All you need for this scenery is a big temperature difference from the previous night and high humidity with no wind. Many photographers from all over the country come to capture the spectacular scenery of Hoshitoge rice terraces when the water in the rice fields shines like a mirror and the sea of clouds covers the rice terraces. Among them, 'Hoshitoge Rice Terraces' are representative fields of Tokamachi City. Many terraced rice fields and rural landscapes are scattered in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture. The village is also known as a heavy snowfall area, and wintertime is one of the famous seasons to visit this spot, but the summer landscape is also very beautiful, and it has a mysterious charm that makes you feel as if you were lost in the world of old tales.įamous rural scenery, with fields of rice in Niigata Prefecture Shirakawa-go is inhabited and you can still enjoy this historical heritage of Japan.

The 'Ogimachi Castle Observation Deck' is a great place you can observe all the village. Here you can find valuable buildings such as the nationally designated important cultural property 'Wada House' that gives a glimpse of life in the Edo period and the historically famous 'Shirakawa Hachiman' shrine that was built during the Wado era. All these buildings bring that old-fashioned countryside atmosphere. 'Shirakawa-go' was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, and there are about 100 large and small gassho-zukuri styled (type of architecture with pitched roofs) buildings in the village. A world heritage village where the original old Japanese scenery is still remains

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