Photograph taken at Shirakawa-go 白川郷 in Gifu Prefecture.
Please go away birds
to protect our fields
provide food for others
for the next harvest
Shirakawa-go (Shirakawa Village)
Shirakawa-go (Shirakawa Village) is a World Cultural Heritage site since 1995 in the North-western part of Gifu Prefecture in Japan. Is is also located in the historical region known as “Hida” and it is also known as “Hida Shirakawa.” At the village there are 114 thatched roofs structures as well as a rice field and a river running through the town.
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