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Ogimachi is located in Shirakawa-go, while Ainokura and Suganuma are in Gokayama. [4] In total, the area inscribed as a world heritage site for these three villages is 68 hectares (0.68 km 2 ). However, each village area is protected within a buffer zone (Buffer Zone I) in which strict regulation preserves the historic environment.
The bus station is located near Ogimachi Crossroad on the Japan National Route 156 which is located north of Ogimachi Village. The number of visitors, and therefore vehicles, to Shiragkawa-gō increased drastically in 1995 when the site became a World Heritage Site, resulting in a need to preserve the site. Citizens of Ogimachi requested a ban ...
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, lit. ' White River Village ') is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Ogimachi Village, included in Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama This page was last edited on 10 June 2018, at 07:51 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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]
Gasshō-zukuri, Ogimachi village. Minka are generally treated as historic landmarks, and many have been designated for preservation by municipalities or the national government. The tremendous regional variation of minka has also been preserved in open-air museums such as Nihon Minka-en in Kawasaki, where examples from around Japan are on ...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1]
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