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and little space around them. Those irrigated rice fields which surround the areas of housing are small and irregular in shape. Larger rice fields are found on the northeast side of the village. Some of the higher ones were originally used for cultivating mulberry trees for silkworm production. Ainokura Village had the strongest sericulture tradition of all the villages in Taira-mura. However, the industry declined here in the 1950s when a push for self-sufficiency in food led to the mulberry fields being converted to rice production. Water for irrigation is mostly brought in by an aqueduct system that runs from a river valley in the mountains to the west of the village and passes through a network of fine canals within the village.
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period (i.e. early 19th to early 20th century), but the oldest of them dates back to the late 17th century. Room plans were either a four-room square, or a larger six-room structure, plus their earthen-floor space. The Shinto shrine housing the village deity is located on high ground near the village centre and is nowadays surrounded by Japanese cedar trees. A Buddhist temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect forms the religious centre of the community.
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However, each village area is protected within a buffer zone (Buffer Zone I) in which strict regulation preserves the historic environment. This is contained by a much larger secondary zone (Buffer Zone II), totaling 545.38 square kilometres (210.57 sq mi) in which development actions over a certain scale are controlled to preserve the natural environment and the cultural landscape.
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period (i.e. between 1868 and 1912). The last Gassho-style house to be constructed here was built in 1926. Storehouses were either of wood or earth wall construction and were built away from the houses to reduce the risk of fire. The Shinto shrine for the village deity is nowadays located on a slight rise but has twice been relocated since the 1930s.
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Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan, in conjunction with other bodies such as Japan's Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (including the Forestry Agency), the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Toyama Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Shirakawa Village and Nanto City.
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the roofs. In Shirakawa-go, the organization that performs the tethering is called "koryaku," and the scope of the tethering is not limited to re-thatching roofs, but extends to all aspects of daily life, including thatching, rice planting, rice harvesting, weeding, chopping firewood, weddings, funerals, and ceremonial occasions.
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village is at an altitude of about 330 metres and is situated on a terraced plateau, just 230 metres by 240 metres in size, and with steep mountain slopes to the south. The forests on these slopes are also protected by the World Heritage Site to hold snow back from the village. Felling of trees here is prohibited.
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Each owner is directly responsible for the management and repair of their property, although this is supervised to ensure they use traditional methods and materials and followed the agreed preservation plans. Overall responsibility for the protection of the historic villages lies with the Agency for
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67 buildings and five additional structures are included in the designation of 'historic buildings of Ainokura Village' to be preserved. Of these, 20 Gassho-style farmhouses were originally included, but this has since increased to 23. Most date from the end of the Edo period to the end of the Meiji
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117 buildings and seven additional structures are included in the designation of 'historic buildings of Ogimachi Village' to be preserved. Amongst these are 59 Gassho-style farmhouses, mostly constructed between the end of the Edo period and the end of the Meiji period. (i.e. early 19th to early 20th
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In recent years, depopulation, the decline of primary industries, and the aging of the population have made it difficult to maintain ties. On the other hand, the National Trust and volunteers from the general public have begun to gather from various parts of the country and work together to re-thatch
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The houses are large, with three to four stories encompassed between the low eaves, and historically intended to house large extended families and highly efficient space for a variety of industries. The densely forested mountains of the region still occupy 96% of all land in the area, and before the
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As of August 1994, there were 27 households in Ainokura Village, creating a population of 90 individuals. However, in 1887 there were 47 households, making it then the fourth largest of the 25 villages in the Taira-mura area. Most houses are situated on flat, open terraces with stone retaining walls
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The village is situated on a high but narrow terraced plateau to the west of, and well above, the Shō River. Surrounded by mountains and forests, Ainokura lies at an altitude of around 400 metres. An old narrow road runs northeast to southwest through the village centre, eventually becoming the main
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The Gassho-style house is architecturally one of Japan's most important and rare types of farmhouse. The clustering of so many surviving examples has given the World Heritage Site its justification for inscription (i.e. formal recognition). This confident style of house construction is unique within
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Suganuma is the smallest of the three villages in the World Heritage Site, containing just 8 households and having a population of 40, as of 1994. Records from 1889 reveal that there were then 13 households in the village, making it the 9th largest of the 19 villages in the Kamitaira-mura area. The
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The world heritage site consists of three historic mountain villages, Ogimachi, Ainokura, and Suganuma, surrounded by the steep forested mountains of the Chubu Region within central Japan. In total, the area inscribed as a world heritage site for these three villages is 68 hectares (0.68 km).
