1. Specific location a) Country	Japan
b) State, province, or region	Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture
c) Name of property	The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
d) Location and area	The nominated cultural property is composed of a set of three historic mountain villages located in scattered sites in the Shirakawa-go and Gokayama areas, surrounded by the steep mountains of the Chubu Region in central Japan. The names of these three villages are Ogimachi, Ainokura and Suganuma. Ogimachi is located in the current administrative district of Shirakawa-Mura*, in Ono-gun, Gifu Prefecture; Ainokura, in Taira-mura, and Suganuma, in Kamitaira-mura, are both located in Higashi-tonami-gun, Toyama Prefecture. * The term "Mura", although literally translated as "village", is defined by government to represent a larger administrative district, often comprising a number of village communities. Each nominated property is surrounded by its own primary buffer zone (Buffer Zone I), and further protected by a secondary buffer zone (Buffer Zone II), a wider area which contains all three villages. Buffer Zone I: an area in which alteration of existing state is strictly, regulated to preserve the natural and/or historic environment. Buffer Zone II: an area in which development actions over a certain scale are controlled to conserve the natural environment and the cultural landscape. The locations of the nominated properties and their buffer zones are as follows: Ogimachi Village : Latitude 365' north / Longitude 136。54' east Ainokura Village : Latitude 36。25' north / Longitude 136。56' east Suganuma Village : Latitude 36。24' north / Longitude 136。53' east The areas of the properties together with the areas of the buffer zones are as follows: Area of the nominated property (ha) Area of buffer zone I (ha) Area of buffer zone II (ha) Ogimachi Village 45.6 471.5 35,655 Ainokura Village 18.O 3,863.6 9,406 Suganuma Village 4.4 9,477 Total 68.O 4,335.1 54,538 Appendix 1: Maps indicating the location of the property 1a: The location in Japan 1b: The location in Chugoku Region 1c: The location in the Shirakawa-go / Gokayama
e) Maps and plans	The following maps indicating the location and the extent of the properties, the existing land-use patterns, and the zones of legal protection in both the nominated areas and the buffer zones are submitted herewith: Appendix 2 : Map indicating the property and the surrounding natural and built environment Appendix 3 : Maps indicating the extent of the property 3a: Map indicating the extent of the property 3b: Ogimachi Village 1. Map indicating the extent of the property 2(1). Historic Buildings and Environmental Features(1/4) 2(2). Historic Buildings and Environmental Features(2/4) 2(3). Historic Buildings and Environmental Features(3/4) 2(4). Historic Buildings and Environmental Features(4/4) 3(1). Existing Land-Use Patterns(1/4) 3(2). Existing Land-Use Patterns(2/4) 3(3). Existing Land-Use Patterns(3/4) 3(4). Existing Land-Use Patterns(4/4) 3c: Ainokura Village 1(1). Historic Buildings and Environmental Features(1/2) 1(2). Historic Buildings and Environmental Features(2/2) 2. Existing Land-Use Patterns 3d: Suganuma Village 1. Historic Buildings and Environmental Features 2. Existing Land-Use Patterns Appendix 4 : Map indicating the zones of legal protection 4a: Map indicating the zones of legal protection 4b: Ogimachi Village (detaild map) 4c: Ainokura Village (detaild map) 4d: Suganuma Village (detaild map)