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 ...

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

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 ...

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...