Tourist attractions in Gifu Prefecture: profiles, services and practical information.
Kaba Shuzōjō is a family brewery in Hida Furukawa whose history dates to 1704. Its shop is in Ichinomachi, a five-minute walk from the station, in a district where tradi…
View profile →Watanabe Sake Brewery makes the Hourai label in Hida Furukawa, a Gifu town framed by mountains and known for lattice-fronted merchant houses and white-walled storehouses…
View profile →The Mt. Kinka Ropeway links Gifu Park with the mountain above the Nagara River, carrying visitors to the summit in about four minutes. During a clear ride, the wooded sl…
View profile →At the foot of Mount Kinka, Gifu Park is a natural starting point for a day around the Nagara River and the city’s castle history. The municipal park combines paths, gar…
View profile →In front of Takayama Jinya—the former government building that now operates as a history museum—Jinya-mae Morning Market occupies a compact row of stalls. Its origins go…
View profile →Takayama wakes up beside the water. Along the Miyagawa River, the morning market brings together simple tables and growers’ stalls selling mountain vegetables, seasonal…
View profile →In Gujo Hachiman, a meal that looks freshly served may be made of wax, resin and remarkable craft. Sample Village Iwasaki brings together a display, shop and workshops i…
View profile →At the top of Shiroyama, Gujo Hachiman Castle looks out over a town of waterways, old houses and clear rivers. Its outline may suggest a medieval fortress preserved inta…
View profile →Across the Shō River, Minkaen changes the scale of a Shirakawa-go visit. Rather than following only the inhabited lanes of Ogimachi, this open-air museum brings traditio…
View profile →In Ogimachi, thatched roofs seem to form a continuous line across the village, but Wada House takes the visit beyond the postcard. Visitors enter the home of a family th…
View profile →Gassho-mura gathers ten gassho-zukuri houses on a hillside near central Gero, relocated from Shirakawa-go and elsewhere in Hida. Their steep thatched roofs resemble hand…
View profile →Onsenji stands on the hillside above Gero’s hot-spring district. The best-known approach climbs 173 stone steps from the central streets; at the top, the temple grounds…
View profile →Magome-juku climbs a hillside in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, making the geography of historic travel tangible: walkers moved slowly among inns, workshops and resting p…
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