Thatched Roof Village Japan

The village with thatched roofs.

Thatched roof village japan.

The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in japan. The picturesque mountain village of shirakawa go which literally translates as white river village has recorded an average of 415 inches that s about 35 feet of snowfall every year. Takayama and the surrounding area boast traditional architecture colorful festivals and a range of the best mountains and onsen in japan. Shirakawa go is a village composed of several hamlets located in the shokawa valley in the gifu prefecture north of nagoya.

Ogimachi the largest of the three with 59 houses suganuma 9 houses and ainokura 2 houses. Shirakawa go has 3 main hamlets. In japanese its name literally means the village of the white river. Coming here you can go back in time and enjoy a taste of old japanese countryside.

Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time these villages with their gassho style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms. Historic villages of shirakawa go and gokayama. Visit the thatched roof houses of ainokura village the village is home to both shinto shrines and small temples with jinushi shrine at the center of the village one of the largest and most important.