Gokayama
Gokayama is composed of two historic villages in Nanto City, Toyama, Japan. Together with the better-known Shirakawa-go in Gifu, they were registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites on December 9, 1995.
Minque, Public domain.
Minque, Public domain.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 460 metres (1,520 feet)
- …is also known as “Go ko san”
- Description: heritage Listed area in Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Places of Interest
Highlights include Suganuma Village and Ohara Dam.
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Latitude
36.4° or 36° 24′ north
Longitude
136.8833° or 136° 53′ east
Open location code
8Q8RCV2M+28
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Gokayama” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Gokayama”
- Chinese: “五箇山”
- Croatian: “Gokayama”
- Dutch: “Gokayama”
- Finnish: “Gokayama”
- French: “Gokayama”
- Indonesian: “Gokayama”
- Japanese: “五箇山”
- Japanese: “五箇山村”
- Japanese: “相倉・菅沼合掌集落”
- Korean: “고카야마”
- Persian: “گوکایاما”
- Portuguese: “Gokayama”
- Spanish: “Gokayama”
- Turkish: “Gokayama”
- Vietnamese: “Gokayama”
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