SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13.

Snow fell intermittently on the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture throughout January. In Shirakawa-go, a village with about 100 traditional gassho-zukuri thatched roof houses, around 30 centimeters ...

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SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Snow blanketed the Shirakawago area on Dec. 15, turning the World Heritage site into a winter wonderland spectacle. A stream of overseas visitors on sightseeing tours ...

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Dr. Shu Yang is an associate professor and advisor of Chinese in the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dr. Yang received her Ph.D. in East Asian Languages ...