gokayama daytime snow gasshozukuri toyama 창문 산 겨울 unesco cloud 유네스코 슬로프 traditional_architecture 자연 구름 건축 window 낮 sky Building hamlet farmhouse House mountains Japan world_heritage Architecture 눈 nature mountain Village 빌딩 하늘 winter slope

Gokayama － Suganuma gassho hamlet 五箇山

五箇山 富山県 菅沼合掌集落 Along with the more widely known village of Shirakawa-go in Gifu prefecture, the area of Gokayama in neighbouring Toyama prefecture is designated a Unesco World Heritage site for its traditional steep thatched-roofed architecture known as 'gassho zukuri' 合掌造り . Gokayama is comprised of several small hamlets tucked away in the mountains. Pictured is Suganuma hamlet, with its gassho-zukuri farmhouses covered in snow.