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 ...

Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 De historische dorpen Shirakawa-go en Gokayama liggen in een bergachtig gebied dat lange tijd was afgesneden van de rest van de wereld. De ...

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 ...