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Scenic Shirakawa-go and Gero's hot springs

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Gifu Top 10

  1. Fairytale Winter Tour: Shirakawa-Go
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    Fairytale Winter Tour: Shirakawa-Go

    Activities
  2. Sekigahara Battlefield
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    Sekigahara Battlefield

    Culture
  3. Sunomata, The One Night Castle
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    Sunomata, The One Night Castle

    Culture
  4. Magome-juku
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    Magome-juku

    Nakatsugawa
  5. Comfort food at Kozato
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    Comfort food at Kozato

    Nakatsugawa
  6. Gero Onsen in Autumn
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    Gero Onsen in Autumn

    Photostory
  7. Summertime in Shirakawago
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    Summertime in Shirakawago

    Culture
  8. The Battle of Sekigahara
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    The Battle of Sekigahara

    Culture
  9. Gifu Castle, Park and Ropeway
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    Gifu Castle, Park and Ropeway

    Gifu City
  10. Kashimo
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    Kashimo

    Nakatsugawa

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Where to eat in Gifu

Heianraku
Japanese

Heianraku

Anne Lauenroth

Enjoy delicious Chinese, Japanese and vegetarian food at lovely Heianraku, a cozy restaurant in Takayama.

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Places to stay in Gifu

Shirakawa-go no yu
Ryokan

Shirakawa-go no yu

Justin Dart

Shirakawa-go no Yu, a wonderful, convenient, ryokan in the downtown of Shirkawa-go, a UNESCO world heritage site.

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About Gifu

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Chubu
Island Honshu
Capital Gifu
Population 2,080,773
Area 10,621.29 sq. km

Located in the center of Honshu, Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県, Gifu-ken) has the distinction of being the place that changed modern Japanese history forever - the Battle of Sekigahara took place in 1600 in the Gifu town of the same name.

Tokugawa Ieyasu emerged victorious, he and his successors ruled Japan for the next 268 years virtually unchallenged, Japan closed its doors to foreign trade, and Edo (present day Tokyo) became the major city of the country. Sekigahara aside, Gifu still has more than plenty to offer.

Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage Site, is beautiful all year round but especially breathtaking in the winter, while Gero Onsen is also a popular destination. Can’t make it to Kyoto? Try visiting Takayama, affectionately nicknamed “Little Kyoto.” Kuri-kinton, a chestnut sweet, is the local delicacy, but if you have room to splurge definitely have some Hida beef!

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