Shirakawa Village must be notified of any proposed large-scale project ... of the property rests with the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan. The associated bodies include the ...

Shirakawa village issued its first tourism guidebook ... a four-frame comic strip where residents are startled by a non-Japanese trespasser who, without permission, puts the palms together in ...

The nearby Ainokura village, which is also ... The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are located in the remote mountainous region of Japan, but can still be easily accessed by ...

Despite offering some of Japan’s most beautiful scenery, Shirakawa-ko isn’t all that famous. “Wait a second,” you might be saying, “isn’t that village in Gifu Prefecture with the thatched roofs one of ...

Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of Japan's snowiest regions ... Come and visit a mountain village that appears to be frozen in time.

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago ... cm of snow while 78 cm landed in Shirakawa village in Gifu Prefecture.