Suganuma Gassho Community
Suganuma Gassho Community
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liburannatal
Singapore, Singapore36 contributions
Dec 2019
Suganuma is the smallest of the three villages with gassho-style farmhouses designated as UNESCO World Heritage site. Majority of tourists will skip this village so it is a better place to explore and enjoy a more peaceful and rustic atmosphere. However, due to its small size, I will prioritise Shirakawa-go and Ainokura and skip Suganuma.
Written January 2, 2020
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OtaroTraveller
Bangkok, Thailand70 contributions
Dec 2016 • Solo
Suganuma is a small beautiful Gassho house village in Toyama.
You can take a Kaetsuno World Heritage Bus from Shin-Takaoka station to the bus stop in front of the village. it takes about 1.5 hours.
Again, it is a small village but worth to visit.
Just walk and enjoy a scenic view. Recommend!!
You can take a Kaetsuno World Heritage Bus from Shin-Takaoka station to the bus stop in front of the village. it takes about 1.5 hours.
Again, it is a small village but worth to visit.
Just walk and enjoy a scenic view. Recommend!!
Written January 17, 2017
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RvMDl
Tokyo, Japan436 contributions
May 2022
Stopped to eat lunch in this small village and enjoyed the intimate setting. The area where the restaurants are, which is the world heritage one, felt much nicer than the one with the minshukus, which felt quite lonely/abandoned.
Written May 6, 2022
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SeeMoreLiveMore
Singapore, Singapore513 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
Of the 3 gassho-zukuri villages, this is supposed to be the smallest. It is also relatively free of tourists. Good to visit this along with the more popular Ogimachi, Shirakawago as you feel less hurried and crowded.
Written December 14, 2018
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jeni_hk
Hong Kong, China483 contributions
Feb 2015 • Family
We stopped by Suganuma Village on our way leaving Gokayama. Our first reaction is that the village is really quite small, featuring nine gassho houses. Again, we did not go into any of the houses, so we were done walking the site in less than 20 minutes. I recall there was one shop open, and many of the cafes were actually closed. I think we saw only two other tourists here during our visit, so it was a really relaxed and not crowded place to visit. There is a good spot to take photos near the bridge overlooking the river.
It would've been nice to have more information/directions on this site, and perhaps they are still in the process of really building this out to be more tourist-friendly and hope over time it will improve. As I'm writing this review, I'm surprised to find out that after you take the elevator down to the tunnel, there is actually a Gokayama Gassho no Sato site if you take a left in the tunnel. Don't recall seeing any signs and completely missed this.... We only turned right to Suganuma Village. Secondly, we tried to find the "lookout" as per some signs, but failed... we suspect it was hidden behind the piles of snow - it seemed less of the snow piles were taken care of here when compared to Ainokura Village .
Same parking charges apply here - 500 yen per car. The parking pass you get from Ainokura Village does NOT work here.
Personally, I feel that if you are visiting Ainokura Village and Shirakawago, you could probably give this place a pass. It is really quite small, and didn't feel like there was much more additional that it could offer. Of course, this is taking into consideration that we did not visit any of their museums.
It would've been nice to have more information/directions on this site, and perhaps they are still in the process of really building this out to be more tourist-friendly and hope over time it will improve. As I'm writing this review, I'm surprised to find out that after you take the elevator down to the tunnel, there is actually a Gokayama Gassho no Sato site if you take a left in the tunnel. Don't recall seeing any signs and completely missed this.... We only turned right to Suganuma Village. Secondly, we tried to find the "lookout" as per some signs, but failed... we suspect it was hidden behind the piles of snow - it seemed less of the snow piles were taken care of here when compared to Ainokura Village .
Same parking charges apply here - 500 yen per car. The parking pass you get from Ainokura Village does NOT work here.
Personally, I feel that if you are visiting Ainokura Village and Shirakawago, you could probably give this place a pass. It is really quite small, and didn't feel like there was much more additional that it could offer. Of course, this is taking into consideration that we did not visit any of their museums.
Written March 21, 2015
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sakura7
Singapore, Singapore28 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
I loved Suganuma although it is quite small. Gassho house museum was interesting where I could learn about people's life at Gassho house and how they used to make gun powder in the bast at the village.
Written April 30, 2018
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itcheetam
Los Angeles, CA3,607 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
This is one of the smallest village and not much to see. But at the same time its less touristy and very traditional Japanese life style. Its very quiet and serene. You can take the bus from Shirakawago to Suganuma, its about 30 minutes and is included in the Takayama-Hokuriku tourist pass. Otherwise the bus fare is quite expensive, around 800 yens. Buses are limited, please check time schedule. ( Weekend and week days are different) There is a stop for the village, where you can visit the site and then through elevator at the parking lot, you can go down , go through a tunnel and there's another camp site for scouts. Lots were closed because its spring, I believe in summer it will come alive again.
Written May 6, 2017
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Staidthere
Jakarta, Indonesia2,621 contributions
Apr 2016 • Couples
We went to lunch in a house at Suganuma village in Gokayama as part of a tour. We took an elevator from the parking area and walked through a tunnel to reach the village. Without such facilities, the houses must have been quite remote. The enormous Edo-period houses have sharply pointed roofs insulated with straw so the heavy snow will fall off. It looked like the large houses were gathered around an oval in the valley which made us curious as to what forces would clump them together in that way. In fact, UNESCO relocated many of the large houses from other locations in order to showcase and preserve them. One can't help wondering what life in this area was like before the access road opened it to mass tourism. The community has changed greatly since them. There are less than ten large houses, and now many of them serve as restaurants or souvenir shops. They are especially scenic when viewed from above, nestled in an upland valley surrounded by tall mountains.
Written May 14, 2016
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Julien B
26 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
This is one of the 3 main gasho-style villages in the area. It's 9 houses (vs more than a 100 in Shirakawa-go), so it's much less busy with crowds and feels very traditional. Well worth the extra miles to get there!
Breathtaking views of the Shogawa River and surrounding mountains
Breathtaking views of the Shogawa River and surrounding mountains
Written August 11, 2015
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KhunGift
Bangkok, Thailand20 contributions
We visited here in May 2014. This place was not in our plan but we just plan one day before. It's raining when we arrived. We found the house to shelter. This house look like souvenir shop but it's small restaurant. We had lunch here and ordered udon and tempura. It's delicious. We spent about 1 hr to walk around in this village. This place are the hidden gem and unique village.
Recommend if you like historical place
Recommend if you like historical place
Written June 8, 2014
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Hello, We would like to tour Gokayama and Shirawago by tour bus from Takayama on May 22nd . Do you have any suggestions
Written March 18, 2016
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