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Historic Villages Of Shirakawa-gō And Gokayama

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AddressShirakawa, Ono District, Gifu 501-5600, Japan
Hours Open now
Phone +81 5769-6-1311
UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription 1995
UNESCO Site Id734
Area68170
Did you knowIn December 1995, Shirakawa-go was registered as the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the "Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama".
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About Historic Villages Of Shirakawa-gō And Gokayama


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.

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