (modern architecture)
biwa = 4-strings lute
Biwa, Lake (landscape)
Biki wako Ôtsukan (contemporary architecture)
Biwa-no-ta(waterfall)
Bliah, Richard (architect)
Block of Flats (living)
B-Lock Kitayama (modern architecture)
Bluff (Yokohama)
Bodies of Water (nature)
Boeckmann, Wilhelm (architect)
Bofill, Ricardo (architect)
Boissonade Tower (university)
Bon (festival)
Bonsai (art)
Bootblack (work)
Botta, Mario (architect)
Boutique (consumption)
Boutique, International (consumption)
Brad Pitt (advertising)
Brain Surgeon (work)
Brass Band (senior high-school students)
Bride & Groom (wedding)
Bridge, Aqua Line (architecture)
Bridge, Arch (architecture)
Bridge, Brocade Sash (architecture)
Bridge, Holy (architecture)
Bridge, Inland Sea (architecture)
Bridge, Rainbow (architecture)
Bridge, Spectacles (architecture)
Bridge, Stone (architecture)
Bridge, Straits (architecture)
Bridge, Suspension (architecture)
Bridge, Wooden (architecture)
Bridge, Vine (architecture)
Bridge, Yodoyabashi (contemporary architecture)
Bridgens, R.P. (architect)
Bridges (architecture)
Bridgestone (company)
Broadcasting Center TV Asahi (modern architecture)
Brocade Carp (tradition)
Brocade Sash Bridge (architecture)
Brunton, Richard Henry (1841-1901)
Buddha (iconography)
Buddha Amida (iconography)
Buddha Dainichi (iconography)
Buddha, Great (Nara)
Buddha, Great (Kamakura)
Buddha, Stone (Usuki)
Bugaku (court dance)
Building Industry
Building Site (building industry)
Building Worker (building industry)
Bullet Train (traffic)
Bunkamura (modern architecture)
Bunkyô Civic Center (modern architecture)
Bunraku (puppet theater)
Bunraku National Theatre (modern architecture)
Burial Customs (customs & traditions)
Bus (traffic)
bushi = samurai
buttô = pagoda
B.Y. House (modern architecture)
Byôdô-in (temple)
Byôdo-in Museum / Hôshôkan (modern architecture)

C
Cab = Taxi (traffic)
Café (food)
Call Boy = male hostess
Calligraphy (art)
Callison Design (modern architecture)
Canal City Hakata (modern architecture)
Canon (company)
Canon S Tower (modern architecture)
Capsule Tower (modern architecture)
Car (traffic)
Car Accident (traffic)
Car Ferry (traffic)
Car Blessing (traffic)
Car Loading (transport)
Car Park (traffic)
Car Sale (traffic)
Car Transporter (transport)

Cardboard Collector (work)
Cardboard Box, Living in a (living)
Cargo Ship (transport)
Carmel (modern architecture)
Carneval (Duesseldorf)
Carp = koi
Carp Castle / Hiroshima (castle)
Carp Streamer (annual customs)
Cartier Aoyama Building (modern architecture)
Cartier Ginza Building (modern architecture)
Carton Collector (work)
Casai Hideki (architect)
Castle (architecture)
Cat (iconography)
Cat (pet)
Catering (leisure)
Cats Eyes (architecture)
Catherine Deneuve (advertising)
Cave Akiyoshi-dô (Hagi)
CDI = Creative Designers International (architect)
Cellular Phone (telecommunication)
Cement Factory (transport)
Cement Mixer Transporter (transport)
Cemetery (traditions)
Centennial Hall, Friends School (modern architecture)
Centennial Hall, TIT (modern architecture)
Centrair Airport (traffic)
Central Japan International Airport = Centrair
Central Public Hall (contemporary architecture)
Central Station Kôichi (modern architecture)
Central Station Kyôto (modern architecture)
Central Station Nagoya (modern architecture)
Central Station Tôkyô (contemporary architecture)
Centro Città Commercial Area (modern architecture)
Century Tower (modern architecture)
Cerulean Tower (modern architecture)
chadô = way of tea
Chanel Ginza Bldg. (modern architecture)
chanoyu = tea ceremony
Chemetov, Paul (architect)
Cherry Blossom Dance (dance)
Cherry Blossoms (season)
Child doll = osana-ningyô
Children (society)
Children's Castle (modern architecture)
Children's Forest (modern architecture)
Chinatown (Kôbe)
Chinatown (Yokohama)
Chipperfield, David (architect)
chitei = stroll garden
Chitose Airport (traffic)
chôchin = paper lantern
Chôkaso (modern architecture)
chôkoku = art of carving
Chôrakukan (contemporary architekture)
Chôshô-ji (temple)
Christian Dior Ginza Bldg. (modern architecture)
Christian Dior Omotesandô Bldg. (modern architecture)
Christian Martyrs Monument (Nagasaki)
Christianity in Japan (history)
Chrystal Tower (modern architecture)
Chûbu-kokusai-kûkô = Centrair
Chûjô Seiichirô (architect)
Chûkyô University (education)
Chuô Mitsui Trust & Banking (banking house)
Chuô-ôhashi (bridge)
Churches in Japan:
   Hiroshima - World Peace Memorial Church
   Kamakura - Kamakura Church
   Kyôto - Holly Annunciation Cathedral
   Kyôto - Nihon Christ Kyôdan Gokomachi
   Kyôto - St. Agnes Church
   Nagasaki - St. Philip Church
   Nagasaki - Urakami Church
   Tôkyô - Church of Christ
   Tôkyô - Oncho Reformed Church in Japan
   Tôkyô - Meiji-Gakuin, Chapel of
   Tôkyô - Nikolai Cathedral
   Tôkyô - Seigakuin Girls`School, Chapel of
   Tôkyô - St. Andrew's Church
   Tôkyô - St. Anselm's Priory
   Tôkyô - St. Mary´s Cathedral
   Tôkyô - Takanawa Catholic Church
   Tsuwano - Catholic Church
   Toyohashi - Haristos Orthodox Church
   Yokohama - Christ Church
   Yokohama - Church of the Sacred Heart
   Yokohama - Kaigan Church
   Yokohama - Shiro Church
Chûson-jî (temple)
Chûzenji Lake (Nikkô)
Ciel Rouge Creation (architect)
Circle K (convenience store)
Cities, Portraits of
City Bus (traffic)
City Hall Kurashiki (modern architecture)
City Hall Kyôto (contemporary architecture)
City Hall Nagoya (contemporary architecture)
City Hall Ôsaka (modern architecture)
City Hall Nakanoshima (contemporary architecture)
City Hall Tôkyô (modern architecture)
City Hall Toyota (modern architecture)
City Hall Yokohama (contemporary architecture)
Civil Engineering (construction)
Clark, William (university)
Cleaning Jobs (work)
Clogs, Japanese wooden (clothes)
Clothes Shop (consumption)
Clouds (nature)
Coach (traffic)
Cocue (modern architecture)
Codan Shinonome 1 (modern architecture)
Codan Shinonome 2 (modern architecture)
Coelacanth Architects (architect)
Coffee (food)
Comme des Garcons (modern architecture)
Commuter Train (traffic)
Conder, Josiah (architect)
Condom Shop (consumption)
Conservatory (architecture)
Construction Industry
Construction Site (building industry)
Construction Worker (building industry)
Consumption (society)
Container Terminal (transport)
Container Transporter (transportation)
Contemporary Architecture (architecture)
Convenience Store (consumption)
Convention Center "Big Sight" (modern architecture)
Cormoran Fishing (Gifu)
Coucher, John Franklin (university)
Courier Service (transport)
Court Bldg., Supreme (modern architecture)
Craft Center Kyôto (modern architecture)
Cranes Factory (modern architecture)
Creative Designers International = CDI (architect)
Creative Space Akarenga (modern architecture)
Crow`s Castle (Okayama)
Crown Plaza Hotel Metropolitan (Tôkyô)
Cubes (modern architecture)
Currency = Yen
Customs & Traditions

D
dagakki = percussion instrument
Daiba (Tôkyô)
daibutsu = great image of Buddha
  daibutsu (Gifu)
  daibutsu (Kamakura)
  daibutsu (Nagoya)
  daibutsu (Nara)
Daien-ji (temple)
Daigo-ji (temple)
Daiichi-ginkô, former (contemporary architecture)
Daiichi Hotel Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Daiichi-kangyô (contemporary architecture)
Daiichi Kôbô Associates (architect)
Daikanyama (Tôkyô)
Daily Yamazaki (convenience store)
Daimaru Department Store (contemporary architecture)
dainichi nyorai = Dainichi Buddha
Daisen-in (garden)
Daisen-Oki National Park (landscape)
Dai-Tôkyô Fire & Marine Insurance (modern architecture)
Daitôku-ji (temple)
Daiwa Bank, former (banking house)
Daiya-gawa (river)
Dances (performing art)
Dannoura, Battle of (history)
Daruma (new year)
Daruma-dera (garden)
Daruma-dera (temple)
Daruma Doll (lucky charme)
Date Masamune (feudal lord)
Day Labourer (work)
De Beers Ginza (modern architecture)
De Lalande, George (architect)
De Portzamparc, Christian (architect)
Demon (customs)
Deneuve, Catherine (advertising)
Dental Clinic Asano (modern architecture)
Dental Clinic Nishina (modern architecture)
Dentist (work)
Denton Corker Marshall (architect)
Dentsu (company)
Dentsu Building in Ôsaka (modern architecture)
Dentsu Building in Shiodome (modern architecture)
Dentsu Building in Tsukiji (modern architecture)
Department Store (consumption)
Department Stores in Japan:
  
Mito - Marui Department Store
   Ôsaka - Daimaru Department Store
   Ôsaka - Sôgo Department Store
   Tachikawa - Isetan Department Store
   Tôkyô - Hankyû & Seibu Department Store
   Tôkyô - Mitsukoshi Department Store
   Tôkyô - Wako Department Store
Department Stores in Tôkyô (Tôkyô)
Deva King (iconography)
Devil (customs)
D-Hotel Ôsaka (modern architecture)
Dior Ginza Building (modern architecture)
Dior Omotesandô Building (modern architecture)
DN Building 21 (contemporary architecture)
Docks (transport)
Doctor (work)
Dog (pet)
Dôgo-onsen (Matsuyama)
Doorman, Hotel (work)
Doll (arts & crafts)
Doll, Ichimatsu (arts & crafts)
Doll, Boy´s Day (arts & crafts)
Doll, Imperial Palace (arts & crafts)
Doll, Kimono (arts & crafts)
Doll, Children`s Customs (arts & crafts)
Doll, Child (arts & crafts)
Doll, Kokeshi (arts & crafts)
Doll, Girl´s Festival (arts & crafts)
Doll, Nô (arts & crafts)
Doll, Oyama (arts & crafts)
Doll, Paper (arts & crafts)
Doll, Samurai (arts & crafts)
Doll Museum Yokohama (modern architecture)
Doll´s Festival (annual festival)
Domestic Animals (traditions)
Doric (modern architecture)
Dôshisha-daigaku (university)
Dôshisha University (education)
Dôshisha University Chapel (contemporary architecture)
Dôshisha University Clark Memorial Hall (architecture)
Dôshisha University Haris Science Hall (architecture)
Dôshisha University Shôeikan (contemporary architecture)
Dôshisha University Yûshûkan (contemporary architecture)
Double Pipe Flute (traditional instruments)
Doutor Coffee (food)
Dragon (iconography)
Dragon Flute (traditional instruments)
Dragon Well (iconography)
Drugstore (consumption)
Drum (instrument)
Dry-Landscape Garden (architecture)
Duesseldorf, Japanese in
Dummy (department store)
Dunes of Nakatajima (landscape)
Dunes of Tottori (landscape)
Dustman (work)

