I think European have a heart to save old architectures and it's stronger than Japanese.
They knows there is a worth keeping old architectures from new one and keeping beautifully. I think they gain its feeling naturally because they were brought up in such a beautiful country. Town is ART.
One of my favorite place and where I've been is Paris. I researched about paris before for my first trip to Paris.
One of my favorite movie is 'Before sunrise' and 'Before sunset'. There's very beautiful places in the film.