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The three villages are situated in a remote valley, surrounded by high and rugged mountains which receive particularly high snowfall in winter. Remoteness and difficulty of access severely restricted the connection of this region with the outside world until around the 1950s. This isolation led to
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28 buildings and two other structures are included in the designation of 'historic buildings of Suganama Village' to be preserved. Nine Gassho-style houses now remain, of which two were built towards the end of the Edo period (i.e. early 19th century), and six others were constructed in the Meiji
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The Committee decided to inscribe the site under criteria (iv) and (v) as the villages are outstanding examples of a traditional human settlement that is perfectly adapted to its environment. The Committee noted the successful adaptation to economic changes and that survival can only be assured
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Even today, there is still a system of joint work called "yui" for re-thatching thatched roofs of gassho-zukuri. The thatch replacement was done every 30 to 40 years, and the labor and expense involved was enormous (simply converting the labor cost to today's value, it is said that the cost to
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Around the time of its formal inscription as a World Heritage Site (August 1994), Ogimachi contained 152 households and had a population of 634 people. Documents from 1876 showed that the Ogimachi Village had 99 households at that time, and was the largest of 23 villages falling within the
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Apart from one large irrigated rice field on the lower side of the village, all other rice fields or crop plots surround the farmhouses themselves. Irrigation was only introduced in 1945; before that, the land was used for mulberry tree cultivation to support silkworm production.
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sect of Buddhist Japan. The tradition of Ochi-udo Densetsu (legend of defeated warriors who flee to the remote areas) remains today, no doubt as a result of its remote, isolated and mountainous nature. Tendai sect religion was replaced in the 13th century by the
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along a deep, winding and narrow valley, surrounded by mountains rising to a height of 1,500 metres (4,921 ft). As a result of this steep terrain, the majority of villages in this area are situated in the narrow strips of land along the valley bottom.
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Because of the manner of their construction, fire is a serious risk to the many properties within the world heritage site. All three villages are equipped with complex fire-extinguishing systems, and residents are organised into fire-fighting squads.
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introduction of heavy earth-moving machinery, the narrow bands of flat lands running the length of the river valley limited the area available for agriculture and homestead development. The upper stories of the gasshō houses were usually set aside for
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is the principal mountain in this area, and has been regarded as a sacred summit since ancient times. In the 8th century, the Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama area became a location for ascetic religious practices, and mountain worship centred on Mt Hakusan.
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the development of its unique culture and traditions, including the architectural tradition of the Gassho-style farmhouses which has been handed down through the generations. For some time this region was known as 'the last unexplored area of Japan'.
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The Gasshō-style house ("prayer-hands construction" style) is characterized by a steeply slanting thatched roof, resembling two hands joined in prayer. The design is exceptionally strong and, in combination with the unique properties of the
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farming). The production of silkworms has been traced back to the 16th century, but only got established as a side industry in the late 17th century. It thrived right up until the 1970s (except for a period during the
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As well as being inscribed as a world heritage site, the suite of properties in these villages is also defined as 'Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings, as defined within Japan's
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Shirakawa-Muri. The central part of the village is on a terrace on the eastern side of the Shō River, some 1500 metres in length and 350 metres wide, and is at an altitude of around 500 metres.
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Most of the farmhouses are separated from one another by plots of cultivated land. A network of small roads some 2 to 4 metres in width connect these houses and dates back to the
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The valley is in a mountain region with considerable snowfall, and these villages are well known for their clusters of farmhouses, constructed in the architectural style known as
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Japan, and nowhere else within the country is roof space typically utilized, except for passive storage, and not in a two, three, or four-story manner, as is seen here.
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shrine which houses the deity that guards the village is located in the south-central part of the village. There are also two Buddhist temples of the Jodo Shinsu sect.
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mountain access route that was constructed in 1887. However, a new and wider roadway was built in 1958 which rather disrupts the vista through the village.
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century). All the ridges of these Gassho-style houses are aligned parallel to the Shō River, thus creating a unified and attractive village scene.
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leaves) that led to the Gassho-style house, with its multi-leveled division of their roof spaces to increase the functional area of.
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Nowadays all three villages within the world heritage site belong to the modern-day administrative organisation of the Mura system.
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The area's mountainous terrain and paucity of flat land offered little opportunity for the traditional cultivation of
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replace one side of the roof alone would be more than 10 million yen), but it was done without compensation.
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World Heritage Committee, Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
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lies in the centre of this region. It rises in the southern mountains, then flows northwards towards the
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Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
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The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama – Traditional Houses in the Gassho Style
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Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
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through constant vigilance on both sides, the Government authorities and the inhabitants.
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Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region
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sect, which remains the main religious influence to the present day.
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For a long time afterward, the region was under the control of the
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Location of Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama in Japan
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Saito, Hidetoshi; Inaba, Nobuko (1996). Saito, Hidetoshi (ed.).
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Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
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Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
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The procedure for re-thatching was rough as follows.
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Interior roof construction of Gassho-style farmhouse
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Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Shirakawa-go
Gokayama
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location
Gifu Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
Chūbu region
Honshu
Japan
Criteria
734
Session
Coordinates
36°24′N 136°53′E / 36.400°N 136.883°E / 36.400; 136.883
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama is located in Japan
UNESCO
World Heritage Sites
Gifu
Toyama Prefectures
Japan
Shirakawa
Gokayama
Nanto
gasshō-zukuri
Shō River
Japan Sea
Mt Hakusan
Tendai

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