Japanese Architecture

The Museum Meiji-Mura

An open air museum of modern Japanese architecture from the Meiji period (1868-1912). The descriptions are brief, but the pictures many. Worth looking at.
(English and Japanese)

Schauwecker's Guide To Japan: Architecture

A light intro paragraph and some links to sites concerned with Japanese Architecture. A starting place more than a destination.
(English)

Sacred Places: Shrine and Ise, Japan

An introduction to the Ise Shrine and the basis of it's architecture.
(English)

Japanese Dwelling Architecture

Providing excellent history and analysis of the hows, whys and whens of Japanese Dwellings, complete with bibliography. A fascinating (if long) read. Check it out.
(English)

Castles of Japan

Takashi Toyooka's collection of pictures and information about dozens of Japanese castles. Lots of information and history. Well written and fun to browse.
(English)

Yahoo! Japan - Arts:Architecture

A meta-index of Japanese architecture related sites on the WWW. This is in take-no-prisoners Japanese - so be prepared.
(Japanese)

Japanese Architecture in Kyoto

A guide to some of the architecture of Kyoto, which is famous for its beauty.
(Japanese)