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Gassho Zukuri Collection

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Farmhouses of Shirakawa-go Japan

Farmhouses of Shirakawa-go Japan
Shirakawa-go, located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.It shows many of Shirakawas most famous buildings, gassho-zukuri farmhouses. These are built with incredibly thick, steeply slanting roofs

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Shirakawa Gou at Winter

Shirakawa Gou at Winter

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: World Heritage, Shirakawago, Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

World Heritage, Shirakawago, Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Winter Of Shirakawago with snow falling, Japan

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go

The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go
Top view of Shirakawa-go. They are famous for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses. Its one of UNESCOs World Heritage Sites

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Shirakawa Go (Shirakawa-go) Beautiful Panorama Aerial View of The Historic Village

Shirakawa Go (Shirakawa-go) Beautiful Panorama Aerial View of The Historic Village

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: World Heritage, Light up of Shirakawago, Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

World Heritage, Light up of Shirakawago, Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Shirakawa-go Ogimachi village nestled within the Hida Mountain range

Shirakawa-go Ogimachi village nestled within the Hida Mountain range

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Men remove snow from roof during a winter storm

Men remove snow from roof during a winter storm in the town of Ainokura, in the Japanese Alps, a World Heritage Site by Unesco

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Gassho-zukuri House at Shirakawa-go

Gassho-zukuri House at Shirakawa-go
A traditional gassho-zukuri thatched house in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ainokura. We stay at this type of house for a night, enjoyed meals prepared by the locals and learn first-hand

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Hut

Hut
Ice formed in a rice paddy. But certain ice melted, and the landscape was being copied like a mirror. I took a picture so that a steep rafter-roofed shed might come out

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: The thathed huf

The thathed huf
A thatched shed stood in the snow. It was a shed of the way of making called Gassho-Zukuri in Japan. The snow was made a roof

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Icicles

Icicles
An icicle dangled from a roof of the old Japanese house. I felt a Japanese winter primal scene in its scenery

Background imageGassho Zukuri Collection: Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go in spring

Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go in spring
Japans UNESCO World Heritage, Shirakawa-go is located in the Shogawa river valley stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures


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