Question: what are the three characteristics of japanese architecture?
Answer: Wood. By far the most prominent feature of traditional Japanese buildings is the dominance of wood. ... 
Screens and sliding doors. Old Japanese houses relied on movable screens (shoji) and sliding doors (fusuma) to divide and re-divide rooms as needed. ... 
Tatami. ... 
Verandas. ... 
Genkan. ... 
Relationship with nature. ... 
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