This word sometimes simply refers to a roof with cypress bark itself.
Hinoki bark roof.
Japanese roofers repairing shofuso s hinoki bark roof in april 2011.
This is the only roof of its kind outside of japan.
Our roof is made of hinoki a japanese cypress and is the only one of its kind in the united states.
The care and upkeep of a hinoki bark roof demands precision and knowledge of traditional roofing techniques.
Hollywood has a new rooftop bar and restaurant contender just in time for the hopeful start of the sunny season.
This october tanigami roofing co.
Regular maintenance work will keep our roof functioning until 2030 and beyond.
More images of the roof restoration.
Hiwada bukiis a traditional method of covering a roof with the bark of hinoki japanese cypress.
This maintenance work requires us to bring japanese roofers from nara japan to shofuso every five or six years to perform repairs.
The care and upkeep of a hinoki bark roof demands precision and knowledge of traditional roofing techniques.
This method dates back to the asuka period which was over a hundred years before the relocation of the capital to kyoto in 794.
In 1999 fjhg raised 1 2 million to replace the hinoki bark roof the only one of its kind outside of japan and in 2007 internationally renowned artist hiroshi senju inspired by our waterfall donated 20 murals to shofuso to replace original murals destroyed by vandals in the 1970s.