Cultural attachment to buildings there seems limited to traditional buildings (shrines, temples, etc), with the dominant attitude towards modern buildings being

Cultural attachment to buildings there seems limited to traditional buildings (shrines, temples, etc), with the dominant attitude towards modern buildings being much more utilitarian. In the US we don’t have much in the way of old/storied buildings, especially in the western half of the country. Maybe that’s responsible for disproportionate attachment to modern buildings.