hirairi

{{short description|Japanese traditional architectural structure}}

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{{nihongo|Hirairi or hirairi-zukuri|平入・平入造}} is a Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge (non gabled-side). The shinmei-zukuri, nagare-zukuri, hachiman-zukuri, and hie-zukuri Shinto architectural styles belong to this type.{{cite web|url=http://100.yahoo.co.jp/detail/%E6%91%82%E7%A4%BE%E3%83%BB%E6%9C%AB%E7%A4%BE/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219003453/http://100.yahoo.co.jp/detail/%E6%91%82%E7%A4%BE%E3%83%BB%E6%9C%AB%E7%A4%BE/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 19, 2012|title=Sessha - Massha|publisher=Yahoo! Japan|language=ja|access-date=January 31, 2011}} It survives mostly in religious settings.

In residential buildings, the entrance side is usually the long one, but from the Edo period onward the opposite became more frequent.