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Triangular Roofs Bring People Together: Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of Japan's snowiest regions. It's famous for its traditional thatched-roof Gassho-style homes. The triangular roofs distribute the weight of heavy snow ...
Snow-covered thatched houses at World Heritage village in central Japan lit up
An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on Jan. 13, lighting ...
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The Japanese villages where time stood still
And in Shirakawa-go, the old communal system of yui – in which up to 200 villagers cooperate to thatch a roof in a single day ...