The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are two traditional mountain villages located in the Shogawa river valley in the Gifu and Toyama prefectures of Japan. These villages are known for ...

A Spanish visitor was attacked by a bear cub last month in the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Shirakawa, an area where local official Shiroki Mitsunari, 40, recalls never seeing bears during ...