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2017.12Winter at Gassho village

2017年12月27日 水曜日

Gokayama Suganuma village

Myozenji temple

Snow comes at Gassho village in Winter 2017, late December

Sprinklers installed on roads to thaw snow

2011年1月20日 木曜日

Sprinklerinrest

Sprinklers are installed on  roads to thaw snow and ice.

sprinklerinrest2

Each sprinkler has 4 small holes to spout water.

workingsprinkler

Sprinklers are in operation.

waterspurtingsprinkler

Water is spurting from sprinkler

carandsprinkler

Cars are running in spurting water from sprinklers at an intersection.

intersection 

Spurting water at an intersection.

pedestriancrossing

A pedestrian crossing is cleared by sprinklers.

trackview 

Sprinklers wash a switch of tracks for not stuck on snow.

switchoftrack

A switch sprinkled by water.

bird

A bird perches on a branch.

Preparing for winter

2010年12月11日 土曜日

nagamach-self-portrait

Mud walls at Nagamachi Samurai District skirted with rice-straw mats to protect from the damage by snow. 

karasakinomatsu-strawropetieup

Gardeners are cooperating to tie up straw ropes to the branches of Karasakinomatsu pine tree.

 

 

tsuzumimongate

New symbol of  Kanazawa, Tsuzumi-mon gate in front of JR Kanazawa Station.