Shirakawa-go is located in northwestern Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the eastern foot of Mount Haku and near the Shō River. The town's claim to fame is its gasshō-zukuri style housing, a traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof. It shares these style of housing with its neighbor Gokayama in southwestern Toyama Prefecture.
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