Day 24 - Shirakawa-Go

Shirakawa-Go is a UNESCO World Heritage site, with many houses built in the gasshō-zukuri style ("clasped-hands"). The roof space of many of these buildings were originally used for the cultivation (is that the right word?) of silk worms.

This place is very heavily visited by tourists, and we are told that this is one of the few rural settlements like this to actually see an increase in its resident population - due mostly to the economic impact and the need to service the tourism industry.



There is only just over a week left to go on the training course now, and things are still very busy, but as you can probably tell by the posts, very interesting, exciting and enjoyable.