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Carpenters renew thatch of world heritage shrine in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Carpenters replace the thatch of a main hall of Shimogamo Shrine, a World Cultural Heritage site in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAT-SHAPED THATCH COTTAGES (CN)

(220428) -- HAIKOU, April 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Feb. 23, 2022 shows the view of Baicha Village in Dongfang City, south China's Hainan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Hainan's boat-shaped houses tell stories of rich ethnic culture " (Xinhua/Li Duojiang)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAT-SHAPED THATCH COTTAGES (CN)

(220428) -- HAIKOU, April 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2022 shows a boat-shaped thatch house in Chubao Village of Wuzhishan City, south China's Hainan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Hainan's boat-shaped houses tell stories of rich ethnic culture " (Xinhua/Liu Deng)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAT-SHAPED THATCH COTTAGES (CN)

(220428) -- HAIKOU, April 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2022 shows boat-shaped thatch houses in Baicha Village of Dongfang City, south China's Hainan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Hainan's boat-shaped houses tell stories of rich ethnic culture " (Xinhua/Liu Deng)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAT-SHAPED THATCH COTTAGES (CN)

(220428) -- HAIKOU, April 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Feb. 16, 2022 shows the view of Chubao Village in Wuzhishan City, south China's Hainan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Hainan's boat-shaped houses tell stories of rich ethnic culture " (Xinhua/Li Duojiang)

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Geisha holding an umbrella

A girl in a kimono and hair done in Japanese style takes a walk in the suburbs holding a parasol. The background is a curtain with a lake and thatch-roofed houses in the distance. (dramatized photograph)==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐33‐0]

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Women on jinrikishas

Two kimono-clad women hold European umbrellas on two jinrikisha (rickshaws). The short-haired rickshaw man in front wears a sacerdotal robe, stomach warmer, long underwear and heavy cloth socks, while the man in the rear wears a twisted head towel, sacerdotal robe, stomach warmer, long underwear and heavy cloth socks. Trees and thatch-roof houses are visible in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number86‐22‐0]

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People of farming villages

It could be a photo introducing the Japanese agricultural village. Some carry bamboo baskets, thatch baskets and hold rakes. The photo has gathered a variety of agricultural tools and farmers.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number45‐1‐0]

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Bridge at iiyama

A photo by F. Beato. The bridge in Iiyama over the road from Atsugi to Miyanose. Thatch-roofed houses and wooden bridges are in the picture.==Date:unknown, Place:Kanagawa, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number36‐12‐0]

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Arashiyama at hozugawa river

A view of Kunugiya Sozo Shrine from Nakanoshima on the other side of the river. The bargeboard of the shrine can be seen clearly. To the fore of the river, a small thatch-roofed hut is set, with a woman dressed in a kimono sitting on a stand.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number9‐32‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

The caption reads Mississippi Bay near Yokohama in English. It is the same as No. 4-22. It is a view of Negishi village from Fudo saka. To the right is Mississippi (Negishi) Bay, and to the distance is Honmoku Cape. In the village are seen thatch-roofed houses and cultivated fields.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐13‐0]

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TOTSUKA

The caption reads Totsuka Tokaido in English. It is a view of Totsuka on the Tokaido Highway. A man holding a container with fertilizer and a rickshaw man are shown in the photo. The background may be a shrine, and thatch-roofed houses are seen in the centre.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐24‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

The caption reads Mississippi Bay near Yokohama in English. It is a view of Negishi village from Fudosaka. To the right is Mississippi Bay (presently Negishi Bay) with Honmoku Cape in the distance. Thatch-roofed houses and a well-cultivated field can be seen in the village.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐22‐0]

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SAKAIGI

The caption reads Sakaigi, Tokaido in English. It is a view of the village in Sakaigi and road along the Tokaido. To the right front is a watering place, and a man is photographed on the road. The houses in the vicinity are all thatch-roofed.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐25‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Kawai-bashi Bridge,Suzukawa

The former shogunate territory located on the left bank of the River Usui, with the Suzu River facing Suruga Bay. The photo is beautifully structured with Mt.Fuji and a pine boulevard, wooden bridge, thatch-roofed house, boat in the river and boatsman. Another picture of Mt.Fuji with the same features and angle, is introduced on p.69 in the Shashin De Miru Bakumatsu Meiji (The End of the Tokugawa Era and Dawn of Meiji Era in Pictures) edited by Ozawa Kenji, as a photo entitled Mt.Fuji and Fasari Company from the Street .==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Mizuno Hanbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐20‐0]

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Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

LEYTE, Philippines - Mylene Openiano, 22, mother of four, talks to Kyodo News on Oct. 22, 2014, about her family's new house in Dulag town in the central Philippine province of Leyte, courtesy of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network. Openiano's original house, a nipa hut (thatch house), was completely blown away by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. (Kyodo)

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Traditional ritual for good harvest on Amami island

Men climb onto the roof of a thatch hut and shake it during a traditional ritual to pray for a good harvest on Amami-Oshima Island, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo