🏛️ Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

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The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The cultural property consists of three historic mountain villages over an area of 68 hectares in the remote Shogawa river valley, stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in central Japan. Shirakawa-gō is located in the village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture. The Gokayama area is divided between the former villages of Kamitaira and Taira in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture.

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Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama is a cultural World Heritage site in Japan, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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