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Timber-framed interior of a traditional Japanese farmhouse in Niigata

Minka

Minka are Japan’s vernacular dwellings, shaped by regional materials, climate, livelihood, household organization, and gradual historical change.

Traditional thatched-roof Japanese house at an open-air museum in Kawasaki

Japanese House

A Japanese house is not one fixed style but a changing family of dwellings shaped by climate, materials, domestic customs, and modern building systems.