Modern significance of Komise (a covered alley): Snow country wisdom in promoting-Hanawa, Kazuno-city and Kuroishi-city development-

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  • NARA Hiroshi
    Faculty of Bioresource Science, Akita Prefectural University

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  • 雪国の知恵・こみせ（小店）の今日的意義―秋田県鹿角市花輪と青森県黒石市にみる―
  • ユキグニ ノ チエ コミセ コミセ ノ コンニチテキ イギ アキタケン カヅノシ ハナワ ト アオモリケン クロイシシ ニ ミル
  • Hanawa, Kazuno-city and Kuroishi-city development
  • 秋田県鹿角市花輪と青森県黒石市にみる

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Komise (a covered alley), which is often referred to as 'Gangi' in the Niigata area, is a popular term in the Tohoku district of Japan. Such Komise were constructed during the Edo period on the basis of snow country wisdom. Heavy snowfall along the Japan Sea area required pedestrian alley, such as a shopping arcade, to be protected from the snow. Komise is a type of eaves or a 1.8 meters extension of the roof of Omoya (the main building) over the sidewalk.<BR>At the beginning of the Showa period, there were numerous Komises in 74 towns throughout Japan, but these numbers have been annually decreasing, because of road-widening and fire prevention projects. Nowadays, there are only a few Komises remaining, although Kazuno-city in Akita and Kuroishi-city in Aomori have begun restoring these to help the economic development of their towns and the revitalization of the local community.

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