$19,000 for that (Summer House)???? I went on the link to see what it looked like finished, only to find out, it is finished. You could build that (a reasonable facsimile) with nails instead of jointery for 1,500 and a few weekends.

joinery, not jointery. sorry, bad typist

He's selling the romance of traditional Japanese design.

It's more like he's selling a "bill of goods".

I agree--waaaay overpriced for this shelter, it doesn't look all that special, design-wise, though I do see the pegs--In Pittsburgh, where I live, you can actually buy a fixer-upper house for $19,000!

Looks like a bus stop to me.