Today’s photo is a farmhouse in the small town of Shirakawago.

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How would you like a rice field for your front yard? Nice breeze, but the mosquitos would be killer.

Go look at some of my other shots of Shirakawago.

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Today’s photo is another Shirakawa shot. A farmer working one of his many fields.

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This is the same guy who I snapped from overhead while on the mountain that overlooks the town.

Shirakawa is such a nice, peaceful place. I really need to get back there sometime.

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Today’s photo is from Shirakawa-go, a small farmhouse in the middle of some rice fields, and a weary farmer sitting down for a rest.

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My big shot of Shirakawa-go (which I’ll repost below) has become by far my most popular HDR, with more hits than all of the rest of my photos combined. So I thought we might revisit the village today. If you want to learn a bit more about the village, see this post where I talk about it a little.

Compared to the other farmhouses of Shirakawa-go, this one is somewhat small. Maybe it’s not a farmhouse then, but rather just a shed for storing the harvested rice and tools. I’m not sure. The farmer here is taking a well deserved break. That farming is tough work!

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Here’s the other Shirakawa photo.

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Today’s photo is one of the most important farmhouse in Shirakawa-go, Nagaseke (or Nagase house). It’s huge! Check it out.

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It’s just as big inside as it looks. Historically, the entire extended family would live in one of these. This house, Nagaseke, was important because the Nagase family were doctors for the Maede lords in Ishikawa Prefecture. Today it is a museum. They show off various gifts from the Maeda family and various tools for farming and raising sikworms.

This is the same village I posted the wide shot of a week or so ago. Can you find Nagaseke in the wide photo?

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