E
Earthtecture Sub 1 (modern architecture)
Ebihara Ichirô (architect)
Ebisu (Tôkyô)
Ebisu Garden Place (Tôkyô)
Ebisu Garden Place Tower (modern architecture)
Ebisu-jinja (shrine)
Echizen-Ôno (city)
Echizen-Ôno-jô (castle)
Economy
Economy, Ministry of (politics)
Edo-gawa (river)
Edoken Office Building (modern architecture)
Edo Period (history)
Edo-Tôkyô Museum (modern architecture)
Education
Egg of Wind (modern architecture)
Eihei-ji (temple)
Eitai-hashi (bridge)
Ehrisman Residence Yokohama (contemp. architecture)
Eisenman, Peter (architect)
Elder People (society)
Election Campaign (politics)
Electric Town = Akihabara (Tôkyô)
Electrical Shop (consumption)
Elementary School Students (education)
ema = votive picture
Embassy Australia (Tôkyô)
Embassy Canada (Tôkyô)
Embassy Egypt (Tôkyô)
Embassy Spain (Tôkyô)
Embassy United States (Tôkyô)
Emperor (history)
Emperor Akihito (history)
Emporer Antoku (history)
Emperor Meiji (history)
Emporer Mutsuhito = Emperor Meiji
Emperor Sutoku (Kotohira City)
Empress Michiko (history)
Employee (work)
Ende, Hermann (architect)
Endô Arata (architect)
Endô Ôto (architect)
Endô Shûhei (architect)
Energy Production (technology)
Engaku-ji (temple)
Enoshima Island (landscape)
Entertainments District (leisure)
Enryaku-ji (temple)
Ethnology, National Museum of (modern architecture)
Eto, Leonard (music)
Eumeria (modern architecture)
EXPO 70 Commemoration Park / Rest house (architecture)
EXPO 2000 in Germany / Japanese Pavilion (architecture)
EXPO 2005 in Japan (exhibition)
Expressway (Tôkyô)
Expressway (traffic)

F
Face House (modern architecture)
Family (society)
Family Mart (convenience store)
Fan (paper art)
Farmer, Rice (work)
Farmhouses (landscapes)
Fashion Community 109 (modern architecture)
Fast Train (traffic)
Fastfood (food)
F-Building in Aoyama (modern architecture)
Federer, Roger (advertising)
Ferris University (contemporary architecture)
Ferris Wheel (leisure)
Ferry Boat (traffic)
Ferry Terminal Nagasaki (modern architecture)
Ferry Terminal Yokohama (modern architecture)
Fertility, Festival for (festivals & rites)
Festival of the Ages (festivals & rites)
Festivals & Rites
Filling Station (traffic)
Finance
Finance Ministry (politics)
Findlay, Kathryn (architect)
Fire Brigade (work)
Fire Festival (festival)
Fire Works (festival)
First Hills Iidabashi (modern architecture)
Fishmarket (consumption)
Fishmarket Tsukiji (Tôkyô)
Fisher, Frederik (architect)
Fisherman / Fishing (work)
Fishing, Cormorant (Gifu)
Flag, National of Japan (Japan Images)
Flea Market (consumption)
Flower Arrangement (traditional art)
Flower-Viewing Party (season)
Flute, Bamboo (traditional instruments)
Flute, Double Pipe (traditional instruments)
Flute, Dragon (traditional instrument)
Flute, Transvers (traditional instrument)
Food Transporter (transportation)
Foreign Countries, Japanese in
Foreign Ministry (politics)
Foreign Settlement "Bluff" (Yokohama City)
Foreign Settlement "Kitano Ijin-kan" (Kôbe City)
Foreigners´Cemetery (Yokohama City)
Forest (nature)
Forest of Fog (modern architecture)
Forestry (nature)
Fortune Teller (work)
Foster, Jody (advertising)
Foster, Norman (architect)
Fox (iconography)
Francisco de Xavier (history)
Franco-Japonais Institute (modern architecture)
Free Time (leisure)
Friends School (modern architecture)
Friends School Centennial Hall (modern architecture)
Frighter (transport)
From First Building (modern architecture)
Fruits (food)
fugu = globefish
Fuji Building 40 (modern architecture)
Fuji Film (company)
Fuji, Mount (landscape)
Fuji, Mount - aesthetic views (landscape)
Fuji, Mount - climbing up (landscape)
Fuji, Mount - climbing down (landscape)
Fuji, Mount - volcanic crater (landscape)
Fuji-musume (kabuki)
Fuji-san (mountain)
Fuji-Sankei Building (modern architecture)
Fuji TV (publishing house)
Fûjin (iconography)
Fujiya Building Yokohama (modern architecture)
Fujiyama = Fuji-san (landscape)
Fukuda Shigeyoshi (architect)
Fukuda Tokuzô (university)
Fukui (city)
Fukuoka (city)
Fukuoka Bank, HQ (modern architecture)
Fukuoka City Bank (modern architecture)
Fukuoka City Akarenga Culture Center (architecture)
Fukuoka Tower (modern architecture)
Fukuyama-jô (castle)
Fumita Akihito (architect)
Funakoshi Tôru (architect)
Furano (city)
furo = private bath
fûryoku = wind power
Fushimi-inari-jinja (shrine)
Futami-ga-ura (landscape)
Futa-omote-dôjôji (kabuki)

G
GA Gallery (modern architecture)
Gagaku (performing arts)
gaka = painting
Gakugei Shuppansha (modern architecture)
gaikokujin bochi = foreigners´cemetery
Gambling (leisure)
Game (custom & tradition)
Game Center (gambling)
Gangô-ji (temple)
Garbage Disposal (work)
Garbage Man (work)
Garden (architecture)
Garden of Fine Arts (modern architecture)
Gardener (work)
Gardiner, James Mc Donald (architect)
Gas Station (traffic)
Gas Station Attendant (traffic)
Gate City Ôsaki (modern architecture)
Gate Tower Building (modern architecture)
GCA Ono Building (modern architecture)
Geibun-kan (modern architecture)
Geihin-kan (contemporary architecture)
Geisha / Geiko (Kyôto)
gengakki = plucked instrument
German Advertising Media
German Companies in Japan
German Products in Japan
geta = Japanese wooden clogs
Gifu (city)
Gifu City Library (modern architecture)
Gigaku (performing arts)
Ginkaku-ji (dry landscape garden)
Ginkaku-ji (stroll garden)
Ginkaku-ji (temple)
Ginza (Tôkyô)
Gion (Kyôto)
Gion-matsuri (festival)
Girl´s festival = hina-matsuri
Girl´s festival doll = hina-ningyô
GKK - Gendai Keikaku Architects (architect)
Globefish (food)
Go (custom & tradition)
Goethe Institut Kyôto (modern architecture)
Gogatsu-ningyô (doll)
Gokoku-ji (temple)
Gokoku-jinja (shrine)
Golden Pavillon (temple)
Golden Pavillon (garden)
Golf (sports)
Gongoro-matsuri (festival)
Goryô-kaku (castle)
Gosho = Imperial Palace (Kyôto)
Gosho-ningyô (doll)
Gotenshita Memorial Arena (modern architecture)
Government Office District (Tôkyô)
Gran Tokyo North Tower (modern architecture)
Grand InterContinental Hotel Yokohama (mod. architecture)
Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka (modern architecture)
Granit, Michael (architect)
Granpark Heights (modern architecture)
Granpark Tower (modern architecture)
Granship Convention Art Center (modern architecture)
Grave (cemetery)
Grave, Company's (custom & tradition)
Graves, Michael (architect)
Gravestone (cemetery)
Great Buddha (Gifu)
Great Buddha (Nagoya)
Great Buddha (Nara)
Great Buddha (Kamakura)
Green, Daniel C. (architect)
Guardian Deity (iconography)
Gueydan, Henry (architect)
gunjin kaikan = soldiers`s hall

H
Hadaka-matsuri (festival)
Hagi (city)
Hagi-jô (castle)
Hagoita-ichi (Tôkyô festival)
haka = grave / tomb
Hakata (city)
Hakata-ningyô (doll)
Hakodate (city)
Hakone (city)
Hakone Hotel (modern architecture)
Hakone-jinja (shrine)
Hakone National Park (landscape)
Hamamatsu (city)
Hamarikyû-onshiteien (stroll garden)
Hamilton Place, Issey Miyake (modern architecture)
Hamlet (modern architecture)
hanabi = fire works
Hanae Mori Aoyama Building (modern architecture)
hanafuda = flower cards
hanami = flower viewing
hanashôbu = iris flower
Haneda Airport (traffic)
Haneda Airport / Terminal 2 (modern architecture)
Hankyû Building (contemporary architecture)
Hankyû & Seibu Department Store (modern architecture)
Hansell, Alexander N. (architect)
Happô-en (stroll garden)
Hara Hiroshi (architect)
Harajuku (Tôkyô)
Harajuku Kindergarten (modern architecture)
Harajuku - visual schock
Harbour (transport)
Haristos Orthodox Church Kyoto (church)
Haristos Orthodox Church Toyohashi (church)
Harris, Townsend (history)
Harumi Island Triton Square (modern architecture)
Harumi Terminal (modern architecture)
Hasebe Eikichi (architect)
Hase-dera (temple)
Hasegawa Itsuko (architect)
hatsumôde = first shrine visit in the new year
Hayakawa Kunihiko (architect)
Hayashi Gôzô (architect)
Hayashi Shôji (architect)
Head Post Offic Tôkyô (contemporary architecture)
Health Ministry (politics)
Hearn, Lafcadio (author)
Heavy Industry (economy)
Heian-jingû (shrine)
Heian-jingû (contemporary architecture)
Heian-jôgakuin (contemporary architecture)
Heian Period (history)
Heijô-kyô palace (Nara)
Heisei Period (history)
Hermes Ginza (modern architecture)
Herzog & de Meuron (architect)
Heusken, Henry / grave of (Tôkyô)
hhstyle.com (modern architecture)
hhstyle.com / casa (modern architecture)
Hibiya (Tôkyô)
Hibiya Central Building (modern architecture)
Hibiya Park (Tôkyô)
Hibiya Kôkaidô (contemporary architecture)
Hibiya Kokusai Building (modern architecture)
Hibiya Public Hall (contemporary architecture)
hichiriki = double pipe flute
Hidaka Yutaka (architect)
Hida-no-sato (Takayama)
Hideyoshi = Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Hie-jinja (Hiyoshi-taisha (shrine)
Hiei-zan (mountain)
Higashi-hongan-ji (temple)
High-Rise Buildings (construction industry)
High-Rise Buildings (Tôkyô)
High School Students (education)
High-Speed Train (traffic)
Highway Bus (traffic)
Hiko-Mizuno Jewelry College (modern architecture)
Hikone (city)
Hikone-jô (castle)
Hillside House (modern architecture)
Hillside Terrace (modern architecture)
Hillside West (modern architecture)
Hilton Plaza Ôsaka (modern architecture)
Himeji (city)
Himeji-jô (castle)
Himeiji City Health + Welfare Center (modern architecture)
Himeiji City Piping Worker's Center (modern architecture)
Himeji Museum of Literature (modern architecture)
Himeji Museum of Literature II (modern architecture)

Hina-matsuri (festival)
Hina-ningyô (doll)
Hindel, Max (architect)
Hinin-gyôretsu (festival)
Hirabayashi Kingo (architect)
Hirai Seijirô (architect)
Hiraizumi (city)
Hirakura Naoko (architect)
Hirosaki (city)
Hirosaki-jô (castle)
Hiroshima (city)
Hiroshima-jô (castle)
History of Japan
Hitachi (company)
Hitotsubashi-daigaku (university)
Hiyoshi-taisha (shrine)
Hiyuki-no-taki (waterfall)
Hôichi, earless (legend)
Hôjô Hossô Garden (garden)
Hokkaidô (landscape)
Hokkaidô-daigaku (university)
Hôkoku-ji (temple)
Hôkoku-jinja (shrine)
Holl, Steven (architect)
Holly Annunciation Cathedral Kyôto (architecture)
Hollyhock Festival = aoi matsuri
Homeless, The (society)
Honda (company)
Hongan-ji Tsumara Betsu-in (modern architecture)
Hongû = Kumano-sanzan (landscape)
Hônno-ji (temple)
Honô-daiko (music)
Horiike Hideto (architect)
Hôrin-ji (garden)
Hôrin-ji (temple)
Horiuchi Color (modern architecture)
Horse (iconography)
Hôryû-ji (temple)
Hôryû-ji, Gallery for Treasures of (modern architecture)
Hosaka Yôichirô (architect)
Hôsei-daigaku (university)
Hôsei University (modern architecture)
Hoshi-matsuri (festival)
Hôshôkan / Byôdo-in Museum (modern architecture)
Hosomi Museum (modern architecture)
hostess (entertainment district)
hosuto = hostess
Hot Spring (custom & tradition)
Hotel Doorman (work)
Hotels in Japan:
   Fukuoka - Hyatt Regency / Sphinx Center
   Fukuoka - Hotel Il Palazzo
   Hakone - Hakone Hotel
   Hiroshima - Oriental Hotel
   Kawasaki - Hotel The Crane
   Kôbe - Meriken Park Oriental Hotel
   Kurashiki - Hotel International
   Kyôto - Miyako Hotel
   Kyôto - Takaragaike Prince Hotel
   Ôsaka - D-Hotel
   Tôkyô - Akasaka Prince Hotel
   Tôkyô - ANA Hotel Tokyo
   Tôkyô - Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel
   Tôkyô - Crown Plaza Hotel Metropolitan
   Tôkyô - Daiichi Hotel
   Tôkyô - Keio Plaza Inter-Continental
   Tôkyô - Le Meridien Pacific Hotel
   Tôkyô - New Takanawa Prince Hotel
   Tôkyô - Nikko Hotel
   Tôkyô - Nishi-Shinjuku Hotel
   Tôkyô - Palace Hotel
   Tôkyô - Roppingi Prince Hotel
   Tôkyô - Sofitel Hotel
   Tôkyô - Sunshine City Prince Hotel
   Tôkyô - Takanawa Prince Hotel
   Tôkyô - Tokyo Dome Hotel
   Tôkyô - Washington Hotel Shinjuku
   Yokohama - Grand InterContinental Hotel
   Yokohama - New Grand Hotel
   Yokohama - Washington Hotel Sakuragichô
Hotels in Tôkyô (Tôkyô)
House 1032 (modern architecture)
House 5302 (modern architecture)
House at a bus stop in Seijô (modern architecture)
House at a crossroad in Seijô (modern architecture)
House Building (construction industry)
House in-between in Seijô (modern architecture)
House in Kamakura No. 2 (modern architecture)
Hyôkeikan Museum (contemporary architecture)
Humax Pavilion Shibuya (modern architecture)
Hundred-Yen-Shop (100-Yen-Shop)

