This is my 5th visit to Japan. It is also one that I had the most number of days there; and making the most number of moves around the country on its public transport. Appreciate Chai Noi for initiating the trip and making the transport arrangements such as the Flight and JR Ticket, and being the accommodating room mate. Thanks to Teck Siew for her thoughtful and thorough planning and travelling tips that allowed me to venture into new places without the need to do much pre-trip planning. Grateful to Juejing, for his patience and for being a very reliable human GPS (at times, even better than GoogleMap)! Of course, a big thank you to the great company of the Wong and Koh families, too :)

(D5) Shirakawa-go 白川郷

Day 05: 7 December 2016



Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
World Heritage Site: "The Gassho-style houses found in the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama are rare examples of their kind in Japan"

About the Gassho-zukuri Houses

The Buildings








What's up?


Overseeing the village from a height.
It would be similar to what we see in the posters if the village was coated with a layer of snow.






Hida beef sticks... yummy when it's piping hot in near zero-degree surrounding

It's not easy to find any rubbish bin... the store usually provides their own 'bin' for patrons of their store


Something that's commonly found hanging outside the houses





Wow! It's huge, isn't it?


Enjoying ice cream in the freezing cold :)







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