Water-discharge drill at Shirakawa-go in central Japan

Water-discharge drill at Shirakawa-go in central Japan

Columns of water reaching up to 30 meters high are discharged over traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses during an annual water-discharge drill in the village of Shirakawa in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu on Nov. 8, 2015. The Shirakawa-go and neighboring Gokayama regions were declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 1995 for their farmhouses' steep thatched roofs designed to withstand heavy snow in winter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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