If you think the Shirakawago district is a rustique and peacefull farmers village. You are wrong! Since Unesco put it on the World Heritage Site list , many tourist visit. Ogimachi is the main cluster of 50 Gassho houses. When we visited it was raining cats and dogs and still at 9:00 am the tourists were there, all covered in plastic but with their cameras...
So if you don?t like crowds, Ogimachi and Shirakawago are not were you want to be.
Updated Aug 4, 2003
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If you think the Shirakawago district is a rustique and peacefull farmers village. You are wrong! Since Unesco put it on the World Heritage Site list , many...
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Q: We plan to stay 1 night in Shirakawa-go, and would like to book either Koemon, Magoemon or Hisamatsu. I have contacted...
A: The first two you mentioned are listed on the japaneseguesthouses website - how strange....did they drop them and not remove them? The last one has a telephone listed...
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