Shirakawa-go, which literally translates to "white river village," can receive nearly 400 inches of snow annually (that's around 33 feet). In comparison, Syracuse, New York — routinely named one ...

Criterion (iv): The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are outstanding examples of traditional ... has been a reduction in the number of Gassho-style houses in each village, the inscribed ...

But in 1995, when UNESCO chose Shirakawa-go as the third village to be certified a World Heritage Site, this small rural community with just around 1,600 residents suddenly found itself establishing a ...

Visitors to the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama can also enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing. The nearby Ainokura village, which is also part of the ...

Shirakawa-go is famous for its gassho-zukuri farmhouses, which have steeply pitched thatched roofs to endure heavy snowfall. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this village allows visitors to experience ...

The experience of staying in Ogimachi is alone worth the trip here, but the village has the extra attraction of an open-air museum, the Shirakawa-go Gassho no Sato Village. Its 20-some thatched ...

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 ...

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 ...