Gassho-zukuri means construction resembling hands joined in prayer, as these farmhouse’s steeply slanted thatched roofs bear an uncanny resemblance to the clasped hands of a person engaged in ...

Gokayama is home to two gassho villages: Ainokura and Suganuma, and Mari was able to visit both of them to find out exactly what’s being offered on this Airbnb plan. The Airbnb listing includes a stay ...

Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and ...

Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and ...

Airbnb recently announced it is offering guests the opportunity to have an overnight stay in the Gassho Houses at the World Heritage Site Gokayama, Japan. Situated on the shores of the Sho River ...