World Heritage Gassho Zukuri Farmhouses Hold Water-Discharge Exercise

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The frond house is Wada House, the biggest house at Shirakawa-go. Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. This annual drill is held to prevent fire. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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Fishes asideditch at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. This annual drill is held to prevent fire. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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The traditional farm houses and coloured leaves at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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The traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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The traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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The traditional farm houses and coloured leaves at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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The traditional farm houses and coloured leaves at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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The traditional farm houses and coloured leaves at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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The traditional farm houses and coloured leaves at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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