The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of Japan. These villages are known for ...

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 ...