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William Merrell Vories exhibition in Omi-Hachiman

The William Merrell Vories exhibition is being held in Omi-Hachiman until Nov. 3, 2009. For 1,000 yen, you can enter a few of the Vories-designed buildings in Omi-Hachiman normally closed to the public. It’s an on-your-own walking tour of Vories buildings starting at Hakuunkan, a Western-style (but not designed by Vories) building across the torii [...]

Old Toyosato Elementary School reborn

Renovation of the old Toyosato Elementary School (豊郷小学校), housed in a building designed by William Merrell Vories in 1937, has been completed and a ceremony was held on May 30, 2009 to mark its completion. At a total cost of 650 million yen, the old building was repainted, reinforced against earthquakes, installed with an elevator, and [...]

English Web page for Toyosato, Shiga

Web page in English:  http://photoguide.jp/txt/Toyosato-cho,_Shiga  Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/index.php?cat=179