{"id":1151,"date":"2014-10-18T16:22:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T16:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2015-10-19T17:04:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:04:18","slug":"shirakawa-go-japan-october-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/?p=1151","title":{"rendered":"Shirakawa-go, Japan   October 18, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We drove to Shirakawa-go today to visit the Gassho Houses. These houses are part of a traditional village and the village\u00a0is a UNESCO Heritage site. Shirakawa is one of the snowiest places in Japan and also in the world. Average snowfall is over 400 inches per year, so the Japanese built their homes with steep thatched roofs. I was really looking forward to visiting the village but was disappointed by how touristy it was. The pictures made it look a lot better than it actually was. Maybe it would look better in the winter with all the snow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1152\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01756-e1445272825563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1152\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01756-e1445272825563-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01756\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01756-e1445272825563-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01756-e1445272825563-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gassho Houses and harvested rice paddy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1153\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01759-e1445272843550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1153\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01759-e1445272843550-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01759\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01759-e1445272843550-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01759-e1445272843550-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gassho Houses<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1154\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01762-e1445272860214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1154\" class=\"wp-image-1154\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01762-e1445272860214-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01762\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01762-e1445272860214-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01762-e1445272860214-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildflowers and Gassho Houses<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1155\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01767.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1155\" class=\"wp-image-1155\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01767-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01767\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01767-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01767-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese scarecrows<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1156\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01768-e1445272877170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1156\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01768-e1445272877170-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01768\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01768-e1445272877170-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globaladventurestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC01768-e1445272877170-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shirakawa-go Village<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove to Shirakawa-go today to visit the Gassho Houses. These houses are part of a traditional village and the village\u00a0is a UNESCO Heritage site. Shirakawa is one of the snowiest places in Japan and also in the world. 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