Best Tourist Spots In Gifu

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Hyotenka-no Mori (Sub-Zero Forest) at Akigami Onsen Town in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. People sprinkle water to make these ice pillars, and they look blue in daytime and are lighted up in rainbow colors at night. It's very cold at night, so you need thick winter clothes.

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It's a museum of tile. We can see the exhibitions of mosaic tile arts. And there's a studio where visitors make original goods with tiles.

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Monet's Pond is an artificial reservoir located at the side of an approach to Nemichi Shrine in Itadori, Seki-shi, Gifu Prefecture. Various flowers bloom in each season, and the color of the pond can change by the sunlight and the quantity of water. You can enjoy seeing the very Japanese scenery of the beautiful pond with calmly swimming colored carp.

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Shirakawa Village is a heavy snowfall area, but it snowed not so much for us to visit here this winter. And we can enjoy the snowy landscape as much as we want! It will snow more during February, so you're still in time to see this scenery.

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The water lilies and carp swimming elegantly in the very clear springwater, are like pond in a painting of Monet! In summer, the flowers would bloom, and the scene becomes more beautiful!

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Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort's run has as many as 30 thousand Kochia and seasonal flowers. In this spacious flower fields, I could feel refreshed so much.

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The sunflower field itself is of course attractive, but in addition, you can enjoy Sunflower Tunnel people can walk through, and the collaboration with Shinkansen Super Express. They're worth taking pictures. It's possible to take Doctor Yellow (a rare train running to check the Shinkansen tracks) in your pictures!

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The central town of Takayama, located at Hida Region of Japan, had been developed as a castle town and business town since Edo Period. There're many wooden houses, and we can enjoy good-old atmosphere. Here in Sanmachi Street, tourist enjoy food, sake, local handiworks, and so on.

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At a town of tile, Tajimi City in Gifu Prefecture, Mosaic Tile Museum exhibits the history of various kinds of tiles. Tile is art! You can stuff a bag with as many tiles as you can for 500 yen.◎Entrance free: 300yen. In a stairwell area, you can take pictures of beautiful tiles with the blue sky.

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Shirakawa Village is a heavy snowfall area, but it snowed not so much for us to visit here this winter. And we can enjoy the snowy landscape as much as we want! It will snow more during February, so you're still in time to see this scenery.

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The alleys with latticed walls and waterways make us feel like traveling to the old Edo Period (around 1600-1860). The castle town are lined with many long-established shops. And a government office at that time 'Takayama Jinya' and the morning market are also famous as tourist spots. You can touch the history and cultures of Hida Region.◎12min walk from JR Takayama Station. There're many toll parking areas.

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Magomejuku is an area flourished as a post-town of Nakasendo Road. There're old houses along the road still now. I tried to take the mountains with houses together in one picture thanks to the houses t\standing on a slope, I could enjoy taking pictures. It's famous as a stage of a novel "Yoake-mae" (Before the Dawn) by Toson Shimazaki, whose beginning is 'Kiso Roads are all in the mountains'.◎Parking area is available. We can use bus from JR Nakatsugawa Station.

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Located at Shirakawago, a world heritage site, IRORI is a restaurant of a thatched roof and gassho zukuri architecture. Such as Hida Beef, grilled tororo (grated yam), a specialty Gassho Tofu, you can eat all foods that you should eat when you come to Shirakawago.◎Irori Teishoku 2484yen

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Yoshoku Tsubaki is produced by a meat specialty restaurant Setsugekka. We can eat selected Wagyu beef in Western style cuisine. They use A5-ranked beef sinew for demiglace sauce, Kobe Beef for hamburger steak, one week-stewed Matsuzaka Beef for beef stew, and Chateaubriand Hida Beef for cutlet! From 3000 to 10000 yen for full course meals. I like also the individual dishes.

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Japan's No.1 rice 'Gin no Mikazuki'. I was first surprised at the big grain of rice in the pot! Mixed with egg, the feeing to the tongue and taste of big grains become more strong. You can eat this in its producing place, Hida, then you will eat whole in the pot.

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Large bathrooms that spread to two floors has most kinds in Hida as well as the great view of the Japan North Alps. Indoor ones, and baths made from stones and Japanese cypress for outside baths, and pot bath…you can enjoy the humectant hot spring water by many various moods.

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They have three kinds of open-air bath and you can reserve it for free. I recommend 'Azumanishiki' which has a big bathtub made from Japanese cypress, hinoki.

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Snows on the mountain dazzle and Hida River makes a indescribable beautiful snowscape. In the building ' Rinsen-kaku', all rooms have balconies where the superb view of Hida can be seen.

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The water lilies and carp swimming elegantly in the very clear springwater, are like pond in a painting of Monet! In summer, the flowers would bloom, and the scene becomes more beautiful!

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The alleys with latticed walls and waterways make us feel like traveling to the old Edo Period (around 1600-1860). The castle town are lined with many long-established shops. And a government office at that time 'Takayama Jinya' and the morning market are also famous as tourist spots. You can touch the history and cultures of Hida Region.◎12min walk from JR Takayama Station. There're many toll parking areas.

