484:World Heritage Gassho Village Ainokura and Suganuma in February

484:World Heritage Gassho Village Ainokura and Suganuma in February

Summary Walk around in the “Gokayama Gassho Village”, which was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1995 along with the “Shirakawa-go Gassho Village”. The world heritage of Gokayama area, the gassho village is in two districts, “Ainokura” and “Suganuma”.Although the scale is smaller than Shirakawa-go, the scenery of the mountain village deep in the mountains impressive for me. Ainokura Gassho Village: Arrive at 10 am on the tour bus, take a walk in the village after observing from the village observatory, enjoy and take pictures of the snowy mountain village scenery, and stay for 1 hour.Please note that the stop-by time is limited form 8:30 to 17:00 except during…

483:Snow Shirakawa-go Gassho village Light Up Event

483:Snow Shirakawa-go Gassho village Light Up Event

概要:世界遺産「白川郷」ライトアップイベントに合わせて2月初旬のツアーに参加。ライトアップで幻想的に浮かび上がる合掌集落全域を城山展望台から俯瞰・撮影した。
この日は風弱く小雪舞う天候で撮影には良い状況だった。

白川郷合掌集落は五箇山合掌集落と合わせて1995年ユネスコ世界文化遺産に登録されている。国内では「伝統的建造物群保存地区」として登録されている。
日本の原風景と言える雰囲気・文化の香りを色濃く残している、と感じル旅だった。

481:Kakunodate samurai residence walk in autumn rain

481:Kakunodate samurai residence walk in autumn rain

Summary Kakunodate Castle Town” were built by Ashina, who ruled this area about 400 years ago.The castle town is divided into an inner town and an outer town. The north side is the inner town where samurai live, and the south side is the outer town where merchants live.On this tour, I take a walk through the “Samurai Residence” in Uchimachi(inner town).This area is registered as a “Traditional Buildings Preservation District” type, Samurai Town.The “Samurai Residence”, which is lined up in an orderly manner over about 700m, retains the remnants of those days.The six samurai residences that are open to the public, I visited two residences, the “Aoyagi residence” and…