the village of world heritage#1世界遺産白川郷・合掌造り集落Ⅰ

its very very deep autumn in japan now.spring the cherryblossom season and autumn the colored leaves season...I recommend everyone to come see japan in those season. I went to "Shirakawa gou白川郷" this time.its listed as sites of the World Heritage in 1995.

in this small village we can see how old japanese "Gassho-zukuri合掌造り" house are like.we can feel something like traveled with time machine to the past... about Gassho-zukuri,see below...I've found some explanation for it.just have copy and paste it haha^^

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I will show you how small this village,its see down view from up on the small mountian.

I put the number on...those pics are comming under next..its nice way of showing,isn't it?

现在我们会感觉非常晚秋呢。樱花在春天和红叶在秋天。。。如果你来玩日本的话，把两个季节我最推荐。

我去看「白川郷」了。那个地方在1995年被登记了为世界遺産。

在这个很小的村子里，我们会看很旧的日本「合掌造」家。也会感觉「跨越时空」一点。关于「合掌造」请你看下面的用英语的说明一下。

好啦。我分享这个很小村子的样子。先让你看从小山看下的风景。在这张我添写号码了。这样你会想象好点。对嘛？

秋も深まって参りました。やっぱし日本は桜と紅葉の季節が一番オススメですよね。

今回は白川郷に行ってきました。８年ぶりに行ったら若干観光地になりすぎた感が否めませんが、素敵な風景が見られました！日本の原風景っていう感じですね。一緒に行った友達のお母さんがここ出身なので、駐車場とか考えずに村の中に停められたので楽チンでした。エヘヘ(^-^)v

それでは写真中心で紹介します。１枚目に番号がふってあるのが下に続く写真を撮った位置です。うーん、親切（笑）****

What is Gassho-zukuri合掌造り?

Gassho-zukuri is a house built of wooden beams combined to form a steep thatched roof that resembles two hands together.

You can see houses such as these in other parts of the country. In Shirakawa, they are called "Kiritsuma-Gassho-zukuri," and the roof can be looked triangular just like a standing book open.

It is the characteristic of these houses in this country.

The structure is built to suit the environment in Shirakawa. It is made to with stand heavy snowfall.

The house face north and south, to minimize wind resistance.

They are also built for be comfort in both summer and winter. The houses stand in a certain direction to adjust the amount of sun in order to keep the room cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

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①shrine in this village.very quiet.in oct famous festival(doburoku fesどぶろく祭り） is being held here.I've been there once 8years ago.it was so special.if I have a chance visiting that festival,I will show you^^

①there is a beautuful entrance here.

①with maidenhair tree,it looks prettier~!

②this bridge is old one,not being used anymore.my friend(his mom is from this village)said in his childhood,he did go up there and play.

③typical view of this village.looks I am in long long time ago in japan^^

③gasshou-zukuri house with autumn plants.

③go with flowers~you can see all the trees are turned in red or yellow back there.makes me feel so autumn adn comming winter.

④this traiangle shape roof is really cute looking~^^

④in front of the house,there is a small rice field.

⑤there are a lot of shops on street.they sell something from the village or around town.

⑤all so pretty displayed^^its so much fun with just looking them.

⑥you can see the back side of the roof.its kind of special,isnt it?and behind the house, mountain is very colorful~

⑦chili pepper.selling them with hanging~very nice~^^

⑧there are some red leaves under the water,so beautiful!!this fish is red too^^

⑧this is a water place for fire department.you can see it everywhere in this village.you know why?coz all those gasshou-zukuri houses are made of wood and plants.so that once it fired it so easy to burn down.they need water place everywhere to preventing from being burnt all village, for just in case.

ok...this is about it for today.I will post new topic tomorrow.its gonna be about the nature view of this village.

好啦。我写完了今天的话。下次我要分享在村子里自然风景了。

今日のネタはここまでで。明日は白川の自然風景を中心に書いてみようと思います。