The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley ...

In the heart of the Japanese mountains, the villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are home to treasures of traditional Japanese architecture: thatched cottages with sloping roofs, designed to ...

The historic mountain village of Shirakawa-go with its traditional thatched-roof huts is especially magical when covered in snow.

Today, Shirakawa-go is no longer so isolated, and some tourists come even in winter. An especially interesting time to visit Shirakawa-go is in April, when the snow begins to thaw.

Located in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture, Shirakawa-go is a village full of old-fashioned houses with thatched roofs - and a registered World Heritage Site. The roofs are steeply slanted ...

Brief synthesis The Gassho-style houses found in the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are rare examples of their kind in Japan. Located in a river valley surrounded by the rugged ...

Spring and autumn are good seasons to visit Shirakawa-go, but nothing comes close to the magical feel and child-like wonder one can experience there during winter time.

Despite offering some of Japan’s most beautiful scenery, Shirakawa-ko isn’t all that famous. “Wait a second,” you might be saying, “isn’t that village in Gifu Prefecture with the thatched roofs one of ...