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The Historic Villages of Shirakawago #91921863
Description
The GasshÃ
Â-style house `prayer-hands construction` style is characterized by a steeply slanting thatched roof, resembling two hands joined in prayer.[3] The design is exceptionally strong and, in combination with the unique properties of the thatching, allows the houses to withstand and shed the weight of the region`s heavy snowfalls in winter.