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Gokayama Interchange
is an area within the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to its traditional ''gasshō-zukuri'' houses, alongside nearby Shirakawa-gō in Gifu Prefecture. The survival of this traditional architectural style is attributed to the region's secluded location in the upper reaches of the Shōgawa river. This is also the reason that Gokayama's lifestyle and culture remained very traditional for many years after the majority of the country had modernized. Many of the houses surpass 300 years in age. The Gokayama region includes the former villages of Taira, Kamitaira, and Toga. The ''gasshō'' hamlet of Ainokura is located in Taira, while that of Suganuma is in Kamitaira; both are nationally designated Historic Sites. Ainokura , in the Gokayama region, was inscribed on the World Heritage List in December 1995 as one of the three villages of ''gassho''-style houses. Ainokura has 20 gassho-style houses known as ''min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanto, Toyama
is a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is in a mountainous area in the south-west corner of the prefecture just north of Gifu Prefecture. It is home to the Gokayama UNESCO World Heritage site. , the city had an estimated population of 51,669 in 17,761 households and a population density of 75.8 persons per km2. Its total area is . Geography Nanto is located in the southwestern Toyama Prefecture, and is bordered by Ishikawa Prefecture to the west and Gifu Prefecture to the south. The northern part of the city is within the Tochi plains, and the southern portion of the city is mountainous. Much of the area is a dispersed settlement typical of this region of Japan. The different regions of Nanto consist of Fukuno, Fukumitsu, Johana, Inokuchi, and Inami. Surrounding municipalities *Gifu Prefecture ** Hida ** Shirakawa *Ishikawa Prefecture ** Kanazawa ** Hakusan *Toyama Prefecture ** Oyabe ** Tonami ** Toyama Climate Nanto has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washi
is traditional Japanese paper processed by hand using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (''Edgeworthia chrysantha''), or the paper mulberry (''kōzo'') bush. ''Washi'' is generally tougher than ordinary paper made from wood pulp, and is used in many traditional arts. Origami, shodō, and ukiyo-e were all produced using ''washi''. ''Washi'' was also used to make various everyday goods like clothes, household goods, and toys, as well as vestments and ritual objects for Shinto priests and statues of Buddha. It was even used to make wreaths that were given to winners in the 1998 Winter Paralympics. ''Washi'' is also used to repair historically valuable cultural properties, paintings, and books at museums and libraries around the world, such as the Louvre and the Vatican Museums, because of its thinness, pliability, durability over 1000 years due to its low impurities, and high workability to remove it cleanly with moisture. As a Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourist Attractions In Toyama Prefecture
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habake Residence
The is one of the gasshō-zukuri houses in Tamukai Village, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. It is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Overview Tamukai village, where the Habake residence is located, is on the right bank of the Shogawa River, and in the past there was no way to get to and from the village except by passing baskets. For this reason, the village was one of the penal colonies of the Kaga Domain. The Habake residence is the oldest existing gasshō-zukuri house in the village, but the date of construction and the owner at that time are not known at all. However, most of the buildings in Tamukai village were destroyed by fire in 1769, and it is said that the Habake residence was moved from Shimamura Village after the fire. This confirmed that the building had been relocated. Gasshō-zukuri minka are thought to have been built around the middle of the 17th century in the form of foundation stones, and although they do not exist today, it is estimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwaseke Residence
The is one of the gasshō-zukuri houses in Nishiakao-machi Village, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. It is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Overview The Iwaseke Residence was built over a span of 8 years in the late Edo period by (藤井長右衛門). It is one of the largest gasshō-zukuri structures in existence. The Fujii Chouemon family was the second wealthiest wealthy farmer in Gokayama after the (岩渕村伊右衛門), family of Toga Valley, and it seems that the house was built with their ample wealth as a backdrop. In the 19th century, the Kami-ni-ya built the finest and largest gasshō-zukuri houses in Gokayama, and the Iwaseke residence was representative of these houses and one of the largest gasshō-zukuri still in existence. In the past, as many as 35 people, including servants, lived in the house. Other known residences built around the same time include the Habake residence in Oze and the Ikutake residence in Hosozima. According to loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murakamike Residence
