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SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13.

He said he was used to finding old items while working. "I quite often find thatching tools in the roof, which a previous thatcher might have forgotten about and thatched over. "We usually find ...