Postcard Sunday: Japan

Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama, UNESCO World Heritage List #: 734

The Shirakawa-go and neighboring Gokayama regions line the Shogawa River Valley in the remote mountains that span from Gifu to Toyama Prefectures. Declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995, they are famous for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses, some of which are more than 250 years old.

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