The sun warms roofs of Gassho farmhouses. Rising vapor will guide you to a world of fantasy.
Steam rises violently from a roof.
Snow remains on a rooftop.
Inside the third floor of a Gassho farmhouse.
Straw ropes and Neso are used to tie up lumbers to form roofs. Neso is a local word for Mansaku, witch hazel.
Mansaku is hammered and soaked in water for about 3 months to make it soft. It becomes stiff when it gets dried.
25 m-long ceder lumber is used to reinforce a roof as a brace.
Pointed lumbers to support about 100 ton thatched roof are keys for an earthquake-resistant structure.
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