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Ainokura can be reached by bus from Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture. Some scenery along the way by bus to Ainokura.
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Looks like Suganuma, another village in Gokayama area.
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Entry road to Ainokura village. Bus stop shelter on right.
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Way to Ainokura, one of the gasshou-zukuri villages in the Gokayama region designated as a World Heritage Site. Ainokura has over 20 houses with steep thatched-roof houses amid high mountains. Ainokura is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).
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What you see first is a big parking lot for tour buses. Then you see the hordes of tourists.
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Ainokura monument
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View of Ainokura which is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).
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View of Ainokura from a hill
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Bird's eye view of Ainokura 相倉展望台
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Ainokura
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Ainokura
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Ainokura is smaller than Shirakawa-go, but still tourist-driven.
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Center of Ainokura and souvenir shop.
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Thatched roofs
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Ainenji temple 相念寺
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These pictures were taken in the fall.
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Spare thatch, Ainokura
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Center of Ainokura
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Monument in the center of Ainokura.
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Gassho Storehouse 合掌小屋造り
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Restrooms
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Looks traditional on the outside, but modern on the inside.
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Thatched roof and persimmon tree
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Fire hydrant
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Ainokura Folk Museum No. 1 南砺市相倉民俗館1号館Exhibits related to life in Ainokura and the gassho-zukuri houses.
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Ainokura Folk Museum No. 1
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Inside Ainokura Folk Museum No. 1
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Inside Ainokura Folk Museum No. 1
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Inside Ainokura Folk Museum No. 1
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Roof peg
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Gassho hari
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Silk-making implements
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Hair pins
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Snow coat made of straw.
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Snow outfit
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Spare thatch
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Left side was recently reroofed.
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Ainokura Folk Museum No. 2 南砺市相倉民俗館2号館Exhibits related to the traditional industries of Ainokura such as gunpowder manufacturing and washi paper making.
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Inside Ainokura Folk Museum No. 2
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Implements for making gunpowder used in matchlock guns.
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Traditional musical instruments.
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Kimono
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Washi paper
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Shrine
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Shrine torii
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Shrine
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Monument commemorating the marriage of Crown Prince Hiro (right) and birth of Princess Aiko (left)
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Souvenir of Ainokura
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Road sign showing way to Ainokura.
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Johana Station
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