Travel Destinations in Gifu

Shirakawa-go

UNESCO Thatched-Roof Village

UNESCO World Heritage village with traditional gassho-zukuri thatched-roof farmhouses in a remote...

Gujo Hachiman

Gujo Hachiman - Castle Town of Dance and Crystal Waters

A scenic Gifu castle town famous for its clear waterways, the all-night Gujo Odori dance festival...

Gero Onsen

Gero Onsen - One of Japan's Three Great Hot Spring Towns

One of Japan's three great onsen towns alongside Kusatsu and Arima, celebrated for its silky alka...

Takayama Old Town

Beautifully Preserved Edo-Period Streets

Beautifully preserved Edo-period merchant streets with sake breweries, traditional shops, and mor...

Magome-juku

A beautifully preserved post town on the historic Nakasendo trail, featuring a steep stone-paved ...

Hida Furukawa

Old Town of White-Walled Storehouses and Carp-Filled Canals

A preserved old-town district in Hida city with white-walled storehouses lining the Setogawa cana...

Shinhotaka Ropeway

Double-Decker Ropeway to a Northern Alps Viewpoint

A ropeway in the Okuhida hot spring area of Takayama that carries passengers to a viewpoint over ...

Nagara River Cormorant Fishing

Traditional Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River

A traditional form of fishing on the Nagara River in Gifu city, in which fishermen use trained co...

Gifu Castle

Mountaintop Castle atop Mt. Kinka Reached by Ropeway

A reconstructed castle on the summit of Mt. Kinka, reached by the Kinkazan Ropeway from Gifu Park...

Yoro Falls

Waterfall in Yoro Park on Japan's List of 100 Notable Falls

A waterfall about 30 metres high within Yoro Park, listed among Japan's 100 notable waterfalls.

Mount Norikura

Mount Norikura: A Bus to 2,702 m, Then 90 Minutes to the Top

A volcano on the Gifu and Nagano border where the bus does most of the climbing: Tatamidaira, at ...

Okuhida Onsengo

Five Hot Spring Villages Under the Northern Alps, with Outdoor Baths at Almost Every Inn

Five onsen villages strung along the valleys east of Takayama: Hirayu, Fukuji, Shin-Hirayu, Tochi...

Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall

The Yaotsu Museum of the Diplomat Who Wrote 2,139 Visas in 1940

A small cypress-built museum in the Hill of Humanity park in Yaotsu about Chiune Sugihara, the Ja...

Michi-no-Eki Okuhida Onsengo Kamitakara

Wasabi, char and a riverside campground in Okuhida

A small Route 471 station beside the Takahara River, on the way into the Okuhida hot spring villa...

Michi-no-Eki Heisei

Shiitake country in a village that shares an era's name

A small station in the hills of Seki, in a district written with the same characters as the Heise...