I
Iceberg (modern architecture)
Ichibankan (modern architecture)
Ichikawa Ennosuke III (kabuki)
Ichikudô Building (modern architecture)
Ichimaru Manjirô II (kabuki)
Ichimatsu-ningyô (doll)
Ichiriki-ochaya (Kyôto)
Ichiriki-tei (Kyôto)
Ichirô = Suzuki Ichirô (baseball)
Iconography
Ideura Kôsuke (architect)
Ieyasu = Tokugawa Ieyasu (history)
Ifbot (robot)
Ii Naomasu (lord of the castle)
Ii Naosuke (lord of the castle)
Iida Yoshihiko (architect)
Iidabashi First Building (modern architecture)
Ikebana (traditional arts)
Ikebukuro (Tôkyô)
Ikenobo Headquarters (modern architecture)
I-Land Tower Yokohama (modern architecture)
Il Palazzo, Hotel (modern architecture)
Imabari (city)
Imabari-jô (castle)
Imahie-jinja (shrine)
Imai Kenji (architect)
Imai Tetsuya (architect)
Imamura Masaki (architect)
Imazato Takashi (architect)
Imperial Hotel (modern architecture)
Imperial Hotel, Old (contemporary architecture)
Imperial Palace (Kyôto)
Imperial Palace (Nara)
Imperial Palace (Tôkyô)
Imperial Palace Outer Garden (Tôkyô)
Imperial Theatre (modern architecture)
Incense Burner = kôro
Industrial Bank of Japan (modern architecture)
Industry, Heavy (economy)
Ining`23 (modern architecture)
Inland Sea (landscape)
Inland Sea Bridge (architecture)
Inô Tadataka (history)
Institut Franco-Japonais de Tôkyô (contemp. architecture)
Institut Franco-Japonais du KansaI (contemp. architecture)
Instrument, traditional (performing art)
Inter-City (traffic)
International Conference Hall (modern architecture)
International Forum (modern architecture)
International Library of Children`s Literature (architecture)
Interviewer (work)
Inui Kumiko (architect)
Inuyama (city)
Inuyama-jô (castle)
Inuyama-matsuri (festival)
Irie Keiichi (architect)
Irie Miyake (architect)
Iris flower (shrine)
Isar Office Park (modern architecture)
Ise-daijingû (shrine)
Ise Shima National Park (landscape)
Isetan, Department Store (Tachikawa)
Ishii Kazuhiro (architect)
Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum
Ishiyama-dera (temple)
Ishiyama Osamu (architect)
Islam (religion)
Isozaki Arata (architect)
Itagaki Taisuke (politician)
Itami Airport (traffic)
Itami Jun (architect)
Itariyard (modern architecture)
Itô (city)
Itô Chûta (architect)
Itô Hiroyuki (architect)
Itô Kisaburô (architect)
Itô Toyoo (architect)
Itsukushima-jinja (shrine)
Iwaki-san (mountain)
Iwakuni (city)
Iwasaki Villa (contemporary architecture)
Iwamoto Hiroyuki (architect)
Iwamoto Roku (architect)
Iwate-san (mountain)
Iya no kazura-bashi (bridge)
Iyo Bank (banking house)
Izu Peninsula (landscape)
Izue Kan (architect)
Izumi Garden Tower (modern architecture)
Izumo no Okuni (history)
Izumo-taisha (shrine)

J
Jack Tower (contemporary architecture)
Jakkô-in (temple)
JAL (company)
JAL Resort Sea Hawk Hotel Fukuoka (modern architecture)
Japan Airlines (company)
Japan Images
Japan Pavilion / Expo 2000 (modern architecture)
Japan, Sea of (landscape)
Japan Times (publishing house)
Japan Times Nifco Building (modern architecture)
Japanese in overseas (leisure)
Jeans Shop (consumption)
Jerde, John A. (architect)
Jerde Partnership (architect)
Jet Ski (leasure)
Jidai-fuzoku-ningyô (doll)
Jidai-matsuri (festival)
jidensha = bicycle
jiin = temple
Jikokuten (iconography)
Jinbo-chô (Tôkyô)
jingû = shrine
Jingûmae (Tôkyô)
jinja = shrine
jinrikisha = rickshaw
Jirô Ôsaragi Memorial Museum (modern architecture)
Jizô-bosatsu (iconography)
Jizô-dôri (Tôkyô)
Jôchi-ji (temple)
Jody Foster (advertising)
Jômon Period (history)
Joule A (modern architecture)
joya no kane = new years bell
JR Central Station Kyôto (modern architecture)
JR Central Station Towers Nagoya (modern architecture)
JR East Japan, headquarters (modern architecture)
Junior High School Student (education)
Justice, Ministry of (politics)
Justice, Ministry of (contemporary architecture)
Juwels of Aoyama (modern architecture)

K
Kabuki (theatre)
Kabuki-chô District (Tôkyô)
Kabuki-chô Building (modern architecture)
Kabuki Theatre Minamiza (Kyôto)
Kabuki Theatre Ôsaka (contemporary architecture)
Kabuki Theatre Tôkyô (contemporaray architecture)
Kachidoki-bashi (bridge)
kadô = art of flower arrangement
kadomatsu = new year´s decoration pines
kagami-mochi = new year´s mochi
Kagawa Prefecture Government Office (modern architecture)
Kagawa Prefecture Gymnasium (modern architecture)
Kagoshima (city)
Kagura (sacred music & dance)
Kahn, Oliver (advertising)
kaiawase = shell game
Kaikyô Yume Tower (modern architecture)
Kairaku-en (garden)
kaiten-zushi = rotating sushi
Kajima Corporation / Kajima Design (architect)
Kakegawa (city)
Kamakura (city)
Kamakura Literary Museum (contemporary architecture)
Kamakura Museum of Modern Art (modern architecture)
Kamakura Period (history)
Kameyama-jô (castle)
kamifûsen = paper balloon
Kamigamo-jinja (shrine)
Kamikaze Pilot (shrine)
Kaminoyama (city)
Kaminoyama-jô (castle)
Kamiya Itsuo (architect)
Kamo-gawa (river)
Kanagawa Concert Hall & Library (modern architecture)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Administration (mod. architcture)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Government (mod. architecture)
Kanamachi (Tôkyô)
Kanazawa (city)
Kanazawa Citizen's Art Center (modern architecture)
Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Art (mod. architecture)
Kanazawa Tamagawa Library (modern architecture)
Kanda (Tôkyô)
Kanda-gawa (river)
Kaneko Fumiko (architect)
Kanei-ji (temple)
Kanematsu Auditorium (university)
kankôsen = sightseeing boat
Kanmon-kaikyô (bridge)
Kannai Hall (modern architecture)
Kannon-ji (modern architecture)
Kansai Airport (traffic)
kappa = water sprite
Kappabashi (Tôkyô)
Kara-hashi (bridge)
Karaoke (leisure)
Karate (martial arts)
kare-san-sui = dry-landscape garden
Katsura-rikyû (garden)
Kasuga Park (Nara)
Kasuga-taisha (shrine)
Kasumiga-jô (castle)
Kasumigaseki District (Tôkyô)
Kasumigaseki Building (modern architecture)
Kataoka Nizaemon XV (kabuki)
Katayama Tôkuma (architect)
Katô Kiyomasa (lord of the castle)
Katô Kunio (architect)
Kawaguchi Michimasa (architect)
Kawai Kôzô (contemporary architecture)
Kawakuba Rei (architect)
Kawamoto Ryôichi (architect)
Kawasaki (city)
Kawasaki Bank, former (contemporary architecture)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (multinational group)
Kawasaki Kiyoshi (architect)
Kazamidori House (contemporary architecture)
kazura-bashi = vine suspension bridge
KDDI (company)
KDDI Building (Tôkyô)
Kegon-no-taki (waterfall)
Keio-daigaku (university)
Keio Plaza Inter-Continental (Hotel)
Keiô University, New Library (modern architecture)
Keiô University, Old library (modern architecture)
Keiyû-Byôin Hospital (modern architecture)
kekkon = marriage
Kenchiku Design Studio (architect)
Kendô (martial art)
Kenkyû-en (garden)
Kenroku-en (garden)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (food)
Kiba Park (Tôkyô)
Kikkawa Hiroyoshi (lord of the castle)
Kikutake Kiyonori (architect)
Kimono (clothes)
Kimura Takeo = TAO Architects
King Tower (contemporary architecture)
Kinjô-gakuin-daigaku (university)
Kinkaku-ji (garden)
Kinka-zan (mountain)
Kinoshita Masujirô (architect)
Kinpô-san (mountain)
Kintai-kyô (bridge)
Kinuta Terrace (modern architecture)
Kiosk (station)
Kirin Plaza (modern architecture)
Kiryû Mitsuru (architect)
Kishi Waro (architect)
Kishida Hideto (architect)
kissaten = Café
Kitagawara Atsushi (architect)
Kitakami-gawa / Hiraizumi (river)
Kitakami-gawa / Morioka (river)
Kitakyûshû (city)
Kitakyûshû International Conference Center (architecture)
Kitano Ijin-kan (Kôbe City)
Kitano Shunji (architect)
Kitano-tenman-gû (shrine)
Kitayama Kô (architect)
Kitayama Kôjiro (architect)
Kite (paper art)
Kite-Flying Battle (festival)
Kitô Azusa (architect)
kitsune = fox
Kiyomizu-dera (temple)
Kiyosu-bashi (bridge)
Kiyosu-jô (castle)
Klein Dytham (architect)
K-Museum (modern architecture)
Kô Yoshirô (architect)
kôban = police box
Kôbayashi Masatsu (architect)

