Masquerade best Japan Gifu gassho houses the World Heritage Village (Photos)

Left ear high Zhuang mountain, running in the woods, from the village of Shirakawa-go together more and more near, irrepressible excitement. Bai Chuan Xiang is located in the northwest of Gifu Prefecture Mountain foothills, because hapchang structure houses known, in 1995 December, UNESCO will Shirakawa-go and five (GE) mountain hapchang village buildings included in the world cultural heritage.

Shirakawa-go, such as land of idyllic beauty beautiful placeStanding on the lookout, Shirakawa Village palms style cover all at one glance

Your house (.)JapanKnown as the "soul.", is a kind of civil building unique to Japan, with thatched roof and roof, the other as the hands together in prayer, hence the name.

Your houseThe village is full of beautiful flowers, decorated with your house

In order to protect it from the Edo era preserved historical buildings, so far, more than 600 villagers as living here, help each other, to build homes, fields, contend with snow, fire, time, protect this precious heritage. Your house embodies the wisdom and hard work of the local people.

Image & text.Xi Lin