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Historic village
Ogimachi Village (Shirakawa-go)
The largest village of Shirakawa-go, with dozens of gassho-zukuri thatched houses among rice fields and the Sho River; a World Heritage site.
Gifu · Japan
Shirakawa
In the destination Takayama and Shirakawa-go.
In the photo: Shirakawa and the Shokawa River.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Shirakawa.
The village of Shirakawa sits in the Sho River valley in northwest Gifu and is known to visitors as Shirakawa-go. Its Ogimachi hamlet, with thatched houses shaped like hands pressed together, shares World Heritage status with two villages in Gokayama. The Shiroyama viewpoint overlooks the whole village, and houses such as Wada are open to visitors. Some houses host guests and serve dinner by the hearth.
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The local experience
What to see in Shirakawa
Viewpoint
Shiroyama Observatory
The viewpoint on the hill of the former Ogimachi castle ruins, from which you can see the entire village of Shirakawa-go, with the thatched roofs among the fields.
Historic house
Wada House (Wada-ke)
The largest gassho-zukuri house in Ogimachi, from the village headman’s family, open to visitors, with the hearth on the ground floor and the upper floors displaying silk-working tools.
Historic village
Gokayama (Ainokura, Suganuma)
The villages of Ainokura and Suganuma in Toyama, with gassho-zukuri houses in a mountain valley, quieter than Shirakawa-go and part of the same World Heritage site.
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