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Bird's eye view of Shirakawa-go from Ogimachi Castle ruins.

Side view of Wada-ke House

JR Kofu Station

Shirakawa-go is also a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).

Path to Wada House entrance

Park in front of Kofu Station.

Close-up of Ogimachi

Main house on left and latrine on right with large vats to gather fertilizer.

Looks like Suganuma, another village in Gokayama area.

Statue of Takeda Shingen.

Main house with a recently rethatched roof, making it look very smooth.

Shirakawa-go 白川郷

Wada House, Shirakawa-go

Entry road to Ainokura village. Bus stop shelter on right.

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).

Gable openings let light and air come through the attic to foster silkworms.

What you see first is a big parking lot for tour buses. Then you see the hordes of tourists.

A small stream beside the house helps to melt the snow falling off the roof.

Ainokura monument

Museum of Aeronautical SciencesThe museum is right at the end of the runway of Narita International Airport.

Underside of roof made of an A-frame truss structure

The thatched roof is replaced every 30 years. Every spring, 6 or 7 thatched roofs are replaced in Shirakawa-go.

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).

Old YS-11 prop plane.

Sugawara house from Tsuruoka city, Yamagata Prefecture. In heavy snow, the front window was used as the door.

Anegawa River was the site of a major battle with Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu defeating Azai Nagamasa and the Asakura clan on Aug. 9 1570. The area was left with so many dead that the river ran red.Local place names such as Chibara (Blood Field) stuck. Looking toward Nomura-bashi Bridge where the Anegawa battle monument stands.

The bottom ends of these beams are pegged into a point (komajiri) resting on another cross beam. Wada House, Shirakawa-go

It costs several million yen and a small army of workers to replace the thatch. The cost is subsidized by the town, prefecture, and national government.

View of Ainokura from a hill

Inside the YS-11

Where silkworms were raised to make silk cocoons.

Ceiling

Nomura-bashi Bridge crosses Anegawa River. This is where Oda Nobunaga battled the Azai clan.

Kitamura house brought from Hadano, Kanagawa

Hinohara Village Office. For a small village, this is a grand building. 檜原村役場

Slats on the attic floor to enable smoke and soot from the hearth to reach the attic.

Bird's eye view of Ainokura 相倉展望台

Museum's observation deck.

Kitamura house

Drawing of Hinohara Castle

Battle monument

Straw rope tie the large beams to form a truss for the roof.

Shirakawa-go 白川郷

Nihon Minkaen is an outdoor museum of traditional farm and merchant houses with thatched roofs. They have 25 homes from around Japan many were donated to the museum for preservation.

Inside Hinohara Village Office

Anegawa River Battle Memorial

Another rope made of a crushed tree branch to tie smaller beams. It tightens as it dries.

Ainokura

Photo gallery

Hinohara Village Office has a coffee shop.

Anegawa River Battle Memorial, rear view with the battle date engraved.

Made in Hinohara, displayed in the coffee shop.

Front view of Anegawa River Battle Memorial where Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Azai Nagamasa and the Asakura clan on Aug. 9 1570.

Implements to raise silkworms.

Restaurant

Rethatching a small storehouse.

Thatched roof

Jam made in Hinohara.

Anegawa River Battle Memorial, dedicated to the war dead

Foundation and pillars rest on stones. The beam is shaped to fit the stone.

The main building was built in 1816.

Ainokura

Water nozzles aimed at the house. No smoking.

The Village Office and coffee shop has a great view of the river.

The battle site is next to Nomura village. Nobunaga and the Azai called it the Battle at Nomura.

Two foundation beams interlock.

Ainokura is smaller than Shirakawa-go, but still tourist-driven.

Hinohara village manhole

Next to the battle memorial is another monument.

Thatch repair work.

Hinohara Village Tourist Info Office

Chofu Station on the Keio Line 調布駅

Jindaji temple, Hondo main hall

Inside Hinohara Village Tourist Info Office

In front of Chofu Station

Jindaji temple, Hondo main hall and incense burner

Yamada house

Battle map showing the position of the opposing armies.

Sign indicating the site of the Battle at Anegawa River.

Wedding at Jindaiji temple

Center of Ainokura and souvenir shop.

The lighting inside the museum also changes to reflect the time of day. This is night time.

This is where the Azai and Oda Nobunaga armies clashed.

Wedding at Jindaiji temple

Thatched roofs

Tourist Information Office in the center of town.

Day time

Emukai house brought from Nanto, Toyama. In the gasshi-zukuri style with steep roof. Kawasaki Nihon Minkaen

Jindaiji soba restaurants

Ainenji temple 相念寺

Tourist Information Office

Restroom behind the Tourist Information Office

Rice storehouse

Nihon Minkaen, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Signs indicating the Battle of Anegawa River. This is next to the battle memorial.

Jindaiji soba restaurants

These pictures were taken in the fall.

Cooling system

Cat on the roof. Meow is what you first hear in the museum. Its name is "Mamesuke." Actually a robot cat whose head can move up and down.

Inside Emukai house

Mt. Ibuki was witness to the battle.

Jindaiji soba restaurant

Who says money can't buy happiness?

Anegawa River, where thousands lay dead after the battle.

Soba noodles

Parking lot along the main road through the village.

Spare thatch, Ainokura

Anegawa River is a shallow river.

Jindaiji soba restaurant

Deai Bridge crossing the Shokawa River.

Center of Ainokura

Anegawa River ran red with the blood of fallen warriors in Aug. 1570.

Good design

Anegawa River

Soba noodles

Deai Bridge

Anegawa River

Jindaiji beer

Shokawa River

Monument in the center of Ainokura.

Tourist Info Office near the bus stop.

Nihon Minkaen, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Anegawa River

Soba manju

Entrance to the Gassho-zukuri Minka-en outdoor museum.

Toilet

Anegawa River

Waterwheel

Gassho Storehouse 合掌小屋造り

Gassho-zukuri Minka-en outdoor museum

The museum park has 25 homes from around Japan many were donated to the museum for preservation. Near Mukogaoka-yuen Station on the Odakyu Line. Closed Mon. Admission 500 yen.

Gassho-zukuri Minka-en outdoor museum

Water mill

Entrance to Jindaiji pet cemetary

Restrooms

Gassho-zukuri minka houses slated for destruction were moved to this outdoor museum and saved.

Inside water mill

On the other side of this Anegawa River were Oda Nobunaga's forces.

Banners in memory of deceased pets

Looks traditional on the outside, but modern on the inside.

Hydrangea

Nomura-bashi Bridge in the distance.

Kannon tower

Thatched roof and persimmon tree

Junishi Kannon altar

Pet urns. Notice the crematorium smoke stacks in the background.

Anegawa River, looking upstream

Fire hydrant

Pet urns

Fire hydrant

Monument for the final battle, about 1 km in front of Mt. Sasaoyama, where the fighting was the fiercest. 決戦地The left banner has the Ishida Mitsunari's crest and the right banner has the Tokugawa crest.