Thatched Roofs Japan

Despite economic upheavals the villages of ogimachi ainokura and suganuma are outstanding examples of a traditional way of life perfectly adapted to the environment and people s social and economic circumstances.

Thatched roofs japan.

Minka japan by masahiro minka thatched roof houses are among the most unique and important historical assets of japan. The village with thatched roofs shirakawa go is a village composed of several hamlets located in the shokawa valley in the gifu prefecture north of nagoya. It adapted to the climate and nature of a region. The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in japan.

Their historical value many of these formerly popular homes were demolished and replaced by more modern structures during the bubble era the years of inflated japanese prosperity namely 1986 through 1991. In japanese its name literally means the village of the white river. By doing so heat insulation heat retention breathability and sound insulation of the building are improved. Thatch is still employed by builders in developing countries usually with low.

The thatched roof inn matabe. These huts have since been repurposed as museums restaurants and. Thatching in japan was used commonly for the roofs of traditional houses temples and shrines. The thatched roof huts were specifically designed to withstand heavy amounts of snowfall and some date back more than 250 years.

Kinkaku ji kyoto originally built in 1397 muromachi period japanese architecture 日本建築 nihon kenchiku has been typified by wooden structures elevated slightly off the ground with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding doors fusuma were used in place of walls allowing the internal configuration of a space to be customized for different occasions. Thatched roofs were used in japan since the oldest times. The thatched roof is made with grass such as susuki and yoshi.

It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates. Although these roofs require full replacement every 30 to 50 years today there are still over 100 thousand historical buildings featuring thatched roofs among them traditional houses buddhist temples shinto shrines and tea houses. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw water reed sedge rushes heather or palm branches layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Shirakawago is a gathering of historical japanese villages located in shokawa valley in the northern part of gifu prefecture in central honshu.

Thatching adds to the variety and local characteristics of traditional houses and rural landscapes.