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Shirakawa-go Gassho-zukuri Village

Address: Ogi-machi, Shirakawa mura, Ono-gun, Ogi-machi
Phone: 0576/96-1231

Category: Museums/Galleries, Historic Districts/Sites
Location: Ogi-machi

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Opposite Ogi-machi, on the banks of the Sho-gawa, is Shirakawa-go Gassho-zukuri Village, an open-air museum with 25 traditional Gassho-zukuri farmhouses. The houses were transplanted from four villages that fell prey the Miboro Dam, built upriver in 1972. Over the years a colony of artisans has established itself in the village. You can watch them creating folk crafts like weaving, pottery, woodwork, and hand-dyeing in a few of the preserved houses. Many of the products are for sale.

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