しらかわど・Shirakawado
The biggest hamlet is the Shirakwado Campground. There is a wide area for public camping here with amenities and a small cafe with soft serve ice cream on site. There are also BBQ’s and a pizza oven on site. The Yoshino river is walking distance away.
Take a walk around this hamlet and you’ll be sure to meet many smiling faces. One element of this hamlet that stands out is the bright orange pension that can be seen from 169. According to locals it is owned by someone from Osaka and is never used. Buying up property and painting it wild colors that the locals are not fond of and never making use of smacks of gentrification that you wouldn’t think you’d find in the countryside, but it happens everywhere. Collaboration and gained approval of local communities is the only respectful way to conduct business in places where you aren’t living.