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Bird's eye view of Shirakawa-go from Ogimachi Castle ruins.

Side view of Wada-ke House

Shirakawa-go is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).

Path to Wada House entrance

Close-up of Ogimachi

Main house on left and latrine on right with large vats to gather fertilizer.

Looks like Suganuma, another village in Gokayama area.

Main house with a recently rethatched roof, making it look very smooth.

Shirakawa-go 白川郷

Wada House, Shirakawa-go

Entry road to Ainokura village. Bus stop shelter on right.

Way to Ainokura.

Gable openings let light and air come through the attic to foster silkworms.

What you see first is a big parking lot for tour buses. Then you see the hordes of tourists.

A small stream beside the house helps to melt the snow falling off the roof.

Ainokura monument

Underside of roof made of an A-frame truss structure

The thatched roof is replaced every 30 years. Every spring, 6 or 7 thatched roofs are replaced in Shirakawa-go.

View of Ainokura which is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).

Sugawara house from Tsuruoka city, Yamagata Prefecture. In heavy snow, the front window was used as the door.

Takahata Fudo Station, Keio Line 高幡不動駅

People coming to Takahata Fudoson temple on Feb. 3, Setsubun day.

The bottom ends of these beams are pegged into a point (komajiri) resting on another cross beam. Wada House, Shirakawa-go

Former Hatano residence and birth home of Yoshida Togo 旧旗野邸 (吉田東伍生家)

It costs several million yen and a small army of workers to replace the thatch. The cost is subsidized by the town, prefecture, and national government.

View of Ainokura from a hill

Where silkworms were raised to make silk cocoons.

Ceiling

Sando path to temple from train station. 参道

Takahata Fudoson temple entrance 高幡不動尊

Rear view of birth home of Yoshida Togo who was a famous geographer of Japan who compiled an encylopedia of Japanese place names. His son was Yoshida Chiaki who composed the melody of the song "Biwako Shuko no Uta" (Lake Biwa Rowing Song).

Kitamura house brought from Hadano, Kanagawa

Entrance to Takahata Fudoson Kongoji temple

The setsubun bean-throwing starts with a memorial service, then a procession of the bean throwers and priests.

Slats on the attic floor to enable smoke and soot from the hearth to reach the attic.

A room in the birth home of Yoshida Togo

Bird's eye view of Ainokura 相倉展望台

Kitamura house

Takahata Fudoson Kongoji temple, Hino, Tokyo 高幡不動尊金剛寺

Priests in setsubun procession within the temple grounds.

Straw rope tie the large beams to form a truss for the roof.

Garden of the birth home of Yoshida Togo

Shirakawa-go 白川郷

Nihon Minkaen is an outdoor museum of traditional farm and merchant houses with thatched roofs. They have 25 homes from around Japan many were donated to the museum for preservation.

Niomon Gate, Important Cultural Property from the Muromachi Period 仁王門 (重要文化財)

Priests in setsubun procession within the temple grounds.

Another rope made of a crushed tree branch to tie smaller beams. It tightens as it dries.

Entrance to the Yoshida Togo Memorial Museum which exhibits various documents and personal effects of Yoshida Togo. Museum admission 300 yen. Closed Mon.

Ainokura

Photo gallery

Niomon Gate

Priests in setsubun procession coming through Niomon Gate

Inside Yoshida Togo Memorial Museum. The 2nd floor also has a display panel about his son Yoshida Chiaki who composed the song "Hitsuji-gusa" whose melody was used in the song "Biwako Shuko no Uta" (Lake Biwa Rowing Song).

Fudo Hall on left and Horinkaku on the right, Takahata Fudoson Kongoji temple, Hino, Tokyo

Priest blowing a conch shell

Implements to raise silkworms.

Restaurant

Rethatching a small storehouse.

Thatched roof

Priests in setsubun procession coming through Niomon Gate

Incense burner 大香炉

Foundation and pillars rest on stones. The beam is shaped to fit the stone.

Ainokura

Water nozzles aimed at the house. No smoking.

Festival beauties included.

Putting smoke on one's head.

Two foundation beams interlock.

Ainokura is smaller than Shirakawa-go, but still tourist-driven.

Temple priest

Fudo Hall from the 14th century, Important Cultural Property 不動堂 (重要文化財)

Thatch repair work.

Names of the bean throwers.

Fudo Hall

Start of setsubun bean throwing (mamemaki) by minor celebrities. 豆まき

Fudo Hall offertory box and worshippers

Yamada house

Offertory box

Miss Nippon

Miss Nippon throw beans, but not very far.

Horinkaku and Niomon on right.

Center of Ainokura and souvenir shop.

Horinkaku 宝輪閣（お札所）

Kimono beauties and beans do mix well.

Thatched roofs

Tourist Information Office in the center of town.

Emukai house brought from Nanto, Toyama. In the gasshi-zukuri style with steep roof. Kawasaki Nihon Minkaen

Women in kimono is a must on Setsubun day.

Roof of Horinkaku 宝輪閣

Ainenji temple 相念寺

Tourist Information Office

Restroom behind the Tourist Information Office

Nihon Minkaen, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Minor female idols also on hand to throw beans.

Statue of Hijikata Toshizo from Shinsengumi. 土方歳三像

These pictures were taken in the fall.

Cooling system

Inside Emukai house

節分会に吉井怜、三津谷葉子、福下恵美が豆まく

Statue of Hijikata Toshizo. 土方歳三像

Bikini idols Yoshii Rei, Mitsuya Yoko, and Fukushita Megumi throwing beans on Setsubun

Rear view of Hijikata Toshizo statue

Parking lot along the main road through the village.

Spare thatch, Ainokura

Shinsengumi monument 新選組両雄の碑

After the first bean-throwing session.

Benten Pond and Hall 弁天池・弁天堂

Deai Bridge crossing the Shokawa River.

Center of Ainokura

Bentendo Hall 弁天堂

Crowd waits for another bean-throwing session

Five-story Pagoda 五重塔

Deai Bridge

People crowd in front of the Horinkaku

Took 5 years to build this.

Shokawa River

Monument in the center of Ainokura.

Tourist Info Office near the bus stop.

Nihon Minkaen, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Bean throwers make speeches.

Five-story Pagoda 五重塔

Entrance to the Gassho-zukuri Minka-en outdoor museum.

Toilet

Five-story Pagoda, architecture is based on early Heian Period-style. 五重塔

Gassho Storehouse 合掌小屋造り

Gassho-zukuri Minka-en outdoor museum

The museum park has 25 homes from around Japan many were donated to the museum for preservation. Near Mukogaoka-yuen Station on the Odakyu Line. Closed Mon. Admission 500 yen.