The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of ... Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 De historische dorpen Shirakawa-go en Gokayama liggen in ...

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 ...