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Sean Crow
October 13, 2025
Gravel riding
The Toyama House, located in the Miboro settlement near the southern end of Shirakawa-go, is an example of a traditional gassho-style farmhouse.
It features a steeply slanted, triangular thatched roof; a spacious, multi-level attic with windows on the gabled ends; an irori fireplace in the middle of the first floor; and a pit for producing saltpeter (an essential ingredient in gunpowder) underneath the floor.
Built around 1850 for the Toyama family, the largest and most influential family in Miboro at the time, the house was used as a residence until the late 1960s.
vill.shirakawa.lg.jp/1475.htm
It features a steeply slanted, triangular thatched roof; a spacious, multi-level attic with windows on the gabled ends; an irori fireplace in the middle of the first floor; and a pit for producing saltpeter (an essential ingredient in gunpowder) underneath the floor.
Built around 1850 for the Toyama family, the largest and most influential family in Miboro at the time, the house was used as a residence until the late 1960s.
vill.shirakawa.lg.jp/1475.htm
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