A new two-storey town hall has sprung up in Shirataka, a town with a population of about 13,000 nestled in the centre of Japan’s Yamagata prefecture.<br /><br />Completed last year, the building was constructed almost entirely out of wood, in an effort to revive the once-thriving lumber industry the town.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
