World Heritage farmhouses in Japan

World Heritage farmhouses in Japan

File photo taken on Oct. 27, 2019, shows "gassho-zukuri" farmhouses in Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000192584
  • Registered date
  • 2019/11/10 21:22:36
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2019 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2503 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.89(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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