Snow fell intermittently on the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture throughout January. In Shirakawa-go, a village with about 100 traditional gassho-zukuri thatched roof houses, around 30 centimeters ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Snow blanketed the Shirakawago area on Dec. 15, turning the World Heritage site into a winter wonderland spectacle. A stream of overseas visitors on sightseeing tours ...

This week’s show is the promotion’s fifth annual Winter is Coming special ... s World title against former friend & partner Mina Shirakawa, and a big showdown between Death Riders’ Jon ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says a strong cold air mass and a winter pressure pattern brought ... in Niigata Prefecture and 55 centimeters in Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture.