Gokayama
Sign in to saveis an area within the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional gasshō-zukuri houses, alongside nearby Shirakawa-gō in Gifu Prefecture. The survival of this traditional architectural style is attributed to the region's secluded location in the upper reaches of the Shōgawa river. This is also the reason that Gokayama's lifestyle and culture remained very traditional for many years after the majority of the country had modernized. Many of the houses surpass 300 years in age.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in 16, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Historic Sites of Japan, Interlanguage link template existing link and Nanto, Toyama.
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Key facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Gokayama(五箇山)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Image
- 五箇山相倉合掌集落02.jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Caption
- Gasshō-zukuri houses in Gokayama
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Location
- Nanto, Toyama, Japan
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
- Cultural: (iv)(v)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 734
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 1995
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- Japan Toyama Prefecture#Japan
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.map_caption
- Gokayama
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.relief
- 1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Nanto
- Body of water
- Shō River
- Official website
- gokayama-info.jp
- Image
- Gokayama ainokura gassho shuraku 20050504 5.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gokayama
- native label
- 五箇山
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Ainokura
- Suganuma
- Shinto shrine
- Buddhist architecture
- International relations
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
is an area within the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional gasshō-zukuri houses, alongside nearby Shirakawa-gō in Gifu Prefecture. The survival of this traditional architectural style is attributed to the region's secluded location in the upper reaches of the Shōgawa river. This is also the reason that Gokayama's lifestyle and culture remained very traditional for many years after the majority of the country had modernized. Many of the houses surpass 300 years in age.
The Gokayama region includes the former villages of Taira, Kamitaira, and Toga. The gasshō hamlet of Ainokura is located in Taira, while that of Suganuma is in Kamitaira; both are nationally designated Historic Sites.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gokayama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations