the chance to learn about thatching, and feel its appeal.

But there a now only about 800thatchers and 24 farmers specialised in producing thatching straw left in the UK. The cost of straw imported from abroad has also been pushed up by Russia's invasion ...

As a result, Japan's 5,000-year-old thatching tradition flourishes here, nurtured by the Japan Cultural Thatching Association ...

The traditional re-thatching of the roof of a “gassho-zukuri” structure was undertaken by a mutual assistance group formed by local residents called “Yui,” which has helped preserve the ...