Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms. The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan. The island of Itsukushima, in the Seto inland sea, has been a holy place of Shintoism since the earliest times. The first shrine buildings here were probably erected in the 6th century. The present shrine dates from the 13th century and the harmoniously arranged buildings reveal great artistic and technical skill. ½Ã¶óÄ«¿Í°í °íÄ«¾ß¸¶ÀÇ °«¼îÁîÄí¸®¸¶À»Àº ¿À·§µ¿¾È ¿ÜºÎ¼¼°è¿Í °Ý¸®µÈ »ê°£Áö´ë¿¡ ÀÚ¸®Àâ°í ÀÖ´Â °¡¼î ½ºÅ¸ÀÏÀÇ ¸¶À»·Î »Í³ª¹« Àç¹è¿Í ¾çÀá¾÷À¸·Î »ýÈ°ÇÏ°í ÀÖ´Ù. ´ë °¡¿ÁÀº ÀÌÁß ±¸Á¶¿¡ °æ»çÁö°í ÁöºØÀº ¤À¸·Î ¸¸µé¾îÁø ÀϺ»ÀÇ µ¶Æ¯ÇÑ ÀüÅë °¡¿ÁÃÌÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌÃ÷Äí½Ã¸¶ ½Å»ç´Â µå¶ó¸¶Æ½ÇÑ ÀÚ¿¬Àû ¹è°æÀ» Áß½ÉÀ¸·Î ¿¹¼úÀû, ±â¼úÀû ÀåÁ¡À» °¡¹ÌÇÑ ÀüÅë ½Å»ç °ÇÃàÀÌ´Ù.
* ´ÏÄÚ »ç´ç°ú »ç¿ø/È÷¸ÞÁö¼º/·ùÅ¥¿Õ±¹ (Shrines and Temples of Nikko/Himeji-Jo/Kingdom of Ryukyu)