The Gassho-style houses found in the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are rare examples of their kind in Japan. Located in a river valley surrounded by the rugged high-mountain Chubu ...

Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are known for their traditional gasshō-zukuri farmhouses, which have steep thatched roofs that resemble a pair of hands in prayer, hence the name "gasshō".

Located in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture, Shirakawa-go is a village full of old-fashioned houses with thatched roofs - and a registered World Heritage Site. The roofs are steeply slanted ...

this was the first re-thatching in Shirakawa-go in five years. Work on May 13 involved climbing the steep roof of the living quarters at Myozenji temple, which was built in the latter half of the ...

Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of Japan's snowiest regions. It's famous for its traditional thatched-roof Gassho-style homes. The triangular roofs distribute the weight of heavy snow ...

Despite offering some of Japan’s most beautiful scenery ... the thatched roofs one of the country’s most popular tourism spots?” But that’s Shirakawa-go, or “Shirakawa Village.” The place we’re ...