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Traditional Japanese tatami room with irori hearth
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Traditional Japanese tatami room with irori hearth and sunlight through shoji screens

Photo by Evgeny Tchebotarev

Used on landing page — about section portrait

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Gassho-zukuri farmhouse interior with rays of light
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Gassho-zukuri farmhouse interior with crepuscular rays, Shirakawa-go, Gifu Prefecture

Photo by Sergio

Used on landing page — photo break, between about and sekimen sections

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Traditional Japanese village in morning mist
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Traditional Japanese village wrapped in morning mist and forest, Kyoto Prefecture

Photo by W W

Used on landing page — photo break, between research and partner sections

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Tea fields and farmhouses on hillside, Wazuka, Kyoto
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Terraced tea fields with farmhouses on a hillside, Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture

Photo by Eva Bronzini

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Traditional Japanese room with shoji screens and tatami mats
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Traditional Japanese room with shoji screens and tatami mats

Photo by Yosuke Ota

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Traditional Japanese wooden house with tiled roof
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Traditional Japanese wooden house with ornate tiled roof, Matsuyama, Japan

Photo by Tuan P.

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Traditional Japanese houses on a hillside in autumn
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Traditional Japanese houses nestled on a hillside in autumn, Kyoto

Photo by Kate Kasiutich

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