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Category

Kanakidoya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Funatsu 1077-1

"This long-established Japanese confectionery shop is located a three-minute drive from Kamioka Castle. They sell specialty Sasamaki Yokan (sweet bean jelly wrapped in a bamboo leaf), fluffy castella (sponge cake) and hand-made rice cakes that are sold only in the winter. A famous confection in Kamioka, Sasamaki Yokan is made by hardening sweet bean jelly liquid and pouring it into kumazasa (kuma bamboo grass) that is folded like a butterfly. This sweet bean jelly has an aroma and leaf vein from a bamboo leaf clearly, and its light taste is great for gifts. It is mentioned in a haiku by one of the leading female haiku poets of the Showa period (1926-1989), Teijo Nakamura, in her book ""Furusato no Meika (Famous confectionery in hometown)."""
Fujinami Hatcho Yuhodo

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Asaura Chinai

The trail connects the Fujinami Bridge over the clear Takahara River and the Kamioka Bridge upstream. 500m long, the trail is well known as a place to enjoy the beauty of the valley with its oddly shaped rocks and foliage, and is a scenic spot visited by many tourists during the fall foliage season. It is also enjoyable to stroll along the trail from early summer to summer, listening to the murmuring of the river.
Nagareha Onsen M Plaza

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Gifu Hida-shi Kamiokacho Fusegata 150

This information base plays a central role in Hida Nagareha Natural Rest Garden. The building with a unique triangle roof as a landmark has a natural hot spring, restaurants, shops and rest area. Neutrino is a full-scale bathing facility which has an outdoor bath, Jacuzzi and sauna. It is said that the alkaline simple springs is effective for nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain and aids recovery from fatigue. This place is the best for relaxing after skiing, with the entrance on the second floor which you can get into the building directly from the ski slopes and which has a nice fireplace. People also like that it can be used during the off-season as well.
Sugo Highlands

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Pref. Hidashi Furukawachousugou Plateau

Spreading across the southern foothills of Takayama, the Sugo highlands are a place for fully enjoying beautiful nature, from the blessings of the mountain to the flow of water from springs in limestone caves to a hundred or so creeks flowing into town. In the vicinity of these clear springs, natural wasabi (horseradish) appears in spring, followed by the Sansai Festival from late May to early June and the Kinoko Festival in October. During September’s Fall Festival, there is a dedication ceremony for Sugo Shishi—an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property for Gifu Prefecture. It’s well worth a look!
Kitanosyo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 2671-1

This restaurant is located in Shirakawago, a world heritage site. You can enjoy a meal inside this kominka (old house) with a gassho (large thatched roof) style built over 250 years ago. Their menu is centered on unique local char dishes, mountain vegetable dishes, and meat grilled on magnolia leaves. Because they often receive many reservations by large groups, sometimes you can only visit by reserving in advance depending on the time of year. In addition, the second floor has an exhibition room decorated with old everyday items that depicts the lifestyle at the time to modern audiences.
Ebisuya

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 89-2

This souvenir shop in the famous World Heritage site of Shirakawa-go occupies a rustic wooden building that blends well with the landscape. It’s often featured in travel programs as is located right as you reach Shirakawa-go. They sell an array of special Shirakawa Village products, including regional sake varieties like cloudy nigorizake and premium ginjoshu as well as a variety of food products like pickled red turnips to accompany it.
Hakusuien

4.0

30 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 354

About a two-minute walk from the Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal, this restaurant built with a gassho (large thatched roof) style is located in the world heritage site called Shirakawa-go. You can enjoy simple and warm regional cuisine made with local ingredients. One recommended dish is the “oyaji wazen (Japanese hot pot with bear meat).” It has a wild animal taste that they have offered for more than 30 years, but they finish it with miso to remove the smell so that tourists not used to bear meat can eat it more easily. One of their other popular menu items is the “hoba miso wazen (Hida beef)” with a traditional flavor they have guarded since their opening. It also has a parking lot that can be used by large buses.

Went in for lunch. There is an array of set lunches. However, we were short of time, so we only ordered ramen. Very quickly, we were served the ramen. Awesome ramen.
Kogetsu Honke

3.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Kouden 1145-4

This Japanese and Western sweet shop is in Koden, Gero City, Gifu Prefecture. Their Japanese sweet called “namadora with a filling of fresh cream and tsubuan bean paste sandwiched between pancakes made from local red eggs and milk is a local favorite. They also sell limited time items filled with the flavors of the season. Their “Wa-MORI-mori Parfait with fresh cream and fruit on kudzu mochi starch cake and sponge cake is popular too. It’s easy to hold on to and great for walking about the hot spring district.

生どら美味しいです。秋限定の生どら（栗入り）もあり、栗きんとんもあり美味しいです。温泉街ではなく、駅近にあります。
Patisserie Matsuki

3.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Hidashi Furukawachounanseichou 3-9

A confectionery shop about a 15-minute walk from Hida-Furukawa Station. They use milk from the local Bokuseisha (an industry producing and selling milk and dairy products), fresh Momiji eggs (a brand egg whose eggshell color is brown) within two days after laying, and as much fruit as possible from the Hida region. The most popular item is the Gateau Swiss Roll, which is made of puff pastry sheet and sponge baked separately and rolled with fresh cream. There are many other items such as Genuine Swiss Roll featuring fluffy sponge, petit gateaux using seasonal fruits, baked sweets, and gifts.

おせんべい、ロールケーキやチョコケーキとかの洋菓子が売っているお店で、とてもおいしく召し上がることが出来ました。特にロールケーキが美味しかったです。
Kobikiya

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 286

A souvenir shop located next to the Wada House, a designated National Important Cultural Property, a three minute walk from the Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal. Inside the traditional thatched roof building, you’ll find a wide variety of products. Many of the items sold here are made with doburoku unrefined sake, a Shirakawa-go specialty product, including doburoku yokan jelly and doburoku kintsuba flour dough sweet bean cakes. The shop also carries tsukemono Japanese pickles, snacks, and sake. The shop’s small thatