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Shirakawa-go, Japan

Shirakawa-go's thatched-roof farmhouses, buried in snow for three months each winter and framed by summer rice paddies, feel like a woodblock print animated by seasonal shifts—a UNESCO sight that's 50% more distinctive than average alpine villages for its Gassho-zukuri architecture.

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