Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms. The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan. Despite economic upheavals, the villages of Ogimachi, Ainokura and Suganuma are outstanding examples of a traditional way of life perfectly adapted to the environment and people's social and economic circumstances. Source:whc.unesco.org
Inscribed: 1995
Thanks to Ms Aj Nishizawa for the wonderful card. He has used a matching stamp and a pictorial postmark depicting Temple Hogan Ji which is a UNESCO heritage temple in Kyoto.
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