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*''Japanese'': 白川郷 ''(Shirakawa gou)''
Shirakawa-gô is a village famous as a site of traditional rural farming-town architecture and culture. It has been designated a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]], along with the nearby village of [[Gokayama]].
The village only first became a popular tourist site in the late 1950s or early 1960s; prior to that, it was considered a perfectly typical mountain village, and was not known as distinctive. With the construction of a nearby dam in the late 1950s to early 1960s, however, the Shirakawa [[onsen]] and nearby Shiramizu waterfall began to attract tourism. The population of the village began to decline dramatically around that same time, however; efforts were made to protect the village from disappearing, and Shirakawa was eventually named a World Heritage Site, securing its position as a notable tourist site.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/11880923403/sizes/l]
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
Shirakawa-gô is a village famous as a site of traditional rural farming-town architecture and culture. It has been designated a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]], along with the nearby village of [[Gokayama]].
The village only first became a popular tourist site in the late 1950s or early 1960s; prior to that, it was considered a perfectly typical mountain village, and was not known as distinctive. With the construction of a nearby dam in the late 1950s to early 1960s, however, the Shirakawa [[onsen]] and nearby Shiramizu waterfall began to attract tourism. The population of the village began to decline dramatically around that same time, however; efforts were made to protect the village from disappearing, and Shirakawa was eventually named a World Heritage Site, securing its position as a notable tourist site.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, National Museum of Japanese History.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/11880923403/sizes/l]
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
