Water-discharge drill at World Heritage-listed Shirakawa-go

Water-discharge drill at World Heritage-listed Shirakawa-go

An annual water-discharge fire drill is held on Oct. 30, 2022, in Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage site famous for traditional "gassho-zukuri" thatched farmhouses in the Gifu Prefecture village of Shirakawa, central Japan.

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