Kôbe (city)
Kôbe Crystal Tower (modern architecture)
Kôbe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel (modern architecture)
Kôbe Wing Stadion (soccer)
Kôbo Daishi (history)
Kobori Tameo (architect)
Kôbu-kaburenjô (Kyôto City)
Kôchi (city)
Kôchi-jô (castle)
kodomo-no-hi = children`s day
Kodomo-no-shiro (modern architecture)
Kôfu (city)
Kôfûen 1986 (modern architecture)
Kôfu-jô (castle)
Kôfuku-ji (temple)
Kôfun Period (history)
Kôgakuin-daigaku (university)
Koolhaas, Rem (architect)
Kohn Pedersen Fox (architect)
koi = carp
koinobori = carp streamer
Koizumi Junichirô (history)
Koizumi Lighting Theater (modern architecture)
Koizumi Sangyô (modern architecture)
Koizumi Yakumo (history)
Kokugikan Hall (modern architecture)
Kokura (city)
koma = spinning top
Komagata-bashi (bridge)
Komiyama Akira (architect)
Kômokuten (iconography)
Kompira-daigongen (shrine)
Komyô-ji (garden)
Konfuzius, sculpture of (temple)
Kongôbu-ji (temple)
Kôrai-bashi (bridge)
Kôraku-en (garden)
Kôrin-ji (temple)
kôro = incense burner
Kôsei Securities (modern architecture)
koto = 13-strings long zither
Kotohira (city)
Kotohira-gû (shrine)
Kototoi-bashi (bridge)
Kôun-ji Temple (modern architecture)
Kôya, Mount (landscape)
Koyama Hisao (architect)
Kujôyama Water Purification Plant (contemporary architecture)
Kûkai = Kôbo Daishi
Kuma Kengô (architect)
Kumamoto (city)
Kumamoto-jô (castle)
Kumano-Hongo-taisha (shrine)
Kumano-sanzan (landscape)
Kume Sekkei (architect)
Kunitachi House (modern architecture)
Kurama (Kyôto)
Kuramae-bashi (bridge)
Kuramata Shiro (architect)
Kurashiki (city)
Kurashiki City Hall (modern architecture)
Kurashiki, Hotel International (modern architecture)
Kurashiki Ivy Square (modern architecture)
Kurashiki, Museum of Art & Culture (modern architecture)
Kurokawa Kishô (architect)
Kurozuka (kabuki)
Kuru Masamichi (architect)
Kûryû Akira (architect)
Kuwana (city)
Kuwana-jô (castle)
Kuwait Embassy (Tôkyô)
kyôdai = Kyôto University
Kyôgen (Nô farce)
Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôj (kabuki)
Kyôto (city)
Kyôto City Hall (contemporary architecture)
Kyôto Concert Hall (modern architecture)
Kyôto-daigaku (university)
Kyôto Hall (modern architecture)
Kyôto Museum / Annex (contemporary architecture)
Kyôto National Museum (contemporary architecture)
Kyôto Notre Dame Daigaku (university)
Kyôto Prefectural Office (modern architecture)
Kyôto Prefectural Office, Former (contemp. architecture)
Kyôto JR Railway Station (modern architecture)
Kyôto Takaragaike Prince Hotel (modern architecture)
Kyôto Tower (contemporary architecture)
Kyôto University (education)
Kyôto University of Art & Design (education)
Kyûdô (martial arts)
Kyû-Furukawa-teien (contemporary architecture)
Kyû-Omotegoten-Tokushima (garden)
Kyû-Yokohama-ginkô (contemporary architecture)

L
La Cittadella (modern architecture)
La Collezione (modern architecture)
La Croix (modern architecture)
La Van, Henry (architect)
Lafcadio Hearn (history)
Lampion (paper art)
Landmark Tower (modern architecture)
Landscapes
Langen Foundation (modern architecture)
Lavatory (custom & tradition)
Lawson (convenience store)
Le Corbusier (architect)
Le Meridien Pacific Hotel (Tôkyô)
Leisure Time
Leonard Eto (music)
Liberty Tower / Meiji University (modern architecture)
Library / Nakanoshima (architecture)
Library / Rikkyô University (modern architecture)
Living - City
Living - Province
Living - Cardboard Box
Living Room (living)
Local Train (traffic)
Lolita look (society)
Lorry (transport industry)
Lottery (gambling)
Louis Vuitton Ginza Matsuya (modern architecture)
Louis Vuitton Ginza Namiki (modern architecture)
Louis Vuitton Nagoya (modern architecture)
Louis Vuitton Omotesandô (modern architecture)
Louis Vuitton Roppongi Hills (modern architecture)
Lucent Tower (modern architecture)
Lucky Gods, Seven (iconography)
Lute, 3-strings long (traditionell instruments)
Lute, 4-strings long (traditionell instruments)

M
M2 (modern architecture)
Mack, MarK (architect)
Maeda Kenjirô (architect)
Maeda Toshiie (lord of the castle)
Maekawa Kunio (architect)
Maiko (Kyôto)
Maiko, Cherry Blossom Dance (performing art)
Mail Van (transportation)
Mainichi Shinbun (publishing house)
Mainichi Shinbun Kyôto (contemporary architecture)
Maison Hermes Ginza (modern architecture)
Maizuru-jô (castle)
Maki Fumihiko (architect)
Maki Solitär (modern architecture)
mamori = omamori
maneki-neko = lucky cat
manekin = mannequin
Mannequin (consumption)
Manpuku-ji (temple)
Marino, Peter (architect)
Market (consumption)
Market, battledore- (Tôkyô festivals)
Market, Tsukiji- (Tôkyô)
Marriage (tradition)
Martial Arts (sports)
Martyrs Monument (architecture)
Marugame (city)
Marugame-jô (castle)
Marunouchi (Tôkyô)
Marunouchi Building (modern architecture)
Maruoka (city)
Maruoka-jô (castle)
Maruyama Park (Kyôto)
Marutô IV (modern architecture)
Marûto 15 (modern architecture)
Marûto 17 (modern architecture)
Mask, Namahage- (Akita)
Matsuda Hirata Sekkei (architect)
Matsuda Hirata Sakamoto Sekkei (architect)
Matsudaira Ken (history)
Matsue (city)
Matsue-jô (castle)
Matsui Hideki (advertising)
Matsukawa Box (modern architecture)
Matsumoto (city)
Matsumoto City Museum of Art
Matsumoto-gawa (river)
Matsumoto Kiyoshi (consumption)
Matsumoto Kôshirô IX (kabuki)
Matsumoto Yôsaku (architect)
Matsumuro Shigemitsu (architect)
Matsuo Bashô (history)
matsuri = festival
Matsushima (city)
Matsuyama (city)
Matsuzakaya Yokohama (contemporary architecture)
Mazda (company)
M. Building (modern architecture)
M-Building in Kanda (modern architecture)
McDonalds (food)
Mclay, Robert Samuel (university)
megane-bashi = spectacles bridge
Meguro Gajôen (modern architecture)
Meguro-kawa (river)
Meiji-daigaku (university)
Meiji-gakuin-daigaku (university)
Meiji-gakuin University, chapel (contemporary architecture)
Meiji-gakuin University, main hall (modern architecture)
Meiji-gakuin University, palette zone (modern architecture)
Meiji-jingû (shrine)
Meiji-jingû, House of Treasure (contemp. architecture)
Meiji-kaigakan (architecture)
Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (architecture)
Meiji-mura = open-air museum (Inuyama)
Meiji Period (history)
Meiji-Seimei Aoyama Paracio (modern architecture)
Meiji-Seimei-kan (modern architecture)
Meiji Yasuda Life Building (modern architecture)
Meiko-Chuô-Ôhashi (bridge)
Meiko-Higashi-Ôhashi (bridge)
Meiko-Nishi-Ôhashi (bridge)
Me-oto-iwa = wedded rocks
Meriken Park Oriental Hotel (Kôbe)
Mesa (modern architecture)
METI (ministry building)
Metroca (modern architecture)
Metrotour (modern architecture)
Michiko, Empress (history)
Midland Square (modern architecture)
Midtown Tower (modern architecture)
Mifune-matsuri (festivals & rites)
Miho Museum (modern architecture)
Mikawa Bay (Toyohashi)
Mikimoto Ginza 2 (modern architecture)
Mikimoto Kokichi (Toba)
mikuji = omikuji
Minakuchi-jô (castle)
Minamiza Theatre (Kyôto)
Minamoto no Yoritomo (history)
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (history)
Minato Mirai 21 (Yokohama)
Ministry Buildings (politics)
Mishima (city)
Mishima (Tôkaidô)
Mishima-taisha (shrine)
Miss Sixty (Jingûmae / Tôkyô)
Mister Donut (food)
Mito (city)
Mito-jô (castle)
Mitoizumi (advertising)
Mitsubashi Ikuyo (architect)
Mitsubishi Dream Center (modern architecture)
Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei (architect)
Mitsubishi Jûkô Yokohama Building (modern architecture)
Mitsubishi Motors (multinational group)
Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group = MUFG (bank house)
Mitsui Banking House (contemporary architecture)
Mitsui Bussan Building (contemporary architecture)
Mitsui Club (contemporary architecture)
Mitsui Fudosan Mita Twin Building East (modern architecture)
Mitsui Fudosan Mita Twin Building West (modern architecture)

Mitsui Jun (architect)
Mitsui Maritime Trade & Fire Insurance (mod. architecture)
Mitsukoshi Department Store (contemporary architecture)
Mitsuno Hisashi (architect)
Miura Noriyuki (architect)
miya = shrine
miya-daiko = big drum
Miya-gawa (river)
miyage = souvenir
Miyajima (landscape)
Miyako Hotel Kyôto (modern architecture)
Miyako Hotel Kyôto - Annex Kasuien (architecture)
Miyako Messe Kyôto (modern architectur)
Miyamoto Tadanaka (architect)
Miyawaki Mayumi (architect)
Miyazaki Hiroshi (architect)
Mizuho Bank (banking house)
Mizuno Ichirô (architect)
MK Station (modern architecture)
M.M. Towers (modern architecture)
mochi = rice cake
Mode Gakuen Spiral Tower (modern architecture)
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (modern architecture)
Modern Architecture (architecture)
Moegi House (contemporary architecture)
Momoyama-jô (castle)
Money (currency)
Monkey (iconography)
Monol (modern architecture)
Morgan, J.H. (architect)
Mori Building Corporation (architect)
Mori Minoru (architect)
Morioka (city)
Morioka-jô (castle)
Moriyama Raymond (architect)
Mosque (contemporary architecture)
Motoakasaka Imanishi Bldg. (modern architecture)
Moto-Hakone (town)
Motorbike (traffic)
Motor Scooter (traffic)
Motorway (Tôkyô)
Motorway (traffic)
Motosu, Lake (leisure)
Môtsû-ji (temple)
Mountains in Japan:
   Aso-san (landscape)
   Fuji-san (landscape)
   Hiei-zan (Kyôto)
   Iwaki-san (Hirosaki)
   Iwate-san (Morioka)
   Kinka-zan (Gifu)
   Kinpô-san (Kumamoto)
   Kôya-san (landscape)
Mouth Organ (traditional instruments)
Ms. Reiko Tokyo (modern architecture)
Mt. Kujô Water Purification Plant (contemporary architecture)
MUFG = Mitsubishi UFG Financial Group
Mujirô Ligurio (robot)
Multinational Groups
Municipal Research Building Hibiya (contemporary architecture)
Murano Tôgo (architect)
Murasaki Shikubu (author)
Murasakino Wakuden (modern architecture)
Murase Haruo (university)
Murata Masachika (architect)
Murofushi Jirô (architect)
Muromachi Period (history)
Museums in Japan:
   Cologne - East Asian Art, Museum for
   Himeji - Museum of Literature
   Himeji - Museum of Literature II
   Hiroshima- Museum of Contemporary Art,
   Kagoshima - Art Museum
   Kamakura - Literary Museum
   Kamakura - Museum of Modern Art
   Kamakura - Museum of Modern Art / Annex
   Kanazawa - Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum
   Kanazawa - 21st Century Museum of Art
   Kôbe - Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
   Kôchi - Sakamoto Ryôma Memorial Museum
   Kôfu - Yamanashi Prefecture Museum of Art
   Kôfu - Yamanashi Prefecture Museum of Literature
   Kurashiki - Jirô Ôsaragi Memorial Museum
   Kurashiki - Ôhara Museum of Art / Annex
   Kurashiki - Geibunkan / Museum of Art & Culture
   Kyôto - Hosomi Museum
   Kyôto - Kyôto Museum / Annex
   Kyôto - Munipical Museum of Art
   Kyôto - National Museum
   Kyôto - National Museum of Modern Art
   Kyôto - Yurinkan Museum
   Matsumoto - Matsumoto City Museum of Art
   Matsumoto - Ukiyoe Museum
   Mishima - Paper Art Museum
   Nagano - Prefectural Shinano Art Museum
   Nagoya - Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
   Nagoya - Tokugawa Art Museum
   Neuss - Langen Foundation
   Okayama - Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
   Okayama - Orient Museum
   Okazaki - City Historical Museum
   Okazaki - Mindscape Museum
   Ôsaka - Museum of History
   Ôsaka - National Museum of Ethnology
   Shiga Prefecture - Miho Museum
   Tôkyô - Edo Tôkyô Museum
   Tôkyô - Emerging Science & Innovation Museum
   Tôkyô - Hyôkeikan Museum
   Tôkyô - K-Museum
   Tôkyô - Maritime Science, Museum of
   Tôkyô - Metropolitan Art Museum
   Tôkyô - Museum for Contemporary Art
   Tôkyô - National Art Center Tokyo
   Tôkyô - National Museum / Honkan
   Tôkyô - National Museum / Hôryû-ji Gallery
   Tôkyô - National Museum / Tôyôkan
   Tôkyô - National Museum of Modern Art
   Tôkyô - National Museum of Modern Art /Annex
   Tôkyô - National Shôwa Memorial Museum
   Tôkyô - Suntory Museum of Art / Midtown
   Tôkyô - Shôtô Museum of Art
   Tôkyô - Tepco Electric Energy Museum
   Tôkyô - Western Art, Museum for
   Tôkyô - Yûshûkan Museum
   Toyota - Municipal Museum of Art
   Uji - Byôdo-in Museum / Hôshôkan
   Yamaguchi Prefecture - Museum of Art
   Yokohama - Museum of Art
   Yokohama - Prefecture Kanagawa / Cultural History
Musha-ningyô (doll)
Music (instruments)
Myôô (iconography)
Mythical Creatures (iconography)

