Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Director of the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve Liudmyla Shevchenko attends the presentation of restored 19th-century houses and a 150-year-old windmill at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years.

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Director of the MHP-Gromadi Charitable Fund Oleksandr Pakholiuk and director of the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve Liudmyla Shevchenko attend the presentation of restored 19th-century houses and a 150-year-old windmill at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years.

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Director of the MHP-Gromadi Charitable Fund Oleksandr Pakholiuk and director of the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve Liudmyla Shevchenko attend the presentation of restored 19th-century houses and a 150-year-old windmill at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years.

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Ukrainian Cultural Fund chair Nataliia Kryvda attends the presentation of restored 19th-century houses and a 150-year-old windmill at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years.

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

Restored 19th-century houses and windmill in Taras Shevchenkos homeland

CHERKASY REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Director of the MHP-Gromadi Charitable Fund Oleksandr Pakholiuk and director of the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve Liudmyla Shevchenko attend the presentation of restored 19th-century houses and a 150-year-old windmill at the Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve, Cherkasy region, central Ukraine. The Taras Shevchenko Homeland National Preserve unites the villages of Moryntsi, Shevchenkove, Budyshche and Vilshana. These are the places where the famous Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko spent his childhood years.

Ship-shaped float back in festival after 150-year hiatus

Ship-shaped float back in festival after 150-year hiatus

KYOTO, Japan - An "Ofune Hoko" (big ship-shaped) float, revived after a hiatus of 150 years, has the honor of closing the 10-float "Yamahoko" procession at the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2014.

Book on Hakodate Orthodox Church's history

Book on Hakodate Orthodox Church's history

HAKODATE, Japan - Archpriest Nikolai Dmitriev holds a recently published book on the about 150-year history of Hakodate Orthodox Church, while standing in front of the church in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on March 28, 2012.

Book on Hakodate Orthodox Church's history

Book on Hakodate Orthodox Church's history

HAKODATE, Japan - Archpriest Nikolai Dmitriev holds a recently published book on the about 150-year history of Hakodate Orthodox Church, while standing in front of the church in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on March 28, 2012. (Kyodo)

Ship-shaped float back in festival after 150-year hiatus

Ship-shaped float back in festival after 150-year hiatus

KYOTO, Japan - An "Ofune Hoko" (big ship-shaped) float, revived after a hiatus of 150 years, has the honor of closing the 10-float "Yamahoko" procession at the Gion Festival in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 24, 2014. (Kyodo)

Hotel opens in renovated old Japanese house

Hotel opens in renovated old Japanese house

Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2019 shows hotel NIPPONIA in the Yamanashi Prefecture village of Kosuge. The hotel was opened in a renovated 150-year-old traditional Japanese house on Aug. 21 as part of a plan by the eastern Japan village, with a population of only 700, to utilize old vacant houses and other village assets to stimulate tourism and create jobs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hotel opens in renovated old Japanese house

Hotel opens in renovated old Japanese house

Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2019 shows dishes served at hotel NIPPONIA in the Yamanashi Prefecture village of Kosuge. The hotel was opened in a renovated 150-year-old traditional Japanese house on Aug. 21 as part of a plan by the eastern Japan village, with a population of only 700, to utilize old vacant houses and other village assets to stimulate tourism and create jobs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo