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Fire breaks out near Japan’s Shirakawa-go World Heritage site【Videos】
投稿日 2019年11月5日 00:00:07 (ニュース)
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Hidden sprinkler defense system activates to help protect beautiful traditional thatched-roof farmhouses.
Last week, the main hall of Shuri Castle, along with two other structures at the Okinawan landmark, burned to the ground. With Japan still reeling from shock, the nation was just given another massive scare as a fire broke out in Gifu Prefecture’s Shirakawa, known for its beautiful preserved farmhouse architecture at Shirakawa-go.
▼ Shirakawa-go
Shirakawa-go has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its traditional gasshozukuri, “praying hands architecture,” so named because of how the thick, sharply angled thatched roofs resemble hands pressed together in prayer. However, those natural building materials aren’t just beautiful, but flammable too, so visitors were startled to see smoke and flames in the area on the afternoon of November 4.
え、やばくないすか?
#白川郷 #火事 https://t.co/x39QqqX1KF
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FF外からツィツィヤック@レペゼン陸珊瑚 (@twitwiFLASH) November 04, 2019
白川郷来たんですけど、燃えてるんですよね… https://t.co/yA2Z7kH5Oc
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猫ハニコ (@aya_iiko) November 04, 2019
白川郷まじの火事や
やばいな https://t.co/Hgj7g79maw
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なかっち (@zhongdaodaye92) November 04, 2019
Thankfully, the fire began not in one of the large farmhouses in the center of Shirakawa-go, but in a shed near the visitor parking area, just on the other side of a stream from the primary concentration of gasshozukuri structures. Nevertheless, the intense flames brought firefighters to the scene shortly after 2;30 p.m., when the first emergency calls came in.
白川郷燃えてる、火事 https://t.co/gOCWpu4VZC
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はる (@idoli_H) November 04, 2019
うぉーい!!
白川郷で火事起きてるぜ!?
#拡散希望RTお願い致します https://t.co/j78OgfR7cQ
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じゅりあーに3世 (@Messiah3rd) November 04, 2019
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The fire also triggered Shirakawa-go’s extremely cool sprinkler system, in which external sprinklers, which are ordinarily cleverly disguised to blend in with the rustic aesthetics, emerged from their hiding places to spray massive jets of water onto the roofs to lessen the risk that sparks or embers drifting through the sir would ignite the thatch.
▼ Video of a test of the sysem, which was carried out just last week
[白川郷 火災]
白川郷の合掌造り民家園付近で火災が発生したようですが、無事鎮火が確認されました。
先日の訓練同様、一斉放水をして延焼は免れたようです。
(動画は19年10月27日の一斉放水の様子) https://t.co/NRqwnvTpYN
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トヨタ白川郷自然學校 (@TOYOTA_SEI_PR) November 04, 2019
▼ The area near the shed, as it appeared prior to the fire
今回、白川郷で火災になった場所、画像の左側2棟が燃えた様子。2015-06-02撮影。 https://t.co/PJXBeNYrrg
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(@inoue1024) November 04, 2019
Fortunately, the shed where the fire broke out is a maintenance/administrative building, which houses, among other things, an electrical switchboard, and so no travelers were inside. No injuries occurred, nor was there any damage to the nearby gasshozukuri houses.
白川郷 まさかの火事 https://t.co/sNup0yQ5yO
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Kenzo Masaki (@KenzoMasaki) November 04, 2019
Still, the incident, along with what happened at Shuri Castle, is a harsh reminder of how vulnerable Japan’s traditional architecture can be to fire, so if you’re planning a trip to Japan, it might be best to visit the wooden structure you want to see sooner rather than later.
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