Village In Tohoku

22. Kudo house

Shiwa county, Iwate Prefecture
This is a MAGARIYA, or " L " shaped house, built around the middle of the 18th century in the Shiwa district of Iwate Prefecture. The majority of houses built in Tohoku Region （the northeastern part of Japan）were of this style.The main part of the house was used for living quarters, and the rest was used as a horse stable.

23. Sugawara house Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture Built around the late 18th century ,this house originally belonged to a farmer in the mountainside village of Asahi in Yamagata Prefecture. The roof is built in the YOSEMUNE ZUKURI（hipped roof）style . The roof windows are the HAPPO（a kind of dormer）style and the front window was also used as a doorway in the periods of very heavy snowfall, common to that region.

 

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