Tadao Ando: Yes, you are absolutely right. Growing up near the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto, traditional Japanese architecture was a familiar presence in my life from an early age.

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Japan has one of the world's most admired architectural traditions, one that has influenced Western artists and architects from the mid-19th century to the present.

Japan’s traditional architecture has much in common with that of neighboring Korea and China, though it differs in ways that reflect the country’s higher incidence of earthquakes.