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  • On-sen-ji Temple
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    4.0
    121 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Yunoshima 680
    This temple is 15 minutes on foot from JR Gero Station. Temple legend says that Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha himself, announced the presence of Gero's hot springs. Climbing the 173 stone steps from the Jizo-do subtemple, you'll come to the temple gate. There's a sweeping view of Gero's townscape from the temple grounds. The tranquil vantage point and peaceful scenery make it a relaxing place for a break while sightseeing. They hold the Yakushi Festival annually on March 8, as well as free Zen meditation workshops on the 13th of every month that are open to all. In autumn they illuminate the colored leaves of the trees around the temple in the evening. The leaves stand out vividly against the night sky as you stroll along or gaze at them from the foot bath.

    We walked to this temple from Yunoshimakan after breakfast and a soak in the outdoor hot spring (with snow falling on our heads). The snow was so fresh that we could kick it up. The temple itself...

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  • Zenshoji Temple
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    4.5
    22 Reviews
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    Gifu Gero-shi Hagiwaracho Churo 1089
    A 5-minute walk from Zenjoji Station on the JR Takayama Line, this Zen temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect was founded in the Heian period (794-1185) and is one of the ten oldest temples in Japan, boasting a magnificent architecture in the Chinese Song Dynasty style. There are also many attractions such as a large cedar over 1,200 years old, designated as a national natural treasure, and a plum tree hand-planted by an imperial envoy.

    いとこ夫婦と一緒に、下呂温泉から数キロ北にある禅昌寺を訪れました。無料の駐車スペースあり。紅葉の時期はとっくに過ぎていましたが、境内ではもみじやカエデなどはまだ赤く色付いていました。参道に降り積もった紅葉の葉がひっそりとした雰囲気を作っていました。参拝客は数人程度で心静かに散策するにはちょうど良かったです。特に、庭園や鐘撞堂の周りに立つもみじなどの紅葉は素晴らしかったです。

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  • Honko-ji Temple
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Hidashi Furukawachouninomachi 1-17
    The Honko-ji Temple is a temple belonging to the Hongan-ji sect of the Jodo Shinshu School of Buddhism, located in Hida City, Gifu Prefecture. The temple is renowned as one of the finest in the Hida region thanks to its magnificent Hon-do main hall (made almost entirely from Japanese Cypress wood), Shoro (bell tower), and San-mon (main gate). The Honko-ji Temple is one of the temples visited in the Hida Furukawa Three Temples Pilgrimage, an important winter event in the Hida-Furukawa region that takes place on January 15 every year. On this day, the banks of the Setogawa River and the historic streets are lined with around one thousand traditional Japanese-style candles and large “snow candles”; in this magical atmosphere, pilgrims visit and pray at first the Honko-ji Temple, then the Enko-ji Temple and the Shinshu-ji Temple.

    飛騨古川の古い町並みの中にあるお寺。飛騨古川の三寺まいりのひとつで、最も大きなお寺です。山門も本堂もとても立派なものです。

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  • Myozenji Temple Kuri Museum
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    Gifu Ono-gun Shirakawamura Ogimachi 679
    This temple of the Shinshu Otani Sect is located in Shirakawa-go village, registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. It is a five-story gassho (large thatched roof) building that stands out in the gassho village of Ogimachi. Everything from the main hall to the warehouse and the bell tower is built with a gassho style. The warehouse that was built at the end of the Edo period around 1817 serves as three guestrooms, parts of the south and front side of the corridor facing the garden. Materials such as local folk tools are on display and are open to the public as the Myozenji Museum.
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  • Myozenji Temple
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    4.0
    106 Reviews
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    Gifu Ono-gun Shirakawamura Ogimachi 679

    This is a nice place to see and understand the lifestyle of the locals, depicting of long withstanding culture and history, and you can have a wonderful experience. Its the Gasho themed styled...

  • Enkoji Temple
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    3.5
    29 Reviews
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Tonomachi 11-11

    The small town of Furukawacho was just supposed to be a stop between Kyoto and Nagano, however, this stop turned out to be one of the best we made. Not only because of the small but charming Enkoji...

  • Honkakuji Temple (Ota Sakura)
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    Gifu Ono-gun Shirakawamura Ogimachi 270
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  • Horakumoderajihokan
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    Gifu Pref. Hidashi Kamiokachoufunatsu 570
  • Keta Wakamiya Shrine Annual Festival
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Ichinomachi
  • Sugo Shishimai (Japanese Lion Dance)
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Sugo
  • Tanokamimaturi
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    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Mori
  • Chikaramochikotarohimaturi
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    Gifu Pref. Geroshi Osakachouosakamachi 816
  • Doburokumaturi
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    Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi
  • Tsunogawa Yakushido
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    Gifu Hida-shi Kawaicho Tsunogawa
  • Senshoji
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    Gifu Hida-shi Kawaicho Tsunogawa 1765
  • Chofukuji Temple
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    Gifu Gero-shi Kanayamacho Kanayama
  • Torinji Temple
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    Gifu Gero-shi Kanayamacho Iwase 771-1
  • Gantokuji Temple
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    Gifu Hida-shi Kawaicho Hane 509
  • Gannenji Temple
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    Gifu Hida-shi Kawaicho Shinmyo 329
  • Saikoji Temple
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    Gifu Hida-shi Furukawacho Sugisaki 1269
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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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