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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-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 ...

4. 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]

5. 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]

6. List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Asia - Wikipedia

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   Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Gifu and Toyama Prefectures, Japan 36°24′0″N 136°53′0″E  /  36.40000°N 136.88333°E  / 36.40000; 136.88333  ( Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and

7. 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

8. Minka - Wikipedia

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   Of particular note is the gasshō-zukuri (合掌造り, literally "clasped-hands" style), which is preserved in two villages in central Japan — Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture and Gokayama in Toyama Prefecture — that together have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. [36]

9. Groups of Traditional Buildings - Wikipedia

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   Ogimachi (白川村荻町, Shirakawa-mura Ogimachi) [58] mountain village 3 45.6 ha (113 acres) Farming village with gasshō-zukuri houses, paddy and other fields. Part of the World Heritage Site Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama: Shirakawa, Gifu