Travel to Kanazawa and Gokayama Part 8: Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village in Gokayama

[Introduction]

I traveled to Kanazawa (Ishikawa Prefecture) and Gokayama (Toyama Prefecture) for three days and two nights. This was my first visit to Hokuriku District and I felt unique atmosphere there. In this article, I will write about Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village in Gokayama as part of Day 3.

[Visit Places (series of articles)]
* Day 1 (1) Kanazawa Station, Omi-cho Market and Oyama Jinja Shrine
* Day 1 (2) Buke Yashiki District, 21st Century Museum and D.T. Suzuki Museum
* Day 1 (3) Kanazawa Castle Park and Kanazawa Station (Illumination)
* Day 2 (1) Kenrokuen Garden
* Day 2 (2) Kanazawa Castle Park
* Day 2 (3) Higashi Chaya District and Kazue-machi Chaya District
* Day 2 (4) Higashi Chaya District and Kazue-machi Chaya District (Light-up)
* Day 3 (1) Gokayama: Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village [This article]
* Day 3 (2) Gokayama: Ainokura Gassho-zukuri Village
* Day 3 (3) Kanazawa Station

[Travel Date]
2016.05.14-16

[Main Part]

It was the third day of my trip to Kanazawa and Gokayama for three days and two nights. To begin with, here are photos of Tsuzumi-mon at Kanazawa station in the morning.

On the third day, I went for a day excursion trip to Gokayama.

What is Gokayama?

Gokayama is located in Nanto city, Toyama prefecuture, and has two Gassho-zukuri Village, Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village and Ainokura Gassho-zukuri Village. The village was registered as registered as a World Heritage site in 1995. Since I found it took about one hour from Kanazawa to Gokayama by bus, I decided to include Gokayama into my trip.

This was the bus I rode.

On the way to Gokayama.

Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village

As I mentioned above, there are two Gassho-zukuri Villages in Gokayama and I visited Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village, first.

View from a road, which was located above the village.

You also can see such a beautiful scenery.

Now I approached to the village.

Let’s start strolling!

Farming.

Souvenir shop.

It should be tranquil and rustic landscape.

I left Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village just for the time being and moved to Gokayama Gassho-no-sato, which was about five minute walk from Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village.

Gokayama Gassho-no-sato

Gokayama Gassho-no-sato has several facilities for restaurants and accommodations.

There remain 13 Gassho-zukuri houses there.

In addition to Gassho-zukuri houses, you can see natural scenery there.

Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village

I returned to Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village.

Lunch at “Arai”.

I had Gonbei-mochi and Gokayama Tofu Sashimi, which were local favorite.

After lunch, I visited Gokayama Folk museum.

I also stopped by a cafe.

View from the cafe.

Then, I moved to Ainokura Gassho-zukuri Village, another Gassho-zukuri Village in Gokayama, and I will write about it in the next article.

[Closing]

That’s it for the article about Suganuma Gassho-zukuri Village in Gokayama as part of Day 3. In terms of Gassho-zukuri Village, you may know Shirakawa-go, which is also designated as a World Heritage Site. Compared to Shirakawa-go, Gokayama is less developed, but less crowded. So, you can feel more tranquil atmosphere 🙂

In the next article, I will write about Ainokura Gassho-zukuri Village in Gokayama.

[Map]

[Related Link]
Gokayama Tourist Information Center (English)
Gokayama,Shirakawa-go,Takayama ｜HOKURIKU RAIL ROAD (English)