The Gassho-style houses found in the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are rare examples of their kind in Japan. Located in a river valley surrounded by the rugged high-mountain Chubu ...

Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and ...

The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of Japan.

Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of Japan's snowiest ... Come and visit a mountain village that appears to be frozen in time.

The settlement is part of the Historic Villages of Shirakawago and Gokayama, Toyama Prefecture, that were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995. The Shirakawa government has also revealed ...

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