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A souvenir shop that sells local sake and other specialty products from the Hida region. At the storefront, they sell Hida beef skewers 600 yen and Hida beef croquettes 250 yen, so they are perfect for snacks. Takeout is also OK, so it is perfect for accompanying Shirakawa-go walking. There is also a drinking place for local sake where you can drink it.

A souvenir shop in front of Meizenji Temple. Inside the Gassho-style shop, there are a large selection of Hida and Shirakawa-go souvenirs, handmade folk art made by local grandpas and grandma with a genuine heart. Among them, local sake is popular. The store's limited sake, similar to Doburoku, "oyabuki no-sato Shirakawa-go pure rice rice" 720 ml 1400 yen, is recommended.

Grandpa, Grandma's "ji-ba" and a workshop & shop with the meaning of local industry. There are folk art items in the store, such as a snake, a handkerchief dyed with grass trees, and straw shoes. In the workshop, the elderly make straw works and other works. In addition to the tour, you can also experience it if you book with two or more people. Making a straw sleigh 1700 yen.

A souvenir shop that is unique to Shirakawa-go. There are many folk crafts, such as a Gassho earpick stand 610 yen with a Gassho-style miniature, and a Gassho magnet 550 yen with a cute Gassho-style shape. Local sake is abundantly available, from sake, doburoku, and rice wine to wine and fruit liquor. Depending on the season, they will be found in stores with dried persimmon and jinenjondo.

There is a large selection of Hida folk art and specialty products, and the shopkeeper will tell you in detail. Among them, the recommendations are pickles that go with the original Daiginjo hometown and sake. Red Kabu 540 yen.

Around the village of Kashura, Shirakawa-mura, which was once said to be an unexplored area, 25 Gassho-built houses used in all parts of Shirakawa-go have been relocated and preserved and opened to the public. A shrine, a watermill, a horse shop, and so on stand in the park, and a landscape just like an old village.

An information desk is located in the Baburagi Park parking lot. It contains a tourist association and can consult about accommodation and sightseeing.

Roadside station stands in Gassho-zukuri no Sato, which is also famous as a World Heritage Site. At the "Gassho Museum", real Gassho-built houses are relocated to exhibit and describe the building process. There are menus that can only be eaten here, such as "Meryu Ramen", which is made by kneading Shirakawago Koshihikari rice flour into noodles, and "Roadside Station Original Curry", which is healthy using fried oil.

A gassho-built private house rebuilt by the fifth generation in 1890 (Meiji 23). It is also one of the largest in Shirakawa Township, with five floors. Since he was a Chinese medicine doctor from the first to the third generation, he also exhibits medicine boxes and scales from the Edo period, as well as art objects and furniture.

In 1995, Shirakawa-go Ogimachi Gassho Settlement, which was listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. 114 gassho-built houses remain in Satoyama, where you can meet the original Japanese landscape such as thatched roofs. It shows different expressions for each season with fresh green, autumn leaves.