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Scenic Shirakawa-go and Gero's hot springs

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Hilltop view over Shirakawa-go (Photo: Tom Roseveare / JT)

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

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  2. A Therapeutic Day in Gero Onsen
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    A Therapeutic Day in Gero Onsen

    Beauty & Spa
  3. Sekigahara Battlefield
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    Sekigahara Battlefield

    Culture
  4. A Stay at the Kazeya Ryokan
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    A Stay at the Kazeya Ryokan

    Takayama
  5. Sunomata, The One Night Castle
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    Sunomata, The One Night Castle

    Culture
  6. Summertime in Shirakawago
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    Summertime in Shirakawago

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  7. Hot Springs & Green in Hirayu Onsen
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    Hot Springs & Green in Hirayu Onsen

    Takayama
  8. Takayama's historic 'Temple Town'
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    Takayama's historic 'Temple Town'

    Takayama
  9. Magome-juku
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    Magome-juku

    Nakatsugawa
  10. Gero Onsen in Autumn
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    Gero Onsen in Autumn

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Heianraku
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Heianraku

Anne Lauenroth

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

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Sakura Season at Usuzumi Park
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Sakura Season at Usuzumi Park

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One of Japan's oldest sakura trees can be found at Gifu's Usuzumi Park. The tree is said to have been planted by Emperor..

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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 City
Population 2,080,773
Area 10,621.29 km²

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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