Shirakawa
Shirakawa Hachiman Jinja
Known for its doburoku festival, a rite that holds the village together.
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Known for its doburoku festival, a rite that holds the village together.
Gassho-zukuri houses. The roofs stand at 60 degrees to shed snow, and silkworms were raised beneath them.
Roofs pitched near 60 degrees against the snow, rethatched by the whole village working together under an old mutual-aid system.