Shirakawa-go

Sent some time at Ogi-machi Gasso Style Village in the countryside of Japan on a trip to see how local people live.

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the area now covered by the municipality of Shirakawa was controlled by the family of the warlord Uchigashima. The family seized these lands in 1465 and established their stronghold at Kaerigumo Castle, south of the village of Ogimachi.

When you enter this district, and you step into the closest thing to the Edo period outside a historical drama.

Most houses have a rice paddy as their garden with small shops selling everything.Read more