N
N1 Project (modern architecture)
Nachi = Kumano-sanzan (landscape)
Nagahama (city)
Nagakin Capsule Tower (modern architecture)
Nagano (city)
Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum (modern architecture)
Nagano Uheji (architect)
Nagaragawa International Conference Hall (mod. architecture)
Nagasaki (city)
Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for Atomic Bomb Victims
Nagashima Kôichi (architect)
Nagata Hiroyuki (Architekt)
Nagata & Kitano & Associates (architect)
Nagata Yûzô (architect)
Nagoya (city)
Nagoya Airport = Centrair (traffic)
Nagoya City Hall (architecture)
Nagoya-daigaku (university)
Nagoya Dome (modern architecture)
Nagoya-jô (castle)
Nagoya Lucent Tower (modern architecture)
Nagoya-shi kokaidô (hall)
Nagoya Station Towers (modern architecture)
Nagoya Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya)
Nagoya Tower (modern architecture)
Nagoya University (education)
Nagoya-University / Research Center (mod. architecture)
Naitô Hiroshi (architect)
Naitô Tachû (architect)
Nakagyô Post Office (contemporary architecture)
Naka-ku District (Yokohama)
Nakamura Ganjirô (kabuki)
Nakanosakaue Central Building (modern architecture)
Nakanosakaue Sun Bright Twin (modern architecture)
Nakanoshima Library (contemporary architecture)
Nakata Hidetoshi (advertising)
Nakatajima Dunes (landscape)
Nakatsu-jô (castle)
Naked, Festival of the (festival)
Namahage Customs (Akita)
Namba (Ôsaka)
Namba Parks (modern architecture)
Nankin-machi = Chinatown (Kôbe City)
Nanzan-daigaku (university)
Naoshima (landscape)
Nara (city)
Nara Period (history)
Narita (city)
Narita Airport (traffic)
Narita-san Shinshô-ji (temple)
Naruto-kyô (bridge)
National Art Center Tokyo (modern architecture)
National Bunraku Theatre (modern architecture)
National Children`s Castle (modern architecture)
National Diet Building (politics)
National Flag of Japan (Japan Images)
National Gymnasiums for Tôkyô Olympics (architecture)
National Museum Kyôto (contemporary architecture)
National Museum of Modern Art Kyôto (mod. architecture)
National Museum of Modern Art Tôkyô (mod. architecture)
National Museum of Modern Art Tôkyô / annex (architect.)
National Museum Tôkyô / Honkan (contemp. architecture)
National Museum Tôkyô / Hôryû-ji Gallery (architecture)
National Museum Tôkyô / Tôyôkan (contemp. architecture)
National Shôwa Memorial Museum (modern architecture)
National Theatre (modern architecture)
National Theatre, New (modern architecture)
National University Tôkyô, Fine Arts & Music (education)
National University Tôkyô, Fine Arts & Music, Art Museum
National University Tôkyô, Fine Arts & Music, Concert Hall

National 21 Building (Ôsaka)
Nationalists (politics)
Nature
Nebuta-matsuri (festivals & rites)
NEC Corporation (multinational group)
NEC Supertower (modern architecture)
neko = cat
Neonatal Care Unit (babies)
nenchû gyôji = annual customs
New Sky Building No.3 (modern architecture)
New Year`s Day (annual festivals)
New Year´s Eve (annual festivals)
New Year´s food (New Year)
Nexus Momochi Residental Tower (modern architecture)
Nexus World Project (Fukuoka)
Nexus World / Christian de Portzamparc Building (architecture)
Nexus World / MarK Mack Building (modern architecture)
Nexus World / Oscar-Tusquets Building (modern architecture)
Nexus World / Ozamu Ishiyama Building (modern architecture)
Nexus World / Rem Koolhaas Building (modern architecture)
Nexus World / Steven Hall Building (modern architecture)
NHK Osaka Hall (modern architecture)
Nibankan (modern architecture)
Night Life (leisure)
Nihon-bashi (bridge)
Nihonbashi (Tôkaidô)
Nihonbashi (Tôkyô)
Nihonbashi Ningyôchô Forest Bldg. (modern architecture)
Nihon-Christ-Kyôdan-Gokamachi (contemp. architecture)
Nihonkai (landscape)
Nihon Kasai Yokohama Bldg. (contemp. architecture)
Nihon-menka (contemporary architecture)
Nihon Seimei Marunouchi Bldg. (modern architecture)
Nihon Sekkei (architekt)
Niigata (city)
Nijô-jô (castle)
Nikolai Cathedral (contemporary architecture)
Nikken Sekkei (architect)
Nikkô (city)
Nikko Hotel (Ôsaka)
Nikko Hotel Tokyo (Tôkyô)
Nikkô National Park (landscape)
Ningyô-chô (Tôkyô)
Ninna-ji (temple)
Ninomiya Kinjirô (student)
niô = Deva King
Nippon Budôkan (modern architecture)
Nippon Shinpan Ôyamachô (modern architecture)
Nippon Steel (company)
Nippon Systemware (modern architecture)
Nippon Television - NTV (Tôkyô)
Nippon Yûsen Kaisha (contemporary architecture)
Nishi-hongan-ji (temple)
Nishi-Nihon City Bank (modern architecture)
Nishi-Shinjuku Forest Building (modern architecture)
Nishi-Shinjuku Hotel (modern architecture)
Nishijin-kinran-ningyô (doll)
Nishiki-gawa (river)
Nishiki-goi = brocade carp
Nishimura Kôji (architect)
Nishina Dental Clinic (modern architecture)
Nishizawa Ryûe (architect)
Nissan (multinational group)
Nissan Gallery (modern architecture)
Nissei Theatre (contemporary architecture)
Nittele Tower (modern architecture)
Nô (theatre)
Nô National Theatre (modern architecture)
Nô, Takigi- (performing art)
NOA Building (moderne architecture)
Nobunaga = Oda Nobunaga (history)
Noe Building (modern architecture)
Noguchi Magoichi (architect)
Noodle Restaurant (food)
Noodle Soup (food)
Notre Dame Daigaku (university)
Nouvel, Jean (architect)
Nozawa Makato (architect)
NTT DoCoMo (multinational group)
NTT DoCoMo Kawasaki Building (modern architecture)
NTT DoCoMo Shinagawa Building (modern architecture)
NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building (modern architecture)
NTT Power & Building Facilities (architect)
NTT Shinjuku Headquarters Building (modern architecture)
NTT Urban Development (architect)
NTV = Nippon Television (television station)
NTV Tower (modern architecture)

Nurse (work)
NW House (modern architecture)
nyorai = Buddha

O
Oakwood Residence Roppongi T-Cube (modern architecture)
Oasis 21 (modern architecture)
Obayashi Corporation (architect)
Obon (annual festival)
Ôbunsha Building (modern architecture)
Ochanomizu (Tôkyô)
Ochanomizu Square Building (modern architecture)
Oda Nobunaga (history)
Odaiba (Tôkyô)
ôdaiko = big drum
Odawara (city)
oden = several ingrediens in a dashi broth
Ôe Hiroshi (architect)
Ôe Kenzaburô (author)
Ôe Shintarô (architect)
Ôe Tadasu (architect)
Office Worker (work)
ofuro = private bath
Ôgaki (city)
Ôgaki-jô (castle)
Ogawa Moriyuki (architect)
ôgi = fan
Ôhan / Yûmoto (modern architecture)
Ôhara (Kyôto)
Ôhara Museum of Art / Annex (modern architecture)
ôharame = women from Ôhara
Ôi-gawa (river)
Ôishi Kuranosuke (samurai)
Ôji Paper Head Office (modern architecture)
Okada Shinichi (architect)
Okada Shinichirô (architect)
Ôkawabata River City 21 (Tôkyô)
Okayama (city)
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (modern architecture)
Okazaki (city)
Okazaki Bank (contemporary architecture)
Okazaki Chamber of Commerce + Industry (architecture)
Okazaki City Historical Museum (contemporary architecture)
Okazaki-jô (castle)
Okazaki Mindscape Museum (modern architecture)
okedaiko / okedô = bucket drum
Okinawa dances (performing arts)
Ôkubo Toshimichi (politician)
Ôkuma Memorial Hall (university)
Ôkuma Shigenobu (university)
Ôkuma Yoshikuni (architect)
Ôkuninushi no Mikoto (history)
Ôkura Building (modern architecture)
Old People (society)
Old Sharp House (contemporary architecture)
Old Stables of the Koderas (contemporary architecture)
Old Thomas House (contemporary architecture)
Olympic Games Tôkyô 1964 (modern architecture)
Olympic Winter Games 1998 (Nagano)
omamori = lucky charme
omikuji = written oracle
ômisoka = new year´s eve
omiyage = miyage
omiyamairi = first outing for a newborn
Omotegoten-Tokushima (garden)
Omotesandô (Tôkyô)
Omotesandô Hills (modern architecture)
Ômura Fashion Design College (modern architecture)
Ômura Hair Dressing College (modern architecture)
Ônaruto-kyô = Naruto-kyô (bridge)
Oncho Reformed Church (modern architecture)
oni = demon
Oni-matsuri (festivals & rites)
onnagata = actor playing woman (kabuki)
onsen = hot spring
Onward Daikanyama (modern architecture)
Opaque Ginza (modern architecture)
Open-Air Bath (bath & wellness)
Open-Air Museum = meiji-mura
Open-Air Swimming Pool (leisure)
Opera City Tower (modern architecture)
Oracle, Written (new year´s day)
Organic Building (modern architecture)
Oriental Hotel (Hiroshima)
Oriental Hotel (Kôbe)
Orient Museum (modern architecture)
origami = art of folding paper
Origin I (modern architecture)
Origin II (modern architecture)
Orthodox Church, Kyoto (church)
Orthodox Church, Nikolai (church)
Orthodox Church, Toyohashi (church)
Ôsaka (city)
Ôsaka Building (contemporary architecture)
Ôsaka Central Post Office (contemporary architecture)
Ôsaka City Central Public Hall (contemporary architecture)
Ôsaka City Hall (modern architecture)
Ôsaka Gas Building (contemporary architecture)
Ôsaka Museum of History (modern architecture)
Osana-ningyô (doll)
osechi-ryôri = New Year´s food
Oshinomi Kunihide (architect)
Osore-zan (landscape)
Ôsu Kannon (temple)
Ôsugi Yoshihiko (architect)
Ôtaka Masato (architect)
Ôtani-daigaku (university)
Ôtani Sachio (architect)
Ôtani University, Auditorium  (modern architecture)
Ôtani University, Headquarters (modern architecture)
Otaue-sai (festivals & rites)
otearai = toilet
Ôtemachi (Tôkyô)
Ôtemachi Financial Center (Tôkyô)
Ôtemachi First Square (modern architecture)
Ôtemachi Nomura Building (modern architecture)
Ôtsu (city)
Ôune Hiroshi (architect)
Ôwakudani (landscape)
Oxy Nogizaka (modern architecture)
Oyama-ningyô (doll)

P
Pachinko (gambling)
Pacific Century Place (modern architecture)
Pagoda (architecture)
painting (arts & crafts)
Palace Side Building (modern architecture)
Paper Art (traditional art)
Paper Art Museum (Moderne Architektur)
Paper Balloon (custom & tradition)
Paper Collector (work)
Paper Doll (paper art)
Paper Falting, Art of (paper art)
Paper Kite (paper art)
Paper Lantern (paper art)
Paper Money / Notes (currency)
Paper Umbrella (paper art)
PaPeRo (robot)

