Shirakawa Village must be notified of any proposed large-scale project ... The buffer zones immediately surrounding Ainokura, and Suganuma are protected as Historic Sites as mentioned above and as ...

Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and ...

Gokayama, two isolated villages listed as UNESCO ... 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.