Hakusan Shirakawa-go White Road

Traditional gassho-zukuri farmhouses stand among the fields of Ogimachi village. Walk through the settlement to see the steep thatched roofs and rural landscape.

Hakusan Ichirino Onsen Campsite in Ishikawa, with access, map location and seasonal planning data for international visitors.

One of Japan’s three sacred mountains, approached from Gifu through the Oshirakawa area of Hakusan National Park. The Hirase trail, beech forests, Lake Hakusui and Shiramizu Falls form a remote mountain destination reached by a narrow seasonal road that closes through winter.

Two living UNESCO-listed villages in Nanto where steep-roofed gassho-style farmhouses remain among mountain fields. Ainokura has the larger settlement; Suganuma forms a compact cluster beside the Shogawa valley. Visitors must respect private homes and village traffic rules.

A roughly one-kilometre mountain trail in Takayama linking waterfalls of different sizes through old trees and moss-covered boulders. A lookout opens toward the Hida mountains, while the steep ravine and winter snow require seasonal planning.

A 1.4-kilometre forest climb in Hida Kiyomi passing many small cascades, giant mossy boulders and old beech and oak trees before reaching the 30-metre Okura Falls. Most visitors can reach the main fall in under an hour.