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Old 09-01-2009, 12:42 AM   #1
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I loves me some thatched roof homes.
I don't have one because they are expensive, high maintenance, a fire hazard, an open invitation to insects & creepy crawlies, goat food, and won't pass code.

I've never seen a thatched roof this thick, but they sure look cool.



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The village of the Miyama thatch (Miyama-Kayabukino-sato) is in the place called Kita, Miyama-cho (old Kita, Miyama-cho, Kita-Kuwada-gun, Kyoto), Nantan, Kyoto. It is a colony precious as a place where the private house colony of the thatch roof which left the atmosphere of the traditional nostalgic hometown is seen.
I think this is a community center they're working on.



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Old 09-01-2009, 05:07 AM   #2
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I bet they're great insulation!
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Old 09-01-2009, 05:22 AM   #3
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Yeah, they do look cozy. Although, looking again they kind of look like warriors buried to their chins...
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Old 09-01-2009, 05:40 AM   #4
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I want a thatch roof on my outdoor area.
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Old 09-01-2009, 05:44 AM   #5
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Old 09-01-2009, 07:15 AM   #6
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Well if you like thatch roofs, here is the railway station at Shirakawago (White River Village). Although it is a modern building, it is a traditional town / traditional-themed-tourist-town, so they thatched the station roof.
I was on my way home from a hike so I didn't have time to explore further.
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Old 09-01-2009, 08:25 AM   #7
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Old 09-01-2009, 08:29 AM   #8
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I like the UK cob houses, some of which have thatch I think. I also like "green roofs" which can be of varying construction, but I notice that Japanese building has things deliberately planted in it, so that counts.
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Old 09-01-2009, 09:27 AM   #9
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I watched a guy thatching a roof in the Netherlands years ago. It was so cool to watch. He was good at it. Had a lot of muscle memory in those arms. He just did it without thinking. We stayed there for at least an hour sitting on a grassy dyke just watching this guy work bundle by bundle along the roof. He would basically take a big bundle of thatch, tap it against the existing roof to get all the individual straws roughly lined up at the right angle, and plop it in place. Then he had what were essentially oversized hair pins that he stuck down in he thatch to hold it in place. After he had done a section, he took a long serrated knife, like a saw, and cut off all the thatch ends to make it even with the slope of the roof. Very simple and cool. Climbing the ladder with an armful of thatch looked awkward though.
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Old 09-01-2009, 09:42 AM   #10
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I can't figure out why the fellow closest to the camera is wearing a hardhat.
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Old 09-01-2009, 11:50 AM   #11
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Old 09-01-2009, 01:30 PM   #12
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They look like Japanese Amish.
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Old 09-01-2009, 01:31 PM   #13
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I think, looking at the first set of pics, that maybe they weren't planted deliberately; that instead, stuff is just growing under the rain spouts, or spots where rain drips off the beams or whatever that is.

It's still a green roof, just not a living one.
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Old 09-01-2009, 01:38 PM   #14
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There's at least one Christmas Tree Shop up in Mass. that has a thatch roof. Or rather faux-thatch.
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Old 09-01-2009, 05:11 PM   #15
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Thatch all, folks!
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