Paradise Garden (garden architecture)
Paro (robot)
Pasta (food)
Peace Memorial Museum (modern architecture)
Peace Park (Hiroshima)
Peace Park (Nagasaki)
Peace, Statue of (Nagasaki)
Pearl Cultivation (landscape)
Pedestrian Lights (traffic)
Pei, I. M. (architect)
Pelli, Cesar (architect)
Percussion Instrument (tradional instruments)
Performing Arts
Perfume Department (consumption)
Perfume Shop (consumption)
Perry, Commodore (Shimoda)
Pesce, Gaetano (architect)
Pet (traditions)
Petrol Station Attendant (traffic)
Pharaoh (modern architecture)
Pharmacy (consumption)
Phoenix Hall (temple)
Phone Box (telecommunication)
Piano, Renzo (architect)
Piramide (modern architecture)
Pitt, Brad (advertising)
Plantec Architects (architect)
Plastic Tree (trend)
Platform Kiosk (traffic)
Plaything (custom & tradition)
Plaza Mikado (modern architecture)
Pleasure Boat (traffic)
Plenary Assembly Hall (politics)
Plucked Instrument (tradional instruments)
Plum Blossom (season)
Politics
Police (work)
Police Box (work)
Police Box in Ebisu (modern architecture)
Police Man (work)
Ponto-chô (Kyôto)
Pope Johannes Paul (Hiroshima)
Port Island (Kôbe City)
Port Opening Memorial Hall (contemporary architecture)
Portpia / Portpia Bridge (Kôbe City)
Post Office, Central Ôsaka (contemporary architecture)
Post Office, Head Tôkyô (contemporary architecture)
Post Office, Nakagyô (modern architecture)
Postal Service (transport)
Prada Aoyama (modern architecture)
Prefectures in Japan:

   Aichi, Administrative Bldg. of (architecture)
   Ehime (landscape)
   Kagawa (landscape)
   Kagawa Government (architecture)
   Kanagawa, Administration Building (architecture)
   Kanagawa, Government (architecture)
   Kanagawa, Museum of Cultural History (architecture)
   Kôichi (landscape)
   Kyôto, Prefectural Office (architecture)
   Kyôto, Prefectural Office, former (architecture)
   Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum (architecture)
   Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (architecture)
   Shiga, Administration Building (architecture)
   Tokushima (landscape)
   Yamanashi, Museum of Art (architecture)
   Yamanashi,  Museum of Literature (architecture)
Press and Broadcasting Center (modern architecture)
Press photographer (work)
Prime Minister (politics)
Prince Akishino (emperor`s family)
Prince Asakanomiya´s Residence (contemp. architecture)
Prince Hotel, Akasaka (modern architecture)
Prince Hotel, Kyôto Takaragaike (modern architecture)
Prince Hotel, New Takanawa (modern architecture)
Prince Hotel, Shinjuku (modern architecture)

Prince Hotel, Sunshine City Prince (modern architecture)
Prince Park Tower (hotel)
Prisoner-of-war Camp (history)
Private Bath (custom & tradition)
Procession of beggars (festival)
Procession of thousand warriors (festival)
Project Ware House B (modern achitecture)
Pub (food)
Public Bath (custom & tradition)
Public Telephone (telecommunication)
Publishing House (Mainichi Shinbun)
Punks (teens)
Pupils (education)

Q
Q-Dan 1991 (modern architecture)
Queen's Square (modern architecture)

R
Raijin (iconography)
Rail Traffic
Railway (traffic)
Rainbow Bridge (architecture)
Rakuraku-en (garden)
Rapid Transit (traffic)
ramen = chinese noodles
Rau, Johannes (politics)
Raymond, Antonin (architect)
Recruit Ginza Building (modern architecture)
Red Bricks Warehouse (modern architecture)
Red-Light District (leisure)
Refuse Disposal (work)
Religion (society)
Renaissance (modern architecture)
Residental Building (living)
Resona Bank (banking house)
Resona Maruha Building (modern architecture)
Restaurant Schmidt House (modern architecture)
Revue / Takarazuka (performing art)
Rice (food)
Rice, Cultivation  of
Rice Farmer (cultivation of rice)
Rice Field (cultivation of rice)
Rice Planting (festivals & rites)
Rice Wine (customs & traditions)
Rickshaw (traffic)
Rightist (politics)
Ri-jô (castle)
Rikkyô-daigaku (university)
Rikkyô University, Library (modern architecture)
Rinkû Gate Tower (modern architecture)
Rinnô-ji (temple)
Rin-Rin Project (modern architecture)
Rin's Gallery (modern architecture)
Rise (modern architecture)
Ritsurin-kôen (garden)
Rivers in Japan:
   Ara-kawa (Tôkyô)
   Asahi-gawa (Okayama)
   Daiyagawam (Nikkô)
   Edo-gawa (Tôkyô)
   Fuji-kawa (Berg Fuji)
   Kamo-gawa (Kyôto)
   Kanda-kawa (Tôkyô)
   Kiso-gawa (Inuyama)
   Kitakami-gawa (Hiraizumi)
   Kitakami-gawa (Morioka)
   Kuzuryû-gawa (Fukui)
   Matsumoto-gawa (Hagi)
   Miya-gawa (Takayama)
   Motoyasu-gawa (Hiroshima)
   Nagara-gawa (Gifu)
   Nishiki-gawa (Iwakuni)
   Ôi-gawa (Kyôto)
   Sai-gawa (Kanazawa)
   Shinano-gawa (Niigata)
   Sumida-gawa (Tôkyô)
   Tama-gawa (Tôkyô)
   Uji-gawa (Uji)
   Yodo-gawa (Ôsaka)
Rivers in Tôkyô (Tôkyô)
Riverwalk Kitakyûshû (modern architecture)
Road Construction
Road Traffic (traffic)
Robot (technology)
Roche, Kevin (architect)
Rogers, Richard (architect)
roji = tea garden
Rokka Garden (contemporary architecture)
Rokkaku Kijô (architect)
Rokô-kan (modern architecture)
Rokugô-bashi (bridge)
Rokugô Building (modern architecture)
rônin = masterless samurai
Roppongi (Tôkyô)
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (modern architecture)
Roppongi Prince Hotel (modern architecture)
Roppongi T-Cube (modern architecture)
Rose Garden (modern archiecture)
Rossi, Aldo (architect)
rotenburo = open-air bath
Ryôan-ji (temple)
Ryogoku-bashi (bridge)
ryôkan = japanese inn
ryûteki = dragon flute

S
sadô = way of tea
Sagami Bay (Kamakura)
Sai-gawa (Kanazawa)
Saigô Takamori (history)
Sailing Boat (traffic)
Saishô-in (pagoda)
Sakakura Associates (architect)
Sakakura Junzô (architect)
Sakakura Takenosuke (architect)
Sakamoto Kazunari (architect)
Sakamoto Ryôma (Kôchi)
Sakamoto Ryôma Memorial Museum (modern architecture)
Sakata Seizô (architect)
sake = rice wine
sakura = cherry blossoms
Sakura-bashi (bridge)
Sakurai Kiyoshi (architect)
Sakurai Kotarô (architect)
Sakurajima (Kagoshima)
Samurai (Japan images)
Samurai doll = musha-ningyô
Sanaa (architect)
San'ai Building (modern architecture)
Sanjô-ôhashi (Kyôto)
Sanjûsangen-dô (temple)
Sankyo Headquarters Building Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Sannô-Hie-jinja (shrine)
Sannomiya (Kôbe City)
san-no-tsuzumi = hourglass drum
Sanô Zensaku (university)
Sanyo (multinational group)
Sanyo Solar Ark (energy production)
Sanwa Bank (modern architecture)
Sanzen-in (temple)
Sapporo (city)
saru = monkey
Satô Kôichi (architect)
Satô Takeo (architect)
Satsuma Rebellion (history)
Scala (modern architecture)
Scarecrow (midsummer)
Scarecrow (rice field)
Scarving (traditional art)
Scooter (traffic)
Seasons
Secom Building (modern architecture)
Security Man (consumption)
Seel, Richard (architect)
Sei Shônagon (history)
Seigakuin Girls`School (modern architecture)
Seijô First (modern architecture)
Seike Kiyoshi (architect)
Seiken-ji (temple)
Seiko (multinational group)
seito-kinen-kaigakan = Meiji Memorial Gallery
Sejima Kazuyo (architect)
sekibutsu = stone buddha
Sekigahara, Battle of (history)
Sekisui Chemical (modern architecture)
Sen Sôshitsu XV (tea ceremony)
Senba Takeshi (architect)
Sendai (city)
Sengaku-ji (temple)
Senior High School Student (education)
Sennin-musha-gyôretsu (festival)
Senri Life Science Center (modern architecture)
Sensô-ji (temple)
sensu = fan
sentô = public bath
Seta-no-Karahashi = Karahashi (bridge)
Seto (city)
Setonaikai (landscape)
Seto-ôhashi (bridge)
Setsubun (annual festival)
Seven Eleven (convenience store)
Seven Lucky Gods (iconography)
shakuhachi = bamboo flute
shamisen = 3-strings lute
Share Price (stock exchange)
Shiba-kôen (park in Tôkyô)
Shibamata (Tôkyô)
Shibamata-Taishakuten (Tôkyô)
Shibuya (Tôkyô)
Shibuya Mark City (modern architecture)
shichifukujin = seven lucky gods
shichi-go-san / 7-5-3 (annual festival)
Shiga Prefecture Government Building (modern architecture)
Shiina Eizô (architect)
shiitake = Chinese black mushroom
Shijimizuka (Hamamatsu)
Shiki Theatre (Tôkyô)
Shikoku (landscape)
Shimabara (city)
Shimane Peninsula (landscape)
Shimazu Nariakira (feudal lord)
Shimbashi Station (contemporary architecture)
shime-daiko = small drum
shimenawa = straw festoon rope
Shimizu Corporation (architect)
Shimoda (city)
Shimogamo-jinja (shrine)
Shimonoseki (city)
Shinagawa (Tôkyô)
Shinagawa East One Tower (modern architecture)
Shinagawa Grand Common (Tôkyô)
Shinagawa Intercity (Tôkyô)
Shinagawa Intercity Building A (Tôkyô)
Shinagawa V-Tower (modern architecture)
Shinano Art Museum (modern architecture)
Shinano-gawa (river)
Shinbashi Station = Shimbashi Station
Shingû = Kumano-sanzan (landscape)
Shinjuku (Tôkyô)
Shinjuku Center Building (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Green Tower (modern architecture)
Shinjuku I-Land Tower (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Maynds Tower (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Mitsui Building (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Monolith Building (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Nomura Building (modern architecture)
Shinjuku NS Building (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Oak Tower (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Park Tower (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Prince Hotel (Tôkyô)
Shinjuku Sumitomo Tower (modern architecture)
Shinjuku Washington Hotel (modern architecture)
Shin-Kabukiza (contemporaray architecture)
Shinkansen (traffic)
Shinkô Building (contemporary architecture)
Shinpûkan (contemporary architecture)
shinobue = transvers flute
Shinohara Kazuo (architect)
Shin-ôhashi (bridge)
Shinrokaku public bath (Matsuyama)
Shinsaibashi (Ôsaka)
Shinsaibashi Tower Building (modern architecture)
Shinsei Bank (banking house)
Shin-shiba-suiro (channel)
Shinshô-ji = Narita-san Shinshô-ji (temple)
Shintô (religion)
Shintô deity (iconography)
Shinyakushi-ji (temple)
Shiodome (Tôkyô)
Shiodome City Center (modern architecture)
Shiodome Media Tower (modern architecture)
Shiodome Sumitomo Building (modern architecture)
Shirai Seiichi (architect)
Shiraito-no-taki (waterfall)
Shirakawa-gô (landscape)
Shirogane House (modern architecture)
Shiroganedai Office, SME (modern architecture)
Shiseido (multinational group)
Shiseido Ginza Building (modern architecture)
Shisen-dô (garden)
Shitennô (iconography)
Shitennô-ji (temple)
Shizuoka (City)
Shizuoka Press & Broadcasting (modern architecture)
shô = mouth organ
Shôbô-ji (temple)
shôdô = calligraphy
Shoe Shine Boy (work)
Shoe Shop (consumption)
Shoes, Traditional (clothes)
Shôfuku-ji (temple)
shôgatsu = new year`s day
Shôkin Ginkô, Yokohama (contemporary architecture)
Shônin, Priest (Matsumoto)
Shopping (consumption)
Shopping Mall (consumption)
Shôrinji-kempô (martial arts)
Shôtô Museum of Art (modern architecture)
Shôwa-kan = National Shôwa Memorial Museum
Shôwa Memorial Museum (modern architecture)
Shôwa Memorial Park (Tachikawa)
Shôwa Period (history)
Shrine Gate (architecture)
Shrine (architecure)
Shufu-no-tomosha Bldg. (contemporary architecture)
Siebold, Philipp Franz von (history)
Sightseeing Boat (traffic)
Sightseeing Bus (traffic)
Silk Center Yokohama (modern architecture)
Silk Conditioning House (contemporary architecture)
Silver Pavilion (dry landscape garden)
Silver Pavilion (stroll garden)
Silver Pavilion (temple)
Singing (leisure)
Sirocco (modern architecture)
Sky Gate (modern architecture)
Skyscrapers (Tôkyô)
Slide (leisure)
SME Shiroganedai Office (modern architecture)
soba = buckwheat noodles
Soccer (sports)
Soccer amateurs (sports)
Soccer coach, foreign (sports)
Soccer Stadium Kôbe City (WM 2002)
Soccer Stadium Niigata City (WM 2002)
Soccer Stadium Ôsaka City (WM 2002)
Soccer Stadium Toyota City (modern architecture)
Soccer Stadium Toyota City (WM 2002)
Soccer Stadium Yokohama City (WM 2002)
Soccer World Cup 2002 (sports)
Society
Sôfuku-ji (temple)
Sôgenchi-teien (garden)
Sôgetsu Art Center (modern architecture)
Sôgo Department Store (contemporary architecture)
Solar Power (energy production)
Solar Power Station (Sanyo)
Soldiers´Grave (customs & traditions)
Soldiers´Hall (modern architecture)
Solfatara (Beppu)
Solfatara (Hakone)
Sone Tatsuzô (architect)
Sony (multinational group)
Sony City (modern architecture)
Sony Ginza Building (modern architecture)
Sony Tower Ôsaka (modern architecture)
Soper, Julius (university)
Sophia-daigaku (university)
Sophia University / Building No.10 (modern architecture)
Souvenir (customs)
Spanish Embassy (Tôkyô)
Speciality Shop (consumption)
Spectacles Bridge (Nagasaki)
Sphinx Center Fukuoka (modern architecture)
Spiral (modern architecture)
Sports
Spring, Early (season)
Spring, Late (season)
Spring, Mid- (season)
St. Agnes Church (contemporary architecture)
St. Agnes Girls' School (contemporary architecture)
St. Andrew's Church (contemporary architecture)
St. Anselm's Priory (contemporary architecture)
St. Luke's Garden (modern architecture)
St. Luke's Tower (modern architecture)
St. Luke's Residence Tower (modern architecture)
St. Mary´s Cathedral (modern architecture)
St. Philip Church (modern architecture)
Stables of the Koderas (contemporary architecture)
Stall in Temples & Shrines (consumption)
Star Festival (festival)
Starbucks Coffee (food)
Starck, Philippe (architect)
Station, Railway (traffic)
Station Kiosk, Railway (traffic)
Station Towers Nagoya (modern architecture)
Steam Engine (traffic)
Steamroller (building industry)
Steps (modern architecture)
Sticks (modern architecture)
S.T.M. House (modern architecture)
Stock Exchange (Tôkyô)
Stone Buddha (Usuki)
Straits crossing Bridge (architecture)
Straw Festoon Rope (new year´s day)
Streetcar (traffic)
Street Cleaning (work)
Street People (society)
Stretcher (ambulance)
Stone Bridge (architecture)
Stroll Garden (architecture)
Stubbins, Hugh (architect)
Studio Aoyama (modern architecture)
Subaru (multinational group)
Suburban Train (traffic)
Subway (traffic)
Subway Station Iitabashi (modern architecture)
Subway Station Roppongi (modern architecture)
Sugamo (Tôkyô)
Sugiyama Takashi (architect)
suisôgakki = wind instrument
Suizen-ji (garden)
Sukibayashi Police Box (modern architecture)
Sumida Culture Factory (modern architecture)
Sumida-gawa (river)
Sumidagawa Bridges (architecture)
Sumidagawa-ôhashi (bridge)
Sumitomo Bank Kyôto (contemporary architecture)
Sumitomo Bank Ôsaka (contemporary architecture)
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (banking house)
Sumitomo Shiodome Building (modern architecture)
Sumitomo Tsukiji Building (Tôkyô)
Sumiyoshi-jinja (shrine)
Sumiyoshi-taisha (shrine)
Summer, Early (season)
Summer, Late (season)
Summer, Mid- (season)
Summer Holiday (leisure)
Sumô (martial art)
Sun Life Ohori (modern architecture)
Sun Rise Alpha (modern architecture)
Sunburst Building (modern architecture)
Sunkus (convenience store)
Sunshine City Prince Hotel (modern architecture)
Sunshine 60 Building (modern architecture)
Suntory Museum of Art / Midtown (modern architecture)
Suntory Whisky (food)
Supermarket (consumption)
Supreme Court Building (modern architecture)
Surfing, Wind- (leisure)
Sushi (food)
Sushi, rotating (food)
Suspension Bridge, Modern (architecture)
Suspension Bridge, Traditional (architecture)
Suspension Bridge, Vines (architecture)
Sutherland, Kiefer (advertising)
Suzuki Edward (architect)
Suzuki Ichirô (baseball)
Suzuki Makoto (architect)
Suzuki Ryôji (architect)
Suzuki Teiji (architect)
Svagr, Jan Josef (architect)
Sweden Embassy (Tôkyô)
Swimming Pool, Open Air (leisure)
Swimming Season (leisure)
Syntax (modern architecture)

