At Shirakawa-go in Shirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture, where the gassho-zukuri village is registered as a World Heritage Site, the gassho-zukuri houses were lit up from the 15th, and tourists enjoyed the fantastic scenery. .
From 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on the first day, 15th, about 30 of the 120 gassho-zukuri houses in the village were lit up with spotlights.
Although the amount of snow on the 15th was about 30 centimeters less than usual, tourists who visited the village enjoyed the fantastic scenery, taking pictures of the houses with thatched roofs while walking around the village. bottom.
The Shirakawa-go light-up has been canceled for the past two years due to the spread of the new coronavirus, but this time, the number of people who can see it will be limited to about 3,000 people per day by making an advance reservation. That's it.
A woman in her 60s who visited from Kyoto for sightseeing said, "It was more beautiful than I imagined. It's like a fantastic fairyland."
The light-up will be held every Sunday until the 19th of next month.