The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of Japan. These villages are known ...

The UNESCO World Heritage site of Shirakawa-go in central Japan has held a rice-planting ... the tourist association of Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture. On Thursday, about 20 women wearing ...

In a residential area near Gifu-Hashima Station, the 10-story Hotel Koyo has been repurposed for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms. With the delta variant rampant in the fifth wave of the ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu -- The UNESCO World Heritage settlement of traditional "gassho" houses with steeply angled thatched roofs in the central Japan village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, was lit up on ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu -- A dam that looks like a regal Western castle in a scenic canyon in this central Japan town has continued to generate power for nearly a century. The truss bridge above Kamiaso ...

Visitors are rushing to Japan ... Hotel has a fountain with bronze cormorants perched on the edge. From my room, I can admire ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--The Shirakawa village office will raise fees at municipal parking lots on Oct. 1 in hopes of thinning out the crowds of tourists here, which is part of a UNESCO World ...

Near the exact center of Japan, mountainous Gifu Prefecture has abundant hot springs, preserved villages like Shirakawa-gō, and traditional arts such as sword making. Gifu is a landlocked ...