T
Tachikawa (city)
Taga-jinja (shrine)
taiko = drum
Taikodani-inari-jinja (shrine)
Taisei Construction (architect)
taisha = shrine
Taishakuten Temple (Tôkyô)
Taishô Period (history)
Taiyo Life Shinagawa Building (modern architecture)
Taizô-in (garden)
Tajima Building (modern architecture)
Takahashi Hiroshi & Akiko (architect)
Takamatsu (city)
Takamatsu Shin (architect)
Takamatsu Symbol Tower (modern architecture)
Takanawa Catholic Church (modern architecture)
Takanawa Prince Hotel (Tôkyô)
Takanawa Prince Hotel, New (modern architecture)
Takano Fumiaki (architect)
takarakuji = lottery
Takarazuka Building (modern architecture)
Takarazuka Opera Company (performing art)
Takasaki Masaharu (architect)
Takashimaya Ginza (department store)
Takashimaya Times Square (modern archiecture)
Takayama (city)
Takayama Hikokurô (Kyôto)
Takayama Kojirô (architect)
take = bamboo
Takeda Goichi (architect)
Takeda Shingen (history)
Takekiri-eshiki (festivals & rites)
Takekoshi Kenzô (architect)
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum (modern architecture)
Takenaka Corporation (architect)
takenoko = bamboo shoots
Takeyama Kiyoshi Sei (architect)
Takeyama Minoru (architect)
Takezawa Shûichi (architect)
Taki Rentarô (composer)
Takigi Nô (performing art)
tako = kite
Talisman (lucky charme)
Tamae-bashi (bridge)
Tama-gawa (river)
Tamagawa Library Kanazawa (modern architecture)
Tamonten (iconography)
Tamura Yasushi (architect)
Tanabe Agency Building (modern architecture)
Tanabe Hiroshi (architect)
Tange Associates (architect)
Tange Kenzô (architect)
tango-no-sekku = boys`festival
Taniguchi Yoshio (architect)
Taniguchi Yoshirô (architect)
Tanise-no-tsuribashi (bridge)
TAO Architects (architect)
tatsu = dragon
Tatsuno Kazai (architect)
Tatsuno Kingo (architect)
Taue-sai (festivals & rites)
Taxi (traffic)
TBS (television station)
T-Building in Nakameguro (modern architecture)
Tea (food)
Tea, Cultivation of
Tea Ceremony (traditional art)
Tea Garden (garden)
Tea House (traditional art)
Tea house Ichiriki-ochaya (Kyôto)
Team Zoo (architect)
Technology (economy)
Teens (society)
Tekkôkan Steel Building (modern architecture)
Telecom Center (modern architecture)
Telecommunication
Telephone (telecommunication)
Telephone Line (telecommunication)
Temple (architecture)
tennô = Emperor
Tenryû-ji (temple)
Tepco Electric Energy Museum (modern architecture)
Tepia (modern architecture)
tera = temple
Terada Hideo (architect)
Terrazza (modern architecture)
Terui Shinzô (architect)
The Juwels of Aoyama (modern architecture)
Theatre (performing art)
Theatre Imperial (modern architecture)
Theatre, Kabuki (Kyôto)
Theatre, Kabuki Ôsaka (contemporary architecture)
Theatre Kabuki Tôkyô (contemporaray architecture)
Theatre, Minamiza (Kyôto)
Theatre, National / Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Theatre, New National / Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Theatre, Nissei (contemporary architecture)
Theatre, Shiki (Tôkyô)
Thermal Spa (customs & traditions)
Third Millenium Gate (modern architecture)
Thousand warriors procession (festival)
Three Boats Procession (festivals & rites)
395 (modern architecture)
Thunder + Lightning (nature)
Timber Frame House (modern architecture)
Times I + II (modern architecture)
TIT Centennial Hall  (modern architecture)
= pagoda
Toba (city)
Tôbu-tetsudô-sumidagawa-kyôryô (bridge)
Tôdai = Tôkyô University
Tôdai-ji (temple)
Tod`s Omotesandô (modern architecture)
Tôfuku-ji (temple)
Tôfuku-ji / Hôjô Hossô Garden (garden)
Tôgan-ji (temple)
Togetsu-kyô (bridge)
Tôgô Heihachirô (history)
Tôhoku (landscape)
Tôhoku-daigaku (university)
Toilet (custom & tradition)
Tô-ji (temple)
Tôkagakudô (contemporary architecture)
Tôkaidô (historical long-distance road)
Tôkasaikan Building (contemporary architecture)
Tôkôdai = Tôkyô-kôgyô-daigaku (university)
Tokoro Masaaki (architect)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (history)
Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya)
Tokushima (city)
Tôkyô (city)
Tôkyô Big Sight (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Central Station (Tôkyô)
Tôkyô City Hall (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Church of Christ (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Daigaku (university)
Tôkyô Design Center (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Dome (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Dome Hotel (modern architecture)
Tôkyô FM (radio station)
Tôkyô Geijutsu Daigaku (university)
Tôkyô Harumi Terminal (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Imperial Hotel (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Imperial Hotel, Old (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Institut of Technologie (university)
Tôkyô JR Central Station (Tôkyô)
Tôkyô Kôgyô Daigaku (university)
Tôkyô Marine & Fire Insurance (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Metropolitan Art Museum (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Metropolitan Art Space (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Metropolitan Festival Hall (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Metropolitan Government Office (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Metropolitan Gymnasium (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Mode Gakuen (modern architecture)
Tôkyô National Museum, Honkan (architecture)
Tôkyô National Museum, Hôryû-ji (modern architecture)
Tôkyô National Museum, Tôyôkan (architecture)
Tôkyô National Theater (modern architecture)
Tôkyô National Theater, New (modern architecture)
Tôkyô National University, Fine Arts & Music (education)
Tōkyō National University, Fine Arts & Music, Art Museum
Tōkyō National University, Fine Arts & Music, Concert Hall

