Although Japan's main attractions are usually associated with its big cities, there are still villages where you can enjoy ...

Japan has made big steps in accessible travel, one expert says, while bodies like Accessible Japan and TokudAw help those ...

A short trip away is Shirakawa Village, a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its traditional gassho-zukuri houses. These thatched-roof farmhouses, designed to withstand heavy snowfall, offer a ...

Shirakawa-go is walk-able. Upon arriving there, get a free map from the tourist info. centre which is right next to the bus terminal. If you don’t want to hike uphill to the Ogimachi Tenbodai Lookout ...

An easygoing village, it boasts whitewashed houses that sparkle ... Best known for its sloping thatched roofs, the Historic Villages of Gokayama and Shirakawa-go are among Japan's most beautiful ...

Around 150 villagers threw themselves into the effort. According to the Shirakawa village board of education, this was the first re-thatching in Shirakawa-go in five years. Work on May 13 involved ...

A dwindling Japanese village has found a creative way to combat loneliness amid rural depopulation and declining birth rates. Ichinono, a community of fewer than 60 people north of Osaka, has been ...

With only one child in a village of 60 people, residents of Ichinono create hand-crafted dolls to combat loneliness.

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A dwindling Japanese village has found a creative way to combat loneliness amid rural depopulation and declining birth rates. Ichinono, a community of fewer than 60 people north of Osaka ...

A small village in Japan is overflowing by puppets who are being used not to decorate the area but to stave off loneliness among the locals. Silence pervades the air in Ichinono, where residents ...

A two-year-old boy was the first baby in 20 years for a Japanese village where most residents are aged 65 and above and there are life-sized puppets to ease the feeling of loneliness Ichinono ...