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Right, so the architecture of the Yayoi culture in Japan has a few key elements that need to be pointed out. This is a storage building at Ise Jingu. Obviously, this is a very refined building at a sacred site, not a random farmhouse. BUT, there are some interesting commonalities between the Yayoi Architecture and the Nordic Stone Age architecture from Northern Europe, that were not part of the architectures of intervening peoples. The Eve Prop. That vertical post under the eves to support the ends of the ridge beam. And the Ridge weight made of crossed bars which weigh down the thatch at the top to prevent it blowing away. It is often considered decorative these days, but was originally purely functional. It is worthy of note, that the Yayoi lived in thatched pit-houses prior to raising their buildings off the ground. That the first raised structures besides watch towers were grain storage buildings and then these developed into shrines.