It was used not only on farmhouses, but on the country's grandest buildings. For example, the most important Shinto shrine in Japan, the Grand Shrine of Ise 伊勢神宮 in Mie prefecture, has a thatched roof ...

伊勢神宮・造営中の正殿完成近づく「上棟祭」（伊勢志摩経済新聞） 伊勢神宮内宮で「立柱祭」－式年遷宮行事（伊勢志摩経済新聞） 筑波山で体験イベント「乙女のつくば道」（つくば経 ...