Step into a storybook: Shirakawa-go’s iconic gassho-zukuri houses and scenic mountains make it Asia’s most beautiful village. When most travelers plan a trip to Japan, the usual hotspots—Tokyo’s ...
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Visitors take souvenir photos next to a bear warning sign at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of Japan’s UNESCO World Heritage sites, in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bear ...
Tickets on sale now – the World Heritage Site in Gifu is lit up for just six days in January and February 2022 The basic illumination tour (¥5,800, children ¥3,800) includes admission to the Minka-en ...
Participants are seen rethatching the roof of a "gassho"-style house at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Shirakawa-go in a communal tradition known as "yui," in Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, on May 13, ...
My first Japan experience continues to defy my expectations. Expecting to be greeted by towering skyscrapers dotting the skylines of Tokyo and other cities in the land of the rising sun, endless ...
Tickets on sale now – the World Heritage Site in Gifu is lit up for just six days in January and February 2022 The basic illumination tour (¥5,800, children ¥3,800) includes admission to the Minka-en ...