Gassho Style House Colony (Gassho-zukuri Minka-en)

Information

In 1968 the residents of the Kazura District decided to move out of the village and tried to sell their Gassho style houses. Concerned that the houses would be relocated elsewhere or destroyed resulting in a loss of their important cultural value, Shirakawa Village provided a site where the houses could be collectively relocated and opened as a museum.

Opening Hours

8:40 - 17:00 (March - November)
9:00 - 16:00 (December - February)

Closed

December - March: Thursdays (or the preceding day when it falls on a national holiday)

Price / Entrance Fee

500 yen (General, Adult)
300 yen (Child)

Access / Public Transport

50 minutes from JR Takayama Station by the bus bound for Shirakawa-go / Kanazawa. Get off at Shirakawa-go Bus stop.

Address / Location

2499, Ogimachi, Shirakawa-mura Ono-gun, Gifu, 501-5627

Tweets

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Snowcorgi @Snowcorgi1 - 2018-12-14: RT @KanpaiJapan: [Today's Kanpai picture]
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Takayama - The little Kyoto of the Japanese Alps
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JapanTravel.net @JapanTravelNet - 2018-12-14: Exploring Toyama en route from Takayama to Tokyo https://t.co/n9WkjN4RPK
Denny Stevenson @StevensonDenny - 2018-12-13: Takayama in the mountains of Gifu, Japan. https://t.co/1pLEMpmXt2
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Erick Jones @erickjones - 2018-12-13: New vlog is here!! See the old Japan in Takayama.
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Dan Schlosser @danrschlosser - 2018-12-13: My credit cards betrayed me in Takayama, Japan, and of course I wrote up all the juicy details. https://t.co/VgZLO4iKa6
Travel @lookeastwest - 2018-12-12: Japan.Takayama Gifu is a city in the mountainous Hida region, part of the Japan Alps National Park. Beautiful. https://t.co/VJUusJeqEz
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Tomoki Takayama @tomoki_takayama - 2018-12-11: RT @BunnyTokyoJP: Do you know why many Japanese homes are freezing cold in winter? 😭 (including mine)
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nala @nala_rinaldo - 2018-12-10: Hida-Takayama trekking between Hida-Osaka falls to feel the scent of autumn.
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