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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 .
Shirakawa-go 白川村 from above. Shirakawa-go 白川村 in winter Gasshō-zukuri - traditionally thatched houses in Shirakawa-go. Shirakawa (白川村, Shirakawa-mura) 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 ...
23 December 2013 - At a regularly held village assembly, it was determined there was a demand by Shirakawa-gō residents for a restriction on privately owned vehicles in the thatch-roofed village as well as the establishment of a bus station. 2016 21 June - Ordinance on the Establishment and Management of the Shirakawa-gō Bus Terminal issued.
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]
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]
The expressway also passes by Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama, two UNESCO World Heritage Sites straddling the border between Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture. The expressway continues north through western Toyama Prefecture to its terminus at a junction with the Hokuriku Expressway and the Nōetsu Expressway .
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Panorama of Shirakawa. Shirakawa (白川町, Shirakawa-chō) is a town located in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 January 2019, the town had an estimated population of 8,288 and a population density of 36 persons per km 2, in 3159 households. [1] The total area of the town was 237.90 square kilometres (91.85 sq mi).