Flood control in Japan

tunnel in Japan

thumb|A Meiji era bearing a resemblance to a [[veranda, with people for scale. Note the slope of the ground under the , and the traditional stone step.]] thumb|upright|, with sliding glass doors outside, and ( with both paper and glass panes) inside. The solid wood leaning up against the corner is a storm shutter, and is usually stored away. An or is an edging strip of non-tatami-matted flooring in Japanese architecture, usually wood or bamboo. The may run around the rooms, on the outside of the building, in which case they form a veranda that can be used as a porch or sunroom.