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Nakatsugawa
Takamori Shrine near the Naegi Toyama History Museum, Nakatsugawa
Known as a district where the anti-Buddhist movement of early Meiji was carried out to the letter.
Gero
Onsenji (Gero)
It carries a legend that a white heron showed people where the water rose. You climb 173 stone steps.
GifuShrines & TemplesGujo
Hakusan Chukyo Jinja
The Mino-side starting point for the climb up Hakusan. Great cedars stand in rows.
GifuShrines & TemplesKaizu
Ochobo Inari
Ochobo-san. It fills with worshippers through the night at the end of each month.
GifuShrines & TemplesOgaki
Ogaki Hachiman Jinja
Water wells up freely in its grounds, the emblem of the city of water.
Ibigawa
Tanigumisan
Souvenir shops line the approach. Pilgrims who had completed the circuit gathered here.
GifuCastles & History
GifuArchitectureNakatsugawa
Magome-juku
A post town along a paved slope, and the birthplace of Shimazaki Toson.
GifuNature & SceneryGifu
Nagaragawa Ukai
A fishing method that has run for more than 1,300 years. The masters hold office under the Imperial Household Agency.
Seki
Kasuga Jinja (Seki)
The shrine the swordsmiths took as their tutelary god. The source of the blades of Seki.
GifuNature & Scenery
GifuArchitectureTakayama
Takayama Jinya
The only Edo-period magistrate's office still standing anywhere in Japan, proof that Hida was ruled directly by the shogunate.
GifuHistoric DistrictsShirakawa
Shirakawa-go
Gassho-zukuri houses. The roofs stand at 60 degrees to shed snow, and silkworms were raised beneath them.
GifuArchitecture
GifuFestivalsGujo
Gujo Odori
Thirty-two nights of dancing, four of them through till dawn over Obon. Anyone may join the circle.
GifuFestivalsTakayama
Takayama Matsuri
Mechanical puppets on the floats. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
GifuCastles & History
GifuArt & CraftsGifu
Nagaragawa Ukai
A fishing method of 1,300 years. The masters hold office under the Imperial Household Agency.
GifuHot SpringsGero
Gero Onsen
One of the three finest springs of Japan. Hayashi Razan set it beside Arima and Kusatsu.
GifuArt & CraftsSeki
Seki Cutlery
Swordsmithing since the Kamakura period. Today a world centre for kitchen knives and scissors.
GifuArchitectureMino
Mino Udatsu
Merchant houses made rich by washi. More udatsu firewalls survive here than anywhere.
GifuArt & CraftsGifu
The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
One of the world's major holdings of Odilon Redon, including his great sequences of black lithographs.