Development pressures throughout the entire village of Ogimachi are controlled by the 2008 Shirakawa Village Landscape Ordinance, which was developed under the 2004 Landscape Law to reinforce the ...

Around 150 villagers threw themselves into the effort. According to the Shirakawa village board of education, this was the first re-thatching in Shirakawa-go in five years. Work on May 13 involved ...

Shirakawa-go is a village located in the mountainous region of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The village is famous for its ...

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 ...

Gifu was named one of the world’s top 100 green destinations for sustainable tourism, which includes destinations like ...

Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of ... Come and visit a mountain village that appears to be frozen in time.

In the 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m. on Feb. 5, the Yasuzuka district of Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, received 85 cm of snow while 78 cm landed in Shirakawa village in Gifu Prefecture.

Ceský Krumlov, located on the banks of the Vitava river in the Czech Republic, is one of the best preserved medieval villages in Eastern Europe, according to UNESCO. Here, you’ll find a ...