Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2025 shows Gassho-zukuri houses covered with snow in Shirakawa-go, Japan. HONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) ...

In the 24 hours through 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 60 centimeters of snow fell in Yuzawa Town in Niigata Prefecture and 55 centimeters in Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture. As of 6 p.m. on Wednesday ...

Japan is home to bustling metropolises like Tokyo and Osaka, but its true magic lies in its charming small towns. Nestled between mountains, rivers, and historical landmarks, these picturesque ...

‘Gifu offers a traditional Japanese escape off ... The next day, I head deeper into the mountains to visit the village of Shirakawa-go. Here, the practice of community roof rethatching has ...

It is now easier to reach Gifu prefecture from Europe with direct flights from Helsinki to Nagoya.View on euronews ...

With its Zen courtyards sprinkled with snow, the jin’ya is as beautiful as it is fascinating. Another essential stop in Gifu is Shirakawa-go, a village dating from the 11th century. Set between ...

In Tulsi, a village in central India, social media has sparked an economic and social revolution. It's a microcosm of YouTube's effect on the world. As villagers head into the fields of Tulsi ...

KYIV: Ukraine on Sunday said it retook a mining village near the embattled strategic city of Pokrovsk, which Russia has tried to capture for months, after President Volodymyr Zelensky said his for ...

In Hiroshige’s rendering of Nakatsugawa, now a city of around 80,000, white egrets hide in tall river grasses, and hikers are protected from the rain by wide straw hats that mirror the pointed ...

Straggling caravans of people and laden horses sometimes took days to pass through a single village. Those who traversed ... but the section that runs through the Gifu prefecture is an ideal ...