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(From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri)
House renovation feted with dance
Yomiuri
A spiritual dance and music ceremony was held last last month to mark the completion of renovation work on a 170-year-old residence on Okinoshima island, Shimane Prefecture.
The Sasakis, an old family whose scions served as village heads during the Edo period (1603-1868) for generations, donated the house to the Okinoshimacho municipal government in 1993, asking that the residence be preserved as a cultural asset for the islanders.
Renovation work on the house, which had been built using the island's traditional construction methods, lasted 2-1/2 years from January 2002 until ...