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Gifu

29 places to visit, with what each one is and notes on getting there.

Planning a trip to Gifu

How the spots group

Gifu's spots are spread widely. In the city of Gifu, Gifu Castle and Mount Kinka are 0.1 km apart in a straight line and 1 km from the Nagara River Cormorant Fishing, with Yanagase 2.7 km away. In Takayama, Takayama Old Town is 2.1 km from Hida Folk Village, and in Gujō, Gujo Hachiman is 0.6 km from Gujō Hachiman Castle. Sekigahara Battlefield is in Sekigahara, Gero Onsen in Gero and Magome-juku in Nakatsugawa; Shirakawa-go, in Shirakawa, is about 107 km from Sekigahara.

Where to start

No route here has been checked yet; the pages name the nearest station. Takayama on the Takayama Main Line serves Takayama Old Town and Hida Folk Village, and Gero, on the same line, Gero Onsen; Sekigahara serves Sekigahara Battlefield, Gujō-Hachiman on the Etsumi-Nan Line Gujo Hachiman, Ōgaki Ōgaki Castle, and Gifu on the Meitetsu Kakamigahara Line Yanagase. Shirakawa-go's page says no public-transport route has been checked, so plan that journey on the map.

Seasons and closures

The Nagara River Cormorant Fishing season runs each year from 11 May to 15 October, except on days of high water and on the night of the harvest moon. Nangū Taisha holds its main festival every year on 25 May. Shirakawa-go's page notes that seasonal access has not been checked.

Written by us from the spot pages on this site. Distances are straight lines; check each spot’s page for hours and routes before you go.

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