River Spots in Gifu Area

  • Yoshida River
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    Gifu Gujo-shi Meiho Otani
    The largest tributary of the Nagara River, which flows east to west through Yawata-cho, Gujo City, and joins the Nagara River running north to south in the middle of the city, Gujo City's Yawata-cho was originally developed by the Yoshida River and developed as a castle town. From the Miyagase Bridge over the river, one can see the crystal clear water so clear that one can count the stones on the bottom of the river.
  • Itadori River
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    Gifu Pref. Sekishi Itadori
    A clear river running south to north almost through the exact center of the former village of Itadori a 40 minute drive from the Mino Interchange on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway. The quality of the river’s waters is high and it is a popular destination for rafting and fishing. The area around the river is also dotted with campgrounds, and the river sees many visitors, particularly during the camping season in summer. The river’s waters are highly transparent, and a boat or raft on the river looks as if it is floating in thin air. The seasonal scenery and interplay of water and green foliage here attracts many tourists both from within the prefecture and throughout Japan.
  • Nagaragawa River
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    Gifu Prefecture
    A river which flows through the center of Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture and which has been selected as one of the 100 most renowned waterways in the country. The river has been featured in songs by Goro Noguchi and Hiroshi Itsuki and also appeared in a novel by Yasunari Kawabata. A walking path is maintained which leads upriver from the NagarabashiBridge, and during the cormorant fishing season, visitors can watch the action up close from here while Gifu Castle, lit up with large floodlights, looms in the background. Some 400 Yoshino cherries grow on the left bank of the river, and when the trees are in full bloom in early April, crowding the shoreline, the area bustles with visitors come to see the blossoms.
  • Kisogawa Watashiba Walkway
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    Gifu Kani-shi Dota 2663
  • Mazegawa Riv.
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    Gifu Gero-shi Maze
  • Itarumehora
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    Gifu Pref. Gifushi Dachibokubora
  • Kisogawa Riv.
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    Gifu Mizunami-shi
  • Kisogawa Riv.
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    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Naegi
  • Shogawa Riv.
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    Gifu Ono-gun Shirakawamura
  • Miyagawa Riv.
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    Gifu Hida-shi

Gifu Areas

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Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.

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