The graphic above is Nagoya Castle. I used to live in an apartment about a quarter mile from that view. My wife and I would take long strolls through the surrounding park underneath the cherry blossoms.
Japanese architecture is very interesting.
Most Japanese buildings were originally designed with some natural disaster in mind. Paper walls and windows don't kill anyone when they are blown apart by a Typhoon. The upturned corners on rooftops are because of interlocking lattices of support beams which act as shock absorbers which are earthquake resistent. Kata are like Japanese castles. They are beautiful, but in the beauty there is utility .