The is one of the gasshō-zukuri houses in Kaminashi Village, Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. It is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Overview Kaminashi village, where the Murakamike Residence is located, was one of the most historic villages in Gokayama, with the oldest wooden house in the prefecture, the Kaminashi Hakusan Shrine. The Murakamike Residence is thought to have been built around the middle of the Edo period, but local legend has it that it was constructed around the time of the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, which broke out in 1570 during the Sengoku period. During the time of the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, a man who was strong enough to lift timbers by himself was helping the Murakami family to build a house, but he became discouraged when he heard the news of the fall of Ishiyama Hongan-ji and could no longer lift the timbers. The Murakamike Residence retains the remains of an old and archaic style, such as showing the transitional style from the Buk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Heritage Sites In Japan
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites that are important from the point of view of science, conservation, or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage. Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. There are 26 sites listed in Japan, with a further four sites on the tentative list. Japan's first entries to the list took place in 1993, when four sites were inscribed. The most recent site, the Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Toyama)
This list is of the Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefectures of Japan, Prefecture of Toyama Prefecture, Toyama. National Historic Sites As of 1 August 2019, twenty-one Sites have been Cultural Properties of Japan, designated as being of national Values (heritage), significance, including the Kaga Domain Maeda Clan Graves and Kaetsu border castle ruins, which span the prefectural borders with Ishikawa Prefecture, Ishikawa. , - Prefectural Historic Sites As of 1 May 2019, thirty Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance. Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2019, a further one hundred and eighty-five Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance. Registered Historic Sites As of 1 July 2019, one Monument has been Cultural Properties of Japan#Categories of registered Cultural Properties, registered (as opposed to Cultural Properties of Japan, designated) as an Historic Site at a nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Villages Of Shirakawa-gō And Gokayama
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The cultural property consists of three historic mountain villages over an area of in the remote Shogawa river valley, stretching across the border of Gifu Prefecture, Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in central Japan. Shirakawa-gō (白川郷, "White River Old-District") is located in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu (village), Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture. The Gokayama (五箇山, "Five Mountains") area is divided between the former villages of Kamitaira and Taira in Nanto, Toyama, Nanto, Toyama Prefecture. The valley is in a mountain region with considerable snowfall, and these villages are well known for their clusters of farmhouses, constructed in the architectural style known as minka, gasshō-zukuri (合掌造り), which are designed to easily shed snow from their steep roofs. Geography The three villages are situated in a remote valley, surrounded by high and rugged mountains wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberobello
Alberobello (; literally "beautiful tree"; Bari dialect, Barese: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has 10,237 inhabitants (2022) and is famous for its unique ''trullo'' buildings. The ''trulli'' of Alberobello have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. Alberobello is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). History A first occupation of the area started only in the early sixteenth century on the impulse of the Count of Conversano Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, Andrea Matteo III Acquaviva d'Aragona. He allowed about forty peasant families from Noci to settle here and cultivate the land, with the obligation to give him a tenth of the crops. In 1635 his successor, Count Giangirolamo II (1600–1665) erected an inn with a tavern and an oratory and started the urbanization of the forest with the construction of few small houses. The expansion of the urban area was helped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Towns And Sister Cities
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept Throughout history, many cities have participated in various cultural exchanges and similar activities that might resemble a sister-city or twin-city relationship, but the first officially documented case of such a relationship was a signed agreement between the leaders of the cities of Toledo, Ohio and Toledo, Spain in 1931. However, the modern concept of town twinning appeared during the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyotoku-ji
Gyotoku-ji (行徳寺) is a temple located in the Nishiao district of Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture. It is one of the oldest Gokayama temples. History In the latter half of the Muromachi period, during the Bunmei (1392–1573), Rennyo(蓮如), the 8th head of Hongan-ji Temple, stayed at Yoshizaki-gobō in Echizen Province, which led to a rapid increase in Shinshū followers in the Hokuriku region, and the spread of Shinshū in earnest in the Gokayama area. The first to extend their teachings to the Gokayama region was in Echizen Province, and there was a monk named Jotoku(浄徳) from Akaodani who was a follower of Hongakuji Temple. The nephew of Jotoku was (赤尾道宗), a well-known Myokonin, and Doshu is positioned as the founder of Gyotoku-ji Temple. Although there are various traditions about Doso's origin and history in later times, there is no doubt that he was a contemporary of Rennyo, as he is often mentioned in Rennyo's writings. Gyotoku-ji Temple still retains a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
