Discover 3 tourist attractions in picturesque ancient Japan

Visit the historic village of a few hundred years old, you will enjoy the calm of the countryside and explore the traditional architecture in the land of cherry blossoms. Below are three tourist destinations for travelers prefer ancient beauty occasions to Japan.

Oshino Hakkai Village

Of Tokyo for less than 100 km, is located at the foot of Mount Fuji, Oshino Hakkai Village is interesting destination for tourists interested in exploring the old lifestyle of Japanese people are completely original.

Visit the ancient village of Oshino Hakkai, you'll be strolling leisurely on a small dirt road, flanked by clumps of dark green pine was very poetic, lyrical, is looking at the old house roof covered with moss, the garden vegetables, corn and clear blue lakes inspired silhouette trees.


What most impressed when tourists come here to enjoy pure water directly from Mount Fuji and soak your hands in ice water for a minute to "entry" before exploring beauty peaceful quiet of the ancient village. The fresh fruit was planted by the villagers as well as tourists first excited to come here.

Takayama

Also known as Hida-Takayama, Takayama city (meaning "high mountain") of Gifu Prefecture, located in the heart of Japan. Therefore located high and relatively isolated existence in comparison with other regions should Takayama conditions to develop its own culture over the past 300 years. Unlike large urban and other bustling life in Takayama slow, slowly like a slow motion.

Takayama is famous for dishes with local flavor as bold Sansei (vegetables mountains), wasakana (river fish), beef, soba, ramen, sake ...


Takayama has many places to explore, such as City Museum, built in 1895, tickets for free from 8:30 am to 17 pm daily, except for 2 things; The temple is famous for Sakurayama Hachimangu Takayama Matsuri festival, to be held from 9 to 10/10 every year and is one of the three most beautiful festivals in Japan; Souk Migayawa bright side of the river near the city center, where the sale of traditional handicrafts local agricultural products fresh seasonal.

Shirakawa Village - go

From Takayama, takes less than half an hour to reach the ancient village of Shirakawa-go in Central Japan. Visitors can reach the village by bus in lines Shirakawa Tokyo - Toyama - Kanazawa then from there take a bus to the village of Shirakawa.

Treasures of Shirakawa-go is Gasso-zukuri houses more than 250 years old. In Japanese, Gassho-zukuri means "shaped like hands closed together in prayer."Therefore, the structure of these houses have a special section with grass roofs thick 40-80 cm high slope to become defensive battles rage of nature and the thick snow cover in winter . The old houses here were built north or South to the warm winter and cool summer, pleasant.


Until now, the villagers still live in traditional wooden house his father left. Materials, building homes and structures have not changed. The old houses here often have 3 main floor, including a ground floor and two mezzanine. The ground floor houses modeled after a traditional Japanese style, including guest rooms, reading rooms, worship rooms and private rooms for family members, the top floor is usually used for storage of agricultural products and silkworm breeding place.

This beautiful old village is also where Fujiko Fujio author writing the first volume of the popular manga Doraemon. In 1995, the village of Shirakawa is better known as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. /.




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