Modern architecture in Japan covers buildings built from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, a time when Japan was rapidly modernizing under a new government installed in its new capital of Tokyo. The country absorbed new styles and construction techniques from Europe, and western-style buildings made of brick and stone proliferated. Hybrid-style homes with traditional Japanese and western wings also emerged. Many such buildings can be found in Kyoto – when it lost its capital status with the creation of the new Tokyo government in 1868, it accelerated its push towards modernization in order to remain economically viable. This experience will take you on a walking tour of Kyoto’s buildings from this era.