Not quite but it's a little garden building called a 'Koshikake' and they were originally built (so I believe) as waiting room for those lucky enough to partake in the Tea Ceremony (moi included). After much Pinterest pondering I came across this idea:
It's going to be much smaller than the one shown above and will incorporate an open front such as this one:
...where the decking reaches over the pond in order to view the fishes of a summer evening, accompanied by cold beer or glass of chardonnay.
This afternoon I've just started to set out the 'groundwork' as such:
The bamboo bar-b-q sticks show the location for the concrete pads made from proper 'old skool' 50mm thick concrete 'Council' slabs and the green posts within mark the four main uprights. The deck that will overhang the pond is made from stuff called opepe, which apparently has a life span of 80 years in seawater (or so I was told) The first of the Japanese style paving slabs can be seen in place and eventually there'll be a meandering path of them linking the upper terrarse and pond to the lower terrarse where can be seen the greenhouse and a black chair. Along said 'long and winding road' will be a collection of my favourite trees, which happen to be Japanese maples (proper ones, not the imitation Dutch cultivars)
Material will be Douglas Fir from East Bros nr Salisbury (cut to order with a 10 week lead time) and if you lot are expecting any fancy Japanese joinery you can think again The whole lot is going to held together by a confection of screws and bolts.
It doesn't have to be waterproof, there'll be sufficient gaps in the rear planking to let the wind through, but by far the most expensive part of the project will be the 'rain chain' from Japan that SWIMBO has promised me; think upwards of £300
SWIMBO in her infinite wisdom may decide that it can be made bigger so currently it's a 'fluid situation' - Rob