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Triangular Roofs Bring People Together: Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of Japan's snowiest ... Come and visit a mountain village that appears to be frozen in time.
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In the Japanese Alps, these villages preserve a one-of-a-kind architecture
Useful tips for visiting Shirakawa-go and Gokayama In Shirakawa-go, you can reach the village of Ogimachi by bus from Takayama (50 km), about an hour and a half from the city centre. In the hamlet ...
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The Japanese villages where time stood still
You can still see them in places, however – and nowhere more spectacularly than Gokayama and Shirakawa- go, said Tom Allan ..