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Historic Site World Heritage
Gifu

Shirakawa-go

UNESCO Thatched-Roof Village

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

Shirakawa, Gifu, Japan
Historic Site
Gifu

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...

Gujo, Gifu, Japan
Onsen
Gifu

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...

Gifu, Japan
Historic Site
Gifu

Takayama Old Town

Beautifully Preserved Edo-Period Streets

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

Takayama, Gifu, Japan
Historic Site
Gifu

Magome-juku

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

Nakatsugawa, Gifu, Japan
Attraction
Gifu

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, Japan
Landmark
Gifu

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 ...

Takayama, Gifu, Japan
Castle
Gifu

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...

Gifu, Japan
Historic Site
Gifu

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...

Hida, Gifu, Japan
Park
Gifu

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.

Yoro, Gifu, Japan
Museum
Gifu

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...

Yaotsu, Gifu, Japan
Museum
Gifu

Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato)

Thirty Hida Farmhouses Rebuilt on a Hill Above Takayama

An open-air museum of about 30 old farmhouses, storehouses and workshops moved here from across t...

Takayama, Gifu, Japan
Michi-no-eki
Gifu

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...

Seki, Gifu, Japan
Michi-no-eki
Gifu

Michi-no-Eki Kokindenju-no-Sato Yamato

A courtyard of food stalls and a hot spring near Gujo

A few minutes from Gifu-Yamato IC on the road north to Shirotori and Shirakawa-go, this station w...

Gujo, Gifu, Japan
Michi-no-eki
Gifu

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...

Takayama, Gifu, Japan