Kanda House | A 160-Year-Old Gassho-Style Traditional Home in Shirakawa-go

✓ Kanda House The largest traditional residence in Shirakawa-go's Gassho Village, Kanda House is a unique gassho-style wooden structure with a steeply pitched roof, boasting over 160 years of history. The house also served as a base for sericulture and sake brewing. Kanda House has four floors. The first floor is the main hall, used as a living room, guest room, and workspace for agricultural activities. The second floor served as sleeping quarters for the head of the household and unmarried male family members. The third floor was primarily used as a workspace for sericulture and is now a display area showcasing tools and equipment used for daily life and sake brewing in the past. The top fourth floor is a storage area, with small windows offering views of the surrounding village.