Together, they offer a rare snapshot of pre-industrial Japanese rural life, and are defined above all by their remarkable collection of thatched houses. I am here with 20 or so people who have ...

Thatched houses have existed in Japan for at least 5,000 years, but today they’re found only in a handful of villages across the country. As a young man, Haruo Nishio, now 51, moved to rural ...

Thatched buildings are deeply connected to Japan's history and culture, yet few survive. However, a cluster of villages near Kyoto are keeping this ancient tradition alive. I arrived in Miyama in ...

At 5:30 p.m., 108 lights lit up 32 thatched roofs, and the beautiful ... Note: Gassho is the act of joining a pair of hands in prayer. Japanese original Easy Japanese news is taken from the ...

A thick thatched roof topped with purple iris flowers shelters this timber sheep pen in Kyoto, Japan, which has been designed by local architecture practice 2m26. Named Hitsujigoya, meaning sheep ...