The one thing about Japanese architecture I have always envied is the long hallways around the living spaces with glass on the outer side and shoji screens on the inside that can be opened or closed for the view. If I were able to design and build my own house I would have that.
Bukeyashiki (the house that samurai used to live) is just like that and which is really beautiful. Japanese traditional architectures are highly designed and the carpenters in Edo period had amazing skills✨