Since it is practical, yet easily expresses Japanese design, it has been used in Manchukuo (Manchuria), which was Japan's allied country, as well as in Japan; some buildings still exist.
実用を兼ねて容易に日本的な意匠を表現できる事から、日本国内のほか、日本の同盟国であった満州国でも用いられ、現存するものも多い。