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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. 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 ]

4. Murakamike Residence - Wikipedia

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   Kaminashi village, where the Murakamike Residence is located, was one of the most historic villages in Gokayama, with the oldest wooden house in the prefecture, the Kaminashi Hakusan Shrine.

5. Shirakawa, Gifu (village) - Wikipedia

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   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 known as gasshō-zukuri. Together with Gokayama in Nanto, Toyama, it is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

6. 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

7. In the ruins of a historic market, a Japanese artisan looks ...

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   Kohei Kirimoto, an 8th-generation lacquerware artisan, walked through the ruins of his century-old workshop in the Japanese coastal town of Wajima on Thursday, concerned only for his missing cats.

8. List of World Heritage Sites in Japan - Wikipedia

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   Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Kyoto, Shiga: 1994 688; ii, iv (cultural) Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from its founding in 794 until the mid-19th century. It was also a cultural centre, crucial for the development of religious and secular architecture, in particular in wood, of the country.

9. Historic bathhouse in sleepy Sacramento Delta town for sale ...

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   When Walnut Grove was divided into Japanese and Chinese sections in the early 1900s, the Miyazaki family owned the two-story structure and operated the bathhouse behind a candy and ice cream shop ...