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The town atmosphere is nice of course, the Gero hot spring town blanketed in snow seen from the 173 steps high is very tasteful and nice as well.

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In 2018, Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival was postponed for a month because of typhoon. In addition, the other firework festivals in this area were canceled, so many people visited this year.

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The sunflower field itself is of course attractive, but in addition, you can enjoy Sunflower Tunnel people can walk through, and the collaboration with Shinkansen Super Express. They're worth taking pictures. It's possible to take Doctor Yellow (a rare train running to check the Shinkansen tracks) in your pictures!

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20 min mountain climbing that is good for exercise. I was more exhausted than I expected, the great scenery looking over the observatory let my fatigue away. What's more, the local guides were very kind.

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You can see lively three colors of autumn leaves in the daytime, but, you must see the night light-up when you visit Sogi Park! There're eight ponds in the park, and each of them has different scenery of upside-down maple trees. Specialty, many people got together at the pond just near the entrance.◎Light-up from November 9th to 18th in 2018. Some time periods prohibit the use of tripod, so please have good manners and enjoy taking pictures.

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A red bank of cluster amaryllis. On windless days, the river reflects the red flowers and the sky beautifully on the surface.

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Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort's run has as many as 30 thousand Kochia and seasonal flowers. In this spacious flower fields, I could feel refreshed so much.

21 Reviews

Shirakawa Village is a heavy snowfall area, but it snowed not so much for us to visit here this winter. And we can enjoy the snowy landscape as much as we want! It will snow more during February, so you're still in time to see this scenery.

1 Reviews

Hyotenka-no Mori (Sub-Zero Forest) at Akigami Onsen Town in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. People sprinkle water to make these ice pillars, and they look blue in daytime and are lighted up in rainbow colors at night. It's very cold at night, so you need thick winter clothes.

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A museum that condenses and reproduces the old village of Hida Takayama. The winter illuminations is held from the middle of January to the end of February. The illuminations light gently the snow lying on the pond and houses, waterdrops of icicles and trees shine like crystals. The scenery is breathtakingly beautiful.

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The tickets are sold out in a few minutes and tourists come from all over the world. It is one of the representative winter event in Japan. Living World Heritage where the villagers live is enveloped in lights.

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You can see lively three colors of autumn leaves in the daytime, but, you must see the night light-up when you visit Sogi Park! There're eight ponds in the park, and each of them has different scenery of upside-down maple trees. Specialty, many people got together at the pond just near the entrance.◎Light-up from November 9th to 18th in 2018. Some time periods prohibit the use of tripod, so please have good manners and enjoy taking pictures.

1 Reviews

In 2018, Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival was postponed for a month because of typhoon. In addition, the other firework festivals in this area were canceled, so many people visited this year.

4 Reviews

The sunflower field itself is of course attractive, but in addition, you can enjoy Sunflower Tunnel people can walk through, and the collaboration with Shinkansen Super Express. They're worth taking pictures. It's possible to take Doctor Yellow (a rare train running to check the Shinkansen tracks) in your pictures!

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Funamachi Kawaminato is designated as a place of scenic beauty. There're lanterns lightened at the stone-walled river side, and they recall the good-old time. Ōgaki River Boat to see the full-bloom cherry blossom is also enjoyable. The parking area at Okuno Hosomichi Museum is available.

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In Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, Sunomata Ichiya-jo Castle has a legend that Hideyoshi Toyotomi built it within a night. In the museum inside a castle, you can see the success of Hideyoshi. There're many stalls along the bank, so you can enjoy all day!◎Parking area near the bank is for 500 yen.

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The central town of Takayama, located at Hida Region of Japan, had been developed as a castle town and business town since Edo Period. There're many wooden houses, and we can enjoy good-old atmosphere. Here in Sanmachi Street, tourist enjoy food, sake, local handiworks, and so on.

1 Reviews

Hyotenka-no Mori (Sub-Zero Forest) at Akigami Onsen Town in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. People sprinkle water to make these ice pillars, and they look blue in daytime and are lighted up in rainbow colors at night. It's very cold at night, so you need thick winter clothes.

1 Reviews

A museum that condenses and reproduces the old village of Hida Takayama. The winter illuminations is held from the middle of January to the end of February. The illuminations light gently the snow lying on the pond and houses, waterdrops of icicles and trees shine like crystals. The scenery is breathtakingly beautiful.

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I took a boat to see Ukai (cormorant fishing). It was as close as I could feel the heat of the bonfire. There're dynamic motions in the silence, I gazed in wonder at that sight.◎5/11-10/15 in 2018. If you want to take a boat, reservation is better. The fees for the boat: 3100-3400 yen.

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The sky changing its colors every moment and Nagara River meandering like a dragon. I wonder what generals in Sengoku era (the Age of Civil) thought standing here in a hill. You can see the fascinating view that lets you forget the place or time.

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In 2018, Nagaragawa Chūnichi Firework Festival was postponed for a month because of typhoon. In addition, the other firework festivals in this area were canceled, so many people visited this year.