{"id":1551,"date":"2021-01-28T15:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanchanraj.com.np\/blog\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2025-01-17T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:26:42","slug":"shirakawago-japanese-countryside-fairytale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanchanraj.com.np\/blog\/shirakawago-japanese-countryside-fairytale\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirakawago: Japanese Countryside Fairytale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.3 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad3\" id=\"quads-ad3\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1568293654026624\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 728x90, created 3\/10\/09 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1568293654026624\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2088989223\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30104K\u3011Shirakawa-go (\u767d \u5ddd \u90f7) &amp; Takayama Trip, Japan, Cinematic Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqmICTq1zoc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[4K] Shirakawa go (\u767d\u5ddd\u90f7), The Most Beautiful Village in Japan\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nsliJzYwV84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the remote mountains that range from Gifu to Toyama Prefectures, the Shirakawa-go (almost, Shirakawag\u014d) and neighboring Gokayama (almost) areas line the Shogawa River Valley. They are renowned for their traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses, some of which are more than 250 years old, and were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kanchanraj.com.np\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/snow-shiragawa-go-min.jpg\" alt=\"Gassho-zukuri means &quot;constructed like hands in prayer&quot; as the steep thatched roofs of the farmhouses resemble the hands of Buddhist monks pressed in prayer together. \" class=\"wp-image-1552\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gassho-zukuri means &#8220;constructed like hands in prayer&#8221; as the steep thatched roofs of the farmhouses resemble the hands of Buddhist monks pressed in prayer together. Over many generations, the architectural style has developed and is designed to withstand the large amounts of heavy snow that falls during winter in the region. The roofs, which were constructed without nails, offered a wide attic.<\/p>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.3 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad2\" id=\"quads-ad2\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1568293654026624\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 02 Kanchan's Blog 25 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1568293654026624\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8617777451\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Gassho-zukuri houses are the primary reason for visiting Shirakawago. With these regionally unique homes, there are whole villages filled. Literally, Gassho-zukuri means &#8220;built in prayer like hands&#8221; and comes from the fact that the roofs of the houses look like two hands coming together in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kanchanraj.com.np\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/snow-shiragawa-go-bridge-min.jpg\" alt=\"White snow covered bridge at shirakawaga-go\" class=\"wp-image-1553\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shirakawaga-go Tour was planned for the six of us friends. It&#8217;s a journey of two days. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AhkIndonesia\/\">AHK Indonesia &#8211; Tur Lokal Jepang <\/a>has a good deal for us. For bus ride, we have gone to Ikebukuro. The bus journey is pleasant and comfortable. On the way, we smashed jokes and teased. Bus stops for snacks and toilets in various places. We got Shirakawaga-go at last. It&#8217;s like a fairy tale in the film. It&#8217;s cold weather and snow is falling. It&#8217;s my first touch of snow and it&#8217;s good. We went back to the bus and went to our hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kanchanraj.com.np\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shiragawa-go-.jpg\" alt=\"Market at shirakawa-go\" class=\"wp-image-1554\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Season (February &#8211; December). 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