2017/04/26

Shirakawa-go (Gifu)

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Shirakawa-go located in Shirakawa-mura, Gifu prefecture, is known for gassho-style houses (a house with a steep thatched roof)
It's designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in Japan and a World Heritage in UNESCO.



An attic room of a gassho-style house      It was formerly used for silkworm raising.


Ogimachi- shiroato Observatory         Gassho-style houses concentrated district can be viewed widely.



A variety of folk crafts sold under the eaves of thatched roofs

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