Japan 21 Shirakawa-go 1

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JAPAN
Short but sweet touching trip
Shirakawa-go
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Shirakawa-go is a traditional village located
near the Shogawa river in Gifu Prefecture. Ogimach
i is the largest village and main attraction of
Shirakawa-go. Declared a UNESCO world heritage
site in 1995, the village is home to several
dozen well preserved gassho-zukuri farmhouses,
some of which are more than 250 years old
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Shiroyama Viewpoint
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Shiroyama Viewpoint
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Ogimachi is the largest village and main
attraction of Shirakawa-go
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View of Ogimachi from the lookout point
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The Shiroyama Viewpoint is north of the village
center and offers nice views of Ogimachi and its
farmhouses
Ginkgo biloba
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Shiroyama Viewpoint
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Wada-ke House The Wada family was one of the
wealthiest families and village leaders of
Ogimachi. Their former home is the largest
gassho-zukuri farmhouse in the town, and is now
open to the public as a museum
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People crossing the Deaibashi Bridge over Shogawa
river
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Shogawa river
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A torii (gateway) of Akiba shrine
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Bamboo
Akiba shrine
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Japanese Guest House Koemon
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Fire monitor
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Japanese Guest House Koemon
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Japanese Guest House Koemon
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Japanese Guest House Koemon
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The traditional Japanese houses in Shirakawa-go
are called Gassho-zukuri (literally means
'prayer-hands construction') which is an
architectural style with a thatched and steeply
slanting roof resembling two hands joined in
prayer. These houses are very strong and, in
combination with the unique properties of the
thatching, allow the houses to withstand and shed
the weight of the region's heavy snowfalls in
winter
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Coffee shop
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The houses are large, with three to four stories
encompassed between the low eaves, and intended
to house large extended families and a
highly-efficient space for a variety of works.
You can visit inside of some of the houses in
Shirakawa-go and to see their traditional way of
living. Shirakawa-go is designated as one of
Japan's UNESCO World Heritage
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Japanese silver grass (Miscanthus sinensis) 
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Houses with thatched roofs stand side by side
surrounded by rice fields
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Torii at Myozenji Temple
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Torii at Myozenji Temple
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Myozenji Temple, which is unique for its thatched
roof rather than the typical tiled roof seen on
most temples, is connected to the Myozenji-ke
farmhouse next door where the priest of the
temple lives. Myozenji was built in 1748 by the
Buddhist Jodo-Shinshu sect Shirakawa-go
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The bell tower at Myozenji Temple have the
specific steep thatched-roof style
"gassho-zukuri". 
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Persimmon
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Persimmon
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As fire is a major hazard for the property,
elaborate fire-extinguishing systems have been
installed in all three village zones.
Fire-fighting squads of residents are also
organized
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