At this time of year, traditional houses are lit up in their full winter glory in Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture. More than 100 spotlights illuminate about 30 thatched-roof houses in the snow.

Snow fell intermittently on the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture throughout January. In Shirakawa-go, a village with about 100 traditional gassho-zukuri thatched roof houses, around 30 centimeters ...

Surrounded by mountains, the farmhouses in Shirakawa-Go date to about 1800 ... Each inn has a hot spring of its own and ...

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De historische dorpen Shirakawa-go en Gokayama liggen in een bergachtig gebied dat lange tijd was afgesneden van de rest van de wereld. De dorpen – met huizen gebouwd in Gassho-stijl – hielden ...

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This hot spring is "monkeys-only." One of Japan’s Three Great ... Those thatched-roof Gassho-zukuri buildings surrounded by the densely forested Japanese Alps earned Shirakawa-go a UNESCO designation, ...

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