Former buildings and structures in Japan

The was a large two-story building in Tokyo, completed in 1883, which became a controversial symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period. Commissioned for the housing of foreign guests by the Foreign Minister Inoue Kaoru, it was designed by British architect Josiah Conder, a prominent Western adviser working in Japan.

The was Japan's first Western-style skyscraper. It stood in the Asakusa district of City of Tokyo (now Taitō, Tokyo) from 1890 until its demolition in 1923 following the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. The , as it was affectionately called by Tokyoites, was Tokyo's most popular attraction, and a showcase for new technologies. It housed Japan's first electric elevator.

Japanese portable tea room

aerial lift line in Aso, Kumamoto, Japan

historical Buddhist temple located in Yamashina, Kyoto, Japan

thumb|upright=1.0|Danrin-ji Buddhist Temple - Main temple

thumb|right|300px|Ryūkyū-kan in Fuzhou, China '''''' were institutions serving as homes and bases of operations for Ryukyuan missions in early modern Fuzhou (Fujian province, China) and Kagoshima (Satsuma Domain, Japan).