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The most beautiful villages in Japan [Part 2]
on 2009-07-31 (440 reads)
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Okura – Yamagata This region has one of the heaviest snowfalls in Japan, sometimes reaching up to 4 metres. The terraced rice-fields, often covered in snow, reveal their scenic beauty across the four seasons. |
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Shirakawa – Gifu This area has one of the heaviest snowfalls in Japan. When its sloped rooves, covered in white, are lit up, it invites the observer to a magical world. It is also a world heritage site. |
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Kiso / Kaida Highlands – Nagano This village, at an altitude of 1,100 metres, is blessed with abundant natural beauty. The view from Mount Mitake, changing with the four seasons, remains a richly-coloured and unspoilt rural landscape. |
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Gero / Maze – Gifu The broadleaf trees with their vivid colours throughout the four seasons; the scenery of the Maze River, changing with pools and shallows; the farmland stretching across the river basin; and the old-style homes all reach a perfect harmony. |
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Nakagawa – Nagano The terraced rice-fields here boast a scenic view from the Central Alps to the Tenry«é River. Local volunteers have launched a study group to retain this valuable asset for later generations. |
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Nagiso – Nagano The streetscape retains rich Edo-period lodgings, to preserve which a conservation movement is conducted vowing not to “sell, lease or demolish” houses or land. |
| With cooperation from “The most beautiful villages in Japan” Federation. |
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