[Maps indicating the location of the property]
1-1. The location in Japan
1-2. The location in the Chubu region
1-3. The location in the Shirakawa-go and Gokayama area
[Map indicating the property and the surrounding natural and built environment]
1-4. Map indicating the property and the surrounding natural and built environment
[Maps indicating the extent of the property]
1-5. Ogimachi Village: Map indicating the extent of the property
1-6. Ogimachi Village: Historic Buildings and Environmental Features (1/4)
1-7. Ogimachi Village: Historic Buildings and Environmental Features (2/4)
1-8. Ogimachi Village: Historic Buildings and Environmental Features (3/4)
1-9. Ogimachi Village: Historic Buildings and Environmental Features (4/4)
1-10. Ogimachi Village: Existing Land-Use Patterns (1/4)
1-11. Ogimachi Village: Existing Land-Use Patterns (2/4)
1-12. Ogimachi Village: Existing Land-Use Patterns (3/4)
1-13. Ogimachi Village: Existing Land-Use Patterns (4/4)
1-14. Ainokura Village: Historic Buildings and Environmental Features (1/2)
1-15. Ainokura Village: Historic Buildings and Environmental Features (2/2)
1-16. Ainokura Village: Existing Land-Use Patterns
1-17. Suganuma Village: Historic Buildings and Environmental Features
1-18. Suganuma Village: Existing Land-Use Patterns
[Map indicating the zones of legal protection]
1-19. Map indicating the zones of legal protection
1-20. Ogimachi Village
1-21. Ainokura Village
1-22. Suganuma Village
[Maps showing changes in the distribution of Gassho-style houses in the Shirakawa-go / Gokayama area]
1-23. The Distribution in the Late 19th Century
1-24. The Distribution in 1994
[Drawings of selected Gassho-style buildings]
1-25. Drawings of Wada House, Ogimachi Village (1/2)
1-26. Drawings of Wada House, Ogimachi Village (2/2)
Ogimachi Village
2-1. Distant view from the north
2-2. Distant view from the north
2-3. Distant view from the west
2-4. Distant view from the north
2-5. Distant view from the north
2-6. Village view
2-7. Village view
2-8. Village view
2-9. Nagase House, side view (gable end)
2-10. Wada House, front view
2-11. Wada House, side view (gable end)
2-12. Myozen-ji (Buddhist temple) living quarters
2-13. Myozen-ji living quarters, Oe (living room)
2-14. Myozen-ji living quarters, roof structure, 1st level
2-15. Myozen-ji living quarters, roof structure, 2nd level
2-16. Myozen-ji living quarters, roof structure, 3rd level
2-17. Kanda House Hasa-goya (grain-drying shelter)
2-18. Wada House Hasa-goya (grain-drying shelter)
2-19. Canal
Ainokura Village
3-1. Distant view from the southeast
3-2. Distant view from the north
3-3. Distant view from the north
3-4. Village view
3-5. Village view
3-6. Ikehata House, side view (gable side)
3-7. Ikehata House, Oe (living room)
3-8. Ikehata House, Butsuma (room for Buddhist altar)
3-9. Ikehata House, first level of the roof structure
3-10. Ikehata House, second level of the roof structure
3-11. Ikehata Shoshichi House: pin connection detail of roof truss
3-12. Sonen-ji (Buddhist Temple) main hall
3-13. Buddhist building Dojo
3-14. Ikehata House earthen-walled storage building
Suganuma Village
4-1. Distant view from the northeast
4-2. Distant view from the northwest
4-3. Distant view from the north
4-4. Village view
4-5. Village view
4-6. Mai House,front view (gable side)
4-7. Nakajima House
4-8. Haba House wooden-walled storage building
Seasonal views of village life
5-1. Snowfall, Ogimachi Village
5-2. Snow removal work on the roof, Ogimachi Village
5-3. Rethatching work by Yui : Myozen-ji main hall, Ogimachi Village
5-4. Rethatching work by Yui : Myozen-ji living quarters, Ogimachi Village
5-5. Spring festival Shishi-mai, Suganuma Village
5-6. Koi-nobori (carp streamer for boys' day celebration), Ogimachi Village
5-7. Ta-ue (rice planting), Ogimachi Village
5-8. Ine-kari (harvesting rice), Suganuma Village
5-9. Harvest festival, Ogimachi Village
5-10. Ho-on-ko (Buddhist ceremony), Ogimachi Village
Fire Extinguishing Systems
6-1. Water jet, Ogimachi Village
6-2. Water hydrant, Ainokura Village
6-3. Water jet system during annual tests, Ogimachi Village
Historic Materials
[Disappearance of the Gashho-Style]
7-1. Taira-Mura, Shimonashi Village, ca.1935
7-2. Taira-Mura, Shimonashi Village, 1994
7-3. Shirakawa-Mura, Iijima Village, ca.1955
7-4. Shirakawa-Mura, Iijima Village, 1994
7-5. Shirakawa-Mura, Ashikura Village, ca.1950
7-6. Shirakawa-Mura, Ashikura Village, 1994
