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Gifu travel guide
Mino ware accounts for a large share of the ceramic tableware made in Japan, and Hon-Mino paper is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Nangu Taisha and Chiyobo Inari, Shirakawa-go, Hida Takayama, and Hida shunkei lacquer. Gifu, set out category by category.
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299 regional entries. This is not the number of facilities.
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Sightseeing spots
Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.
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Nakatsugawa · Place · candidate to visit
Magome-juku
A post town along a paved slope, and the birthplace of Shimazaki Toson.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoGifu · Place · candidate to visit
Nagaragawa Ukai
A fishing method that has run for more than 1,300 years. The masters hold office under the Imperial Household Agency.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoShrines & temples
Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.
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Tarui · Place · candidate to visit
Nangu Taisha
The head shrine of Kanayamahiko, the deity of metal. This series has passed through blade and metal country again and again: Sakai, Echizen, Kochi, Tsubame-Sanjo, Takaoka. This is where those people come to put their hands together. An industry carries a faith that holds it up.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoGifu · Place · candidate to visit
Inaba Jinja
An old shrine at the foot of Mount Inaba. It is said to have been moved to its present site in 1539 when Saito Dosan built Inabayama Castle.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoTakayama · Place · candidate to visit
Hida Kokubunji
A three-storey pagoda and a great ginkgo said to be over 1,200 years old. A place where the skill of the Hida carpenters is handed down.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoSpecialties & souvenirs
Look up local specialties and save them to your shopping notes.
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See all Specialties & souvenirs in Gifu (0)Crafts & industry
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Gifu · Crafts & industry entry
Mino Washi
The washi of Mino. It has a history of 1,300 years and is known for the technique of forming thin, even sheets.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoGifu · Crafts & industry entry
Gifu Shibu Uchiwa Fans
The shibu uchiwa fans of Gifu. Persimmon tannin is applied to washi to make it strong.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoArt & culture
Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.
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Gifu · Place · candidate to visit
The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
One of the world's major holdings of Odilon Redon, including his great sequences of black lithographs.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoGifu · Place · candidate to visit
Gifu City Museum of History
On the castle town Nobunaga built, with his free-market street reconstructed at full size to be walked through.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoGifu · Place · candidate to visit
Gifu Media Cosmos
Toyo Ito's lattice of thin timber spans the whole hall; fabric 'globes' divide air and light instead of air-conditioning.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photo100 Regional Revitalization Picks
100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.
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Gifu · Place · candidate to visit
Tokuyama Dam
A dam in Ibigawa, the largest in Japan by total storage, built by damming the Ibi River.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoGifu · Place · candidate to visit
Nameless Pond (Monet's Pond)
A pond in the grounds of Nemichi Shrine at Itadori in Seki. The spring water is clear, and water lilies and koi make it look like a painting.
AI-generated regional reference image · not a real photoGifu · Place · candidate to visit
Tsukechi Gorge
A gorge at Tsukechi in Nakatsugawa, chosen among Japan's hundred finest forest-bathing woods, with clear blue water.
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