Shirakawa-go region

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World Heritage Site cultural region tourist destination

The Shirakawa-go region is a remote, mountainous area in Japan famed for its traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses and picturesque, snow-covered village landscapes.

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Label Occurrences
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 1
Shirakawa Village 1
Shirakawa-go 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
access remote mountain roads ⓘ
administrativeVillage Shirakawa-go region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shirakawa Village
buildingMaterial thatch ⓘ
wood ⓘ
climate heavy winter snowfall ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance example of traditional Japanese mountain village life ⓘ
hasFeature mountain forests ⓘ
rice fields ⓘ
traditional storehouses ⓘ
hasViewpoint Shiroyama viewpoint ⓘ
hasVillage Ogimachi ⓘ
heritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
knownFor gassho-zukuri farmhouses ⓘ
rural mountain scenery ⓘ
snow-covered village landscapes ⓘ
traditional thatched-roof houses ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Chūbu region ⓘ
Gifu Prefecture ⓘ
Honshu ⓘ
Japanese Alps ⓘ
mainReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
nearCity Takayama ⓘ
nearPrefecture Toyama Prefecture ⓘ
nearRiver Shō River ⓘ
preservationStatus protected traditional village landscape ⓘ
primaryArchitecturalStyle gassho-zukuri ⓘ
roofDesignPurpose to shed heavy snowfall ⓘ
roofType steeply pitched thatched roofs ⓘ
tourismActivity overnight stays in traditional farmhouses ⓘ
viewing illuminated houses in winter ⓘ
village walking tours ⓘ
tourismSeason autumn ⓘ
spring ⓘ
winter ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
sericulture ⓘ
transportConnection Hokuriku Expressway ⓘ
surface form: Hokuriku Expressway (nearby access)
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1995 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Shirakawa-go region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus Designated ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Alps → tourism → Shirakawa-go region ⓘ
中部地方 → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Shirakawa-go region ⓘ
this entity surface form: 白川郷・五箇山の合掌造り集落
Shirakawa-go region → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → Shirakawa-go region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Shirakawa-go region → administrativeVillage → Shirakawa-go region self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shirakawa Village
Chubu tourism area → hasFamousSite → Shirakawa-go region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shirakawa-go