Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 3
Before leaving Ogimachi I crossed the river that runs along the west end of the village and went over to the Gassho-zukuri Minkaen. This is…
Continue reading → Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 3
Before leaving Ogimachi I crossed the river that runs along the west end of the village and went over to the Gassho-zukuri Minkaen. This is…
Continue reading → Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 3
Continuing my exploration of Ogimachi, I walked some more through the parts of the village with the most gassho-zukuri farmhouses. Everything was still wet from…
Continue reading → Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 2
The second stage of my bus tour through the mountains of central Japan brought me to the region of Shirakawago and the village of Ogimachi.…
Continue reading → Shirakawago 2019: Ogimachi Village (荻町) Pt 1
I got up early the next morning and returned to the Takayama bus station to get on a tour bus that would take me deeper…
Continue reading → Shirakawago/Gokayama 2019: Heading deeper into the mountains