CNA Feature – Remarkable Living

Why are tourists flocking to this remote Japanese village?

Project Info

Client MIYAMA HERITAGE STAYS

Project Description

CNA  Singapore

An hour’s drive from Kyoto, the Miyama region draws visitors to marvel at villages with traditional thatched roof houses, now preserved as cultural heritage sites. Watch this video (filmed before the pandemic) for a virtual travel experience.

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Founder Haruo Nishio speaking about Miyama and thatched-roof culture 

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Guests placing thatch on a traditional roof in Miyama Kyoto 

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Haruo Nishio with Makoto Nakano and master Hidekazu Yamauchi at the Kobayashi family cultural property site in 1994 

Prologue-Where a Rootless Man Found His Ground

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Chapter ２-Across the Sea — Discovering Thatch in England

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