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  2. Shirakawa, Gifu (village) - Wikipedia

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    Shirakawa-go 白川村 in winter Gasshō-zukuri - traditionally thatched houses in Shirakawa-go. Shirakawa (白川村, Shirakawa-mura) is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri.

  3. Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama - Wikipedia

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    Documents from 1876 showed that the Ogimachi Village had 99 households at that time, and was the largest of 23 villages falling within the Shirakawa-Muri. The central part of the village is on a terrace on the eastern side of the Shō River, some 1500 metres in length and 350 metres wide, and is at an altitude of around 500 metres. [1]: 48

  4. Shirakawa, Gifu (town) - Wikipedia

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    Panorama of Shirakawa. Shirakawa (白川町, Shirakawa-chō) is a town located in Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 January 2019, the town had an estimated population of 8,288 and a population density of 36 persons per km 2, in 3159 households. [1]

  5. Gokayama - Wikipedia

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    Gokayama (Japanese: 五箇山) is an area within the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional gasshō-zukuri houses, alongside nearby Shirakawa-gō in Gifu Prefecture. [1]

  6. Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal - Wikipedia

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    23 December 2013 - At a regularly held village assembly, it was determined there was a demand by Shirakawa-gō residents for a restriction on privately owned vehicles in the thatch-roofed village as well as the establishment of a bus station. 2016 21 June - Ordinance on the Establishment and Management of the Shirakawa-gō Bus Terminal issued.

  7. File:Shirakawa village in Gifu Prefecture Ja.svg - Wikipedia

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  8. List of villages in Japan - Wikipedia

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    A village (村, mura) [a] is a local administrative unit in Japan. [1] It is a local public body along with prefecture (県, ken, or other equivalents), city (市, shi), and town (町, chō, sometimes machi). Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture.

  9. Shirakawa - Wikipedia

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    Shirakawa, Gifu (village), a World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture, Japan Shirakawa, a neighborhood of Koto, Tokyo Shirakawa, Miyagi , a town in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan