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Gokayama gassho-style villages（五箇山合掌造集落）

ごかやまがっしょうづくりしゅうらく Gokayama Gassho Villages

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Thatched roofs pitched at 60 degrees to shed snow, framed without nails and tied with rope; a World Heritage village.

Type	Architecture
Genre	Architecture / Outdoor art / Land art
City / town	Nanto
Founded / opened	Edo period
Area in the prefecture	Gosei (western Toyama)

FAQ

Where is Gokayama Gassho Villages?: It is in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at Gokayama Gassho Villages?: Thatched roofs pitched at 60 degrees to shed snow, framed without nails and tied with rope; a World Heritage village. The focus is architecture, land art.
When was Gokayama Gassho Villages established?: It dates from the Edo period.

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