Tenshukaku Observatory
The Tenshukaku Observatory, which overlooks Ogimachi village, is located in the village of Shirakawa-go where “Gassho-Zukuri” houses are clustered together.
It is near to a restaurant called “Tenshukaku”, but you don't have to buy food to enter the observatory.
The scenery from this is observatory looks like a birds-eye-view of the Shirakawa-go and Ogimachi villages, and frequently used on local pamphlets and guide books.
This region is characterized by the fact that all the “Gassho-Zukuri” houses are facing the same direction to avoid wind and snow damage.
The landscape, with rows of steeply sloping roofs, is also unique to Shirakawa-go as such roofs don’t require shoveling.
〒501-5627
889 Ogimachi, Shirakawa Village, Ono District, Gifu Prefecture
05769-6-1728
Tourist Attraction
Irregular holidays
Free
A 25-minute walk from the village-operated Seseragi Park parking lot, a 10-minute drive from the Shirakawa-go Interchange on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway (Tourist vehicles are prohibited from entering the village, so visitors must walk or use a paid private shuttle bus)
Approximately 1 hour by Nohi Bus from JR Takayama Station; get off at the Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal
Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes by Hokutetsu Bus or Nohi Bus from JR Kanazawa Station; get off at the Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal
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