One typical characteristic of Japanese architecture is the attention and effort devoted to making buildings tolerably cool enough to live in during the hot summers. With open-plan shoji doors, fusuma sliding screens, breezy spots shaded by greenery and verandahs, eaves and blinds, as well as cool interiors, Japanese architecture is well adapted to its summer environmental conditions. This exhibition introduces some of these features that have become such an indispensable addition to Japanese homes during the summer.

Museum talk
Each of the following days at 2:30 pm:

July 12th (Sat) Noriyuki Asakawa, curator, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

July 26th (Sat) Isamu Yoneyama, assistant professor, Edo Tokyo Museum

August 9th (Sat) Noriyuki Asakawa, curator, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

August 23rd (Sat) Isamu Yoneyama, assistant professor, Edo Tokyo Museum

Address: c/o Koganei Park 3-7-1 Sakuracho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-0005 (Map)

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (Japanese)