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2. Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama - Wikipedia

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   The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.The cultural property consists of three historic mountain villages over an area of 68 hectares (170 acres) in the remote Shogawa river valley, stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in central Japan.

3. Shirakawa, Gifu (village) - Wikipedia

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   Shirakawa (白川村, Shirakawa-mura, lit. ' White River Village ') is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri. Together with Gokayama in Nanto, Toyama, it is one of UNESCO's World Heritage ...

4. List of Historic Sites of Japan (Toyama) - Wikipedia

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   forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama [5] Etchū Gokayama Ainokura Hamlet 36°25′33″N 136°56′07″E  /  36.42571158°N 136.93529774°E  / 36.42571158; 136.93529774  ( Etchū Gokayama Ainokura

5. Gokayama - Wikipedia

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   Gokayama (Japanese: 五箇山) is an area within the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional gasshō-zukuri houses, alongside nearby Shirakawa-gō in Gifu Prefecture . [ 1 ]

6. List of World Heritage Sites in Japan - Wikipedia

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   Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama: Gifu, Toyama: 1995 734; iv, v (cultural) This site comprises three villages in a remote mountain region, where the economy centred around growing of mulberry trees and rearing of silkworms. The villages are characterized by the Gassho-style houses featuring steeply pitched thatched roofs. [11]

7. Murakamike Residence - Wikipedia

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   Saeki also estimates that the "Gassho Guesthouse Kazura," formerly the residence of the Sakai family in Inotani Village and now moved to Sakuraga-ike, was built in the same period. [ 6 ] The Murakamike Residence was originally owned by the Yamazaki family, but after the Yamazaki family moved to Hokkaido at the end of the Edo period, the ...

8. Chūbu region - Wikipedia

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   Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama in Chūbu Central Nagoya. The Chūbu region (中部地方, Chūbu-chihō), Central region, or Central Japan (中部日本, Chūbu-nihon) is a region in the middle of Honshū, Japan's main island.

9. Category:Villages in Gifu Prefecture - Wikipedia

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   Shirakawa, Gifu (village) (3 P) Pages in category "Villages in Gifu Prefecture" ... Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama; S.