Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture is one of Japan's snowiest regions ... Come and visit a mountain village that appears to be frozen in time.

The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan. Despite economic upheavals, the villages of Ogimachi, Ainokura and Suganuma are outstanding ...

You’ll likely have heard and read much about Japan’s overtourism crisis ... A little higher, and you’ll reach Ainokura ...

The village sits in a deep ... of Ainokura are collectively referred to as Gokayama. Together, they offer a rare snapshot of pre-industrial Japanese rural life, and are defined above all by ...

After the evacuation, most of its village was razed ... “This particular location is small in the scale of historical experiences of the Japanese Americans, but it’s an important part and ...

Japan’s Shirakawa-go village, located in the Gifu ... Learn more about the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama. The Old Town of Lijiang in Yunan, China, established in the 13th ...

After the evacuation, most of its village was razed ... “This particular location is small in the scale of historical experiences of the Japanese Americans, but it’s an important part and ...

Without giving it much thought, many Japanese join their palms and fingers ... These are the thoughts that went through my mind at Gokayama in Toyama Prefecture as I marveled at the "gassho ...

Hokkaido makes up about a fifth of Japan’s land mass ... and American educator William S. Clark. The Historical Village of Hokkaido is an outdoor historical village museum created to mark ...

San Pedro’s Terminal Island was once home to a bustling Japanese-American fishing village. Japanese fishermen brought tuna fishing expertise which in turn revolutionized the canning industry on ...

LOS ANGELES — Months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese American fishing community ... After the evacuation, most of its village was razed. But for more than 80 years, two buildings ...