# Japan's most beautiful villages

Gassho-zukuri hamlets, post towns and boathouses where old landscapes survive.

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- Jan 19, 2024 · hinanagoya
- https://even.best/en/l/3640/japan-s-most-beautiful-villages

## Top 11

1. **Shirakawa-go (Gifu)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gassho-zukuri farmhouse village, World Heritage Site.
2. **Gokayama (Toyama)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ainokura and Suganuma gassho villages, World Heritage Site.
3. **Tsumago-juku (Nagano)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nakasendo post town, the first in Japan to preserve its streetscape.
4. **Magome-juku (Gifu)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Post town along a stone-paved slope, Shimazaki Tōson's home town.
5. **Ōuchi-juku (Fukushima)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Edo-period post town lined with thatched houses.
6. **Narai-juku (Nagano)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kiso Road post town, a preserved historic district.
7. **Ine boathouses (Kyoto)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Some 230 boathouses lining Ine Bay.
8. **Miyama Kayabuki no Sato (Kyoto)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kitamura hamlet of thatched-roof farmhouses.
9. **Biei (Hokkaido)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Known for its rolling hills, a founding member of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan.
10. **Iya, Ochiai hamlet (Tokushima)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mountain hamlet with houses clinging to a steep slope.
11. **Minamioguni (Kumamoto)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Home of Kurokawa Onsen, a founding member of the Most Beautiful Villages in Japan.

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