Jin Homura Art Museum

Well worth a visit

Across the river from the Gassho-zukuri family houses and cafes and near the parking lot is this great collection of 25 Gassho-zukuri houses rescued and reassembled together with a watermill, shrine a...

Beautiful

This museum small village beside Shirakawago is worth visiting. You can go inside the houses which have been moved from their original locations. There's a small waterfall that makes for a perfect mag...

Cultural Heritage

If you get a chance, it is worth the 90 minute drive each way. Recommend going early in the morning to avoid the tour bus traffic and be able to take lots of pictures. We have been several times and n...

Traditional

The museum included a number of traditional gasshozukuri houses, designed to withstand heavy snowfall with their steep grass roofs. Despite the hot weather the snow on the ground was thick and due to ...

A wonderful way to build . .

The gassho-zukuri architecture, which translates as "praying hands" is designed to speed up losing the snow in winter and the roof is constructed without nails using wooden beams tied with rope