Another special time in Shirakawa-go is in mid-October, when the Doburoku Matsuri festival is held to celebrate the year’s rice harvest. Realizing that consumption of plain bowls of rice would ...

The Shirakawa-gō Summer Festival is held in July and features traditional music, dance, and fireworks, while the Gokayama Summer Festival is held in August and features a range of traditional ...

The UNESCO World Heritage site of Shirakawa-go in central Japan has held a rice-planting festival against the backdrop of traditional houses with steep thatched roofs. The 40th annual event was ...

A yearly rice planting festival in Shirakawa-go, Shirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture, recreates the traditional planting scene. This year marks the 39th event. The women wearing traditional ...

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this was the first re-thatching in Shirakawa-go in five years. Work on May 13 involved climbing the steep roof of the living quarters at Myozenji temple, which was built in the latter half of the ...

Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 De historische dorpen Shirakawa-go en Gokayama liggen in een bergachtig gebied dat lange tijd was afgesneden van de rest van de wereld. De ...