Gifu Prefecture

Historic towns, lush mountains, traditional crafts, serene and scenic beauty.

Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県, Gifu-ken) is a large prefecture in central Honshu (Japan’s main island). The prefecture has a population count of about 2,070,000.

Gifu Prefecture is known as a mountainous region, and visitors can find serval old traditional buildings in small, remote villages which are plentiful. Parts of Gifu get a lot of snow during winter, so the majority of buildings in the highlands have steep slopped roofs so that the snow can slide off easily, preventing damage to the building in a building style known as Gassho-Zukuri.

Gifu City is the captial city of the prefecture, and has a popularized a unique method of fishing, involving a well trained cormorant bird (Phalacrocoracidae). This method has been used since the 700s.

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Gujo Hachiman Castle

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One of the first views of the Hida Great Limestone Cave

Hida Great Limestone Cave

Vast limestone cave

The streets of Magome juku, Gifu Prefecture are rustic and beautifully restored

Magome Juku

Walk through a beautifully restored part of Japanese History in this former...

Otaki Limestone Cave Stalagmites and Stalactites

Otaki Limestone Cave

Massive limestone caverns with waterfalls

Shirakawa-go

Historic Sightseeing Village

 

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