/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Gonna post this here in case nobody looks at my thread (renovating in Japan).

I want to put extra windows on top of the existing southfacing ones (see pic related) and will need to remove the canopy in order to fit them. Is this a bad idea? What is this kind of canopy for? Its so small it does very little for rain protection, i believe.. are they just a stylistic thing or bit of shade from summer sun? Anyone know why I shouldn't take this thing off?

Also, entirely unrelated, you can see my mud wall making in this picture (from a few weeks ago), it was the only one I had that showed enough of the window to explain my question.

OP here with an unrelated question:

I want to put extra windows on top of the existing southfacing ones (see pic related) and will need to remove the canopy in order to fit them. Is this a bad idea? What is this kind of canopy for? Its so small it does very little for rain protection, i believe.. are they just a stylistic thing or bit of shade from summer sun? Anyone know why I shouldn't take this thing off?

Also, entirely unrelated, you can see my mud wall making in this picture (from a few weeks ago), it was the only one I had that showed enough of the window to explain my question.