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In the Japanese Alps, these villages preserve a one-of-a-kind architecture
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 ...
Snow-covered thatched houses at World Heritage village in central Japan lit up
An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on Jan. 13, lighting up hist ...
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Snow-covered thatched houses at World Heritage village in central Japan lit up
SHIRAKAWA, Gifu -- An illumination event at a UNESCO World Heritage-listed settlement in this central Japan village began on Jan. 13, lighting up historic thatched houses. Tourists in the ...