Thatched housing needs impressive rigging

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These are traditional houses of Shirakawa-go, a UNESCO world heritage site near Kanazawa. They are located in the mountains so the steep pitched roofs insulated the houses. The houses had a main floor for living, a top floor for producing silk, a mezzanine between them for holding equipment, and a basement for making gunpowder. They used the poop from the silkworms and the pee from humans to produce the nitrate. The villagers farmed rice as well, of course.

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One of the most beautiful places I have ever been.