First published: 14/05/00.

Els Slots 3.5

Shirakawa-Go And Gokayama

Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (Inscribed)

Shirakawa-go and Gokayama by Els Slots

Within the valley, I visited the village of Ogimachi, a two-hour bus ride from Takayama in the middle of the Japanese Alps. There quite a lot of the Gassho-zukuri houses can still be found together.

Although it was packed with Japanese tourists, I liked it a lot. The environment is totally unlike the stereotype Japan. In a way, the scene remembered me of Bhutan, where in the green valleys also this kind of big houses annex farms still stand (however without the characteristic thatched roofs).

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