Tôkyô Opera City Building (modern architecture)
Tôkyô Stock Exchange = TSE
Tôkyô Star Bank (banking house)
Tôkyô Tower (Tôkyô)
Tôkyô Twin Parks (modern architecture)
Tôkyô University (education)
Tôkyô University, Gotenshita Memorial Arena (architecture)
Tôkyô University, Faculty of Law Bldg. (architekture)
Tôkyô University, Faculty of Letters Bldg. (architecture)
Tôkyô University, Yasuda Hall (contemporary architecture)
Tôkyô Wan Aqua-Line (bridge)
Tôkyû Sekkei (architect)
TOM Gallery (modern architecture)
Tombstone (customs & traditions)
Tominaga Yuzuru (architect)
Topix (stock exchange)
Toppan Koishikawa Building (modern architecture)
Tora-san (Tôkyô)
Torchbearer (festival)
torii = shrine gate
Toshiba (multinational group)
Toshiba Building (modern architecture)
toshi-no-ichi = year end market
Tôshôdai-ji (temple)
Tottori (landscape)
Tourist Boat (traffic)
Touristic Service (work)
Tower Blocks (Tôkyô)
Tower House (modern architecture)
Tower of Winds (modern architecture)
Toy (custom & tradition)
Toyoda Kiichirô (history)
Toyohashi (city)
Toyota (city)
Toyota (multinational group)
Toyota Auto Salon Amlux (modern architecture)
Toyota Bridge (modern architecture)
Toyota City Hall (modern architecture)
Toyota City Stadium (modern architecture)
Toyota Hall, Nagoya University (modern architecture)
Toyota Mainichi Building (modern architecture)
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (modern architecture)
Toyota Sangô-kan (modern architecture)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (history)
Traditional Arts
Traditional Dances (performing arts)
Traditional Instruments (performing arts)
Traditions
Traffic
Traffic Lights (traffic)
Traffic Police (work)
Tram (traffic)
Trans (modern architecture)
Transport of Goods (transportation)
Transvers Flute (traditional instruments)
Travel Guide (work)
Travel - inland (leisure)
Travel - overseas (leisure)
Trowbridge & Livingstone (architect)
Truck (transportation)
Truck Blessing (transportation)
Truss Wall House (modern architecture)
TSE = Tôkyô Stock Exchange
Tsubouchi Shôyô (author)
Tsuda Hall (modern architecture)
Tsugaru-Shamisen (instrument)
Tsukiji (Tôkyô)
Tsukiji Fishmarket (Tôkyô)
Tsukiji-Hongan-ji (temple)
tsukimi = "moon viewing"
Tsukishima (Tôkyô)
Tsukuda (Tôkyô)
Tsukuda-ôhashi (bridge)
Tsumaki Yorinaka (architect)
tsunami = tidal wave
Tsunenaga Shigura (Sendai)
tsuri-daiko = drum on a stand
Tsurugaoka-Hachiman-gû (shrine)
Tsurumai-kôen (park)
Tsûtenkaku (modern architecture)
tsutsuji = azalea
Tsuwano (city)
Tsuwano-jô (castle)
Tusquets, Oscar (architect)
TV Asahi (television station)
TV Tôkyô (television station)
21-21 Design Sight (modern architecture)
Twin Parks Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Twin Towers (Ôsaka)

U
Uchida Shigeru (architect)
Uchida Yoshikazu (architect)
Uchidake Jûtaku (contemporary architecture)
Uchii Shôzo (architect)
Uchikanda D.N.K. Bldg. (modern architecture)
udon = wheat noodles
Ueno (Tôkyô)
Ueno Green Club (modern architecture)
Ueno Park (Tôkyô)
UFJ Bank (banking house)
UFJ Bank Headquarters (modern architecture)
Uji (city)
Uji-bashi (bridge)
Ujigami-jinja (shrine)
Uji-gawa (river)
U-jô (castle)
Ukiyoe Museum (modern architecture)
uma = horse
Umaya-bashi (bridge)
Umbrella, Japanese (paper art)
Umeda (Ôsaka)
Umeda Sky City (modern architecture)
Umemiya Tatsuo (Narita)
Umesawa Tomio (kabuki)
Unhex Nani Nani (modern architecture)
United Arrows Harajuku (modern architecture)
United Nations University (modern architecture)
United States Embassy (Tôkyô)
United Nations University (modern architecture)
Universities in Japan (education)
Universities in Tôkyô (Tôkyô)
University Aichi Prefectural (education)
University Chûkyô (education)
University Dôshisha, Chapel of (contemp. architecture)
University Dôshisha, Haris Science Hall (contemp. archit.)
University Dôshisha, Shôeikan (contemporary architecture)
University Hitotsubashi, Kanematsu Auditorium (architecture)
University Hôsei (modern architecture)
University Hôsei, Boissonade Tower (modern architecture)
University Keiô, New Library (modern architecture)
University Keiô, Old Library (contemporary architecture)
University Kinjjô-gakuin (education)
University Kôgakuin (modern architecture)
University Meiji, Liberty Tower (modern architecture)
University Meiji-gakuin (education)
University Meiji-gakuin, Chapel (contemporary architecture)
University Meiji-gakuin, Main Hall (modern architecture)
University Meiji-gakuin, Palette Zone (modern architecture)
University Nagoya, Research Center (mod. architecture)
University Nanzan, Chapel of (modern architecure)
University Ôtani (education)
University Ôtani, Auditorium  (modern architecture)
University Ôtani, Headquarters (modern architecture)
University Rikkyô, Library (modern architecure)
University Sophia, Building No.1 (contemp. architecture)
University Sophia, Building No.10 (mod. architecture)
University Tôkyô, Gotenshita Memorial Arena (architecture)
University Tôkyô, Faculty of Law Building (architecture)
University Tôkyô, Faculty of Letters Building (architecture)
University Tôkyô, Yasuda Hall (contemp. architecture)
Universität Tōkyō of Fine Arts & Music (education)
Universität Tōkyō of Fine Arts & Music, Concert Hall
Universität Tōkyō of Fine Arts & Music, Art Museum

University, United Nations (modern architecure)
University Waseda, Hi-Tech Research (mod. architecture)
University Waseda, Research Center (mod. architecture)
University Waseda, Student Lounge (mod. architecture)
Urabe Shizutarô (architect)
Urakami Church (Nagasaki)
Urban Motorway (Tôkyô)
Urban Motorway (traffic)
US Embassy (Tôkyô)
US Flag (flags)
Used Car Trade (traffic)
Ushida Eisaku (architect)
Usuki (landscape)
Uwajima (city)

V
Vegetable (food)
Vending Machine (consumption)
Vidyârâja (Iconography)
Villa Iwasaki (contemporary architecture)
Villa Katsura (garden)
Villa Moderna (modern architecture)
Vine Bridge (architecture)
Vinôly, Rafael (architect)
Visiting Card (work)
Visual Kei (trend)
Vories, William Merrell (architect)
Yoshitsune = Minamoto Yoshitsune
Volcanic Crater (Mt. Aso)
Volcanic Crater (Mt. Fuji)
Volcanic Island (Sakurajima)
Votive picture (Shintô)
Vuitton Ginza Building (modern architecture)
Vuitton Nagoya Building (modern architecture)
Vuitton Namiki Building (modern architecture)
Vuitton Omotesandô Building (modern architecture)
Vuitton Roppongi Hills Building (modern architecture)

W
Wacoal Kojimachi Bldg. (modern architecture)
Wada Junken (architect)
wagasa = Japanese umbrella
Wagener, Gottfried (history)
Wakabayashi Hiroyuki (architect)
Wakamaru (robot)
Wakasa Beach (leisure)
Wakayama (city)
Wako Department Store (contemporary architecture)
Wall Avenue (modern architecture)
War Dead Memorial of Tôkyô (modern architecture)
Waseda-daigaku (university)
Waseda Studence (modern architecture)
Waseda University (education)
Waseda University / Department of Literature (architecture)
Waseda University / Hi-Tech Research (mod. architecture)
Waseda University / Research Center (mod. architecture)
Waseda University / Student Lounge (mod. architecture)
Washington Hotel Sakuragichô (modern architecture)
Washington Hotel Shinjuku (modern architecture)
washoku = Japanese cuisine
Waste Disposal (work)
Watanabe Eiji (architect)
Watanabe Fukuzô (architect)
Watanabe Hitoshi / Watanabe Jin (architect)
Watanabe Makoto Sei (architect)
Watanabe Setsu (architect)
Watanabe Yôji (architect)
Watari-Um (modern architecture)
Water (nature)
Water Purification Plant Mt. Kujô (contemporary architecture)
Water Sports (leisure)
Waterway (traffic)
Web (modern architecture)
Wedded Rocks (landscape)
Wedding Ceremony (tradition)
Wedge (modern architecture)
Week (modern architecture)
Wesley, John (university)
West Japan General Exhibition Center (modern architecture)
Wheelchair (elderly)
Wheelchair Robot (technology)
Whisky (food & drinks)
white trash charms japan (modern architecture)
Williams, Channing Moore (university)
Wilmotte, Jean-Michel (architect)
Wind Egg (modern architecture)
Wind Instrument (traditional instruments)
Window Cleaner (work)
Wind Power (energy production)
Windsurfing (leisure)
Winter, Early (season)
Winter, Late (season)
Winter, Mid- (season)
Wooden Bridge (architecture)
Woods, Tiger (advertising)
Work
Worker
Workshop (architect)
Workstation (architect)
World Cup 2002, Soccer (sports)
World Peace Memorial Church (Hiroshima)
Wright, Frank Lloyd (architect)

X
Xavier, Francisco de (history)

Y
Yabe Matakichi (architect)
Yabusame (festivals & rites)
Yachida Akio (architect)
Yakisoba (food)
Yakushi-ji (temple)
yashiro = shrine
Yamada Mamoru (architect)
Yamada Shômei Headquarters (modern architecture)
Yamaguchi (city)
Yamaguchi Hanroku (architect)
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Museum of Art (modern architecture)
Yamaha (multinational group)
Yamamoto Riken (architect)
Yamanaka-jô (castle)
Yamanashi Broadcasting & Press Center (architecture)
Yamanashi Prefecture Museum of Art (architecture)
Yamanashi Prefecture Museum of Literature (architecture)
Yamashita Kazumasa (architect)
Yamashita Park (Yokohama)
Yamashita Park Renovation (modern architecture)
Yamashita Sekkei (architect)
Yamate 111-ban-kan (modern architecture)
Yamate 234-ban-kan (modern architecture)
Yamato Courier Service (transportation)
Yamato International (modern architecture)
Yamato Period (history)
Yamauchi Ken (architect)
Yamayaki (festivals & rites)
Yanagisawa Takahiko (architect)
Yano Jirô (university)
Yasaka-jinja (shrine)
Yasuda Hall / Tôkyô University (contemp. architecture)
Yasui Architects (architect)
Yasui Takeo (architect)
Yasukuni-jinja (shrine)
Yatsuka Hajime (architect)
Yayoi-no-machiya (modern architecture)
Yayoi Period (history)
Year End Market (Tôkyô festivals)
Yebisu Garden Place (Tôkyô)
Yebisu Garden Place Tower (modern architecture)
Yen = Currency
YH Building (modern architecture)
Y.M.D. Building (modern architecture)
Yodoya-bashi (bridge)
Yoh Shôei (architect)
Yokkaichi (city)
Yokogawa Ken (architect)
Yokogawa Tamisuke (architect)
Yokohama (city)
Yokohama Archives of History (modern architecture)
Yokohama Bank (banking house)
Yokohama Bank, old (contemporary architecture)
Yokohama Bank Kyôkai (contemporary architecture)
Yokohama Bay Bridge (architecture)
Yokohama Business Park (modern architecture)
Yokohama City Hall (contemporary architecture)
Yokohama Civic Hall (modern architecture)
Yokohama Grand InterContinental Hotel (mod. architecture)
Yokohama I-Land Tower (modern architecture)
Yokohama International Stadium (soccer)
Yokohama Kaigan Church (contemporary architecture)
Yokohama Kyôritsu Gakuen (modern architecture)
Yokohama Mitsui Bussan Building (contemp. architecture)
Yokohama Museum of Art (modern architecture)
Yokohama Shiro Church (contemporary architecture)
Yokohama Shôkin Ginkô (contemporary architecture)
Yokohama Stadium (baseball)
Yomiuri Shinbun (publishing house)
Yoshiba Itsurô (architect)
Yoshida Eizô (architect)
Yoshida Isoya (architect)
Yoshida Tetsurô (architect)
Yoshida-jô (castle)
Yoshii Shigenori (architect)
Yoshimura Tokuichi (architect)
Yoshino-Kumano National Park (landscape)
Yoshinoya (fast food restaurant)
Yoshitaka Satake (lord of the castle)
Yoshitsune = Minamoto Yoshitsune
Yoshizaka Takamasa (architect)
Yoyogi Forest Building (modern architecture)
Yoyogi no Mori Park Mansion (modern architecture)
Yoyogi Park (Tôkyô)
Y Residence (modern architecture)
Yukino Motokichi (architect)
Yurakuchô Mullion (modern architecture)
yûransen = tourist boat
Yurikan Museum (contemporary architecture)
Yushima-seidô (temple)
Yûshûkan Museum (Yasukuni shrine)

Z
Zen Garden (architecture)
Zeniarai-Benten (shrine)
Zenkô-ji (temple)
Zentsû-ji (temple)
Zeze-jô (castle)
zither, 13 strings long
Zôchoten (iconography)
Zôjô-ji (temple)
zôri = Japanese wooden clogs
Zuigan-ji (temple)
Zuiki-matsuri (festivals & rites)
Zuisen-ji (temple)