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Shirakawa-gō Is a Living Village

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What residents of this lived-in World Heritage village ask of visitors — and why — in their own words: private homes and fields, drones, fire, litter, and snow.

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Source: Shirakawa Village visitor-survey press release (PR TIMES, 2024); Shirakawa Village office; Chunichi Shimbun reporting on overtourism, checked 15 June 2026.

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