Published on January 23, 2020. Through an excerpt from Sankei Shō, this article introduces the beauty of the “kamakura” snow huts that the German architect Bruno Taut, who fled Nazi persecution and came to Japan, encountered in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture. It conveys the quiet festival in the snow that, along with Katsura Imperial Villa and Ise Jingu, became known to the world as a symbol of Japanese beauty.

January 23, 2020
“It is a quiet festival in the snow.”
“Here, too, there is beautiful Japan.”
The Rediscovery of Japanese Beauty.
Thanks to Taut’s communication to the world, the charm of kamakura spread globally, together with Katsura Imperial Villa and Ise Jingu.
The following is an excerpt from today’s Sankei Shō.
It was in the winter of Shōwa 11, or 1936, that Bruno Taut, the German architect who came to Japan after fleeing Nazi persecution, visited Yokote City in Akita Prefecture.
Taut was enchanted by the fantastic scenery of rows of kamakura made by piling up pure white snow.
When he entered a kamakura, children offered him amazake.
“It is a quiet festival in the snow.”
“Here, too, there is beautiful Japan.”
The Rediscovery of Japanese Beauty.
Thanks to Taut’s communication to the world, the charm of kamakura spread globally, together with Katsura Imperial Villa and Ise Jingu.
The rest is omitted.