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  2. 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]

  3. The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Association of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan (「日本で最も美しい村」連合, Nihon de mottomo utsukushii mura rengō) is a Japanese nonprofit organization of listing some of the most beautiful villages and towns in Japan. The association is active on enhancement and protection of Japanese rural heritage, cultural fairs, and ...

  4. 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This list of the 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (日本の棚田百選, Nihon no tanada hyakusen) is an initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to promote the maintenance and preservation of the terraces alongside public interest in agriculture and rural areas.

  5. Inunaki Village - Wikipedia

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    The Inunaki Village (Japanese: 犬鳴村, Hepburn: Inunaki-mura, lit. ' Howling Village ') is a 1990s Japanese urban legend about a fictional village-sized micronation that rejects the Constitution of Japan. The legend locates the village near the Inunaki mountain pass in Fukuoka Prefecture. A real Inunaki Village, not connected to the legend ...

  6. Administrative divisions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    A village (村, mura, sometimes son) is a local administrative unit in Japan. 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.

  7. Nagoro - Wikipedia

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    Nagoro or Nagoru, now known as Nagoro Doll Village (Japanese: 名頃かかしの里), is a village in the Iya Valley on the island of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.. It is known for the large number of realistic dolls positioned throughout the village, which have made it a tourist attracti

  8. Japanese Village (Ayutthaya) - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Village, known in Thai as Ban Yipun or Muban Yipun (หมู่บ้านญี่ปุ่น; Japanese: アユタヤ日本人町, romanized: Ayutaya Nihonjin-machi), was a historic Japanese ethnic enclave just outside the capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom that flourished from the 17th century to the mid-18th century, now in the area of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District.

  9. Kamikatsu, Tokushima - Wikipedia

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    Rice Terraces in Kamikatsu Kanjo Waterfall at Jigen-ji temple. Kamikatsu (上勝町, Kamikatsu-chō) is a town located in Katsuura District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.As of 1 June 2022, the town had an estimated population of 1,431 in 750 households and a population density of 13 persons per km 2. [1]