Monday, July 21, 2008

Old style Japanese house

These houses with a steep rafter roof are well adapted to the extremely heavy snows and other natural features of this region, the gasshozukuri farm house has a unique structure based on interconnected triangles and is immediately recognizable from its enormous thatched roof


茅葺き@神岡町山之村

合掌@上平村小原

Murakami's house

Murakami's house


I don't know what it roof is made from exactly but it's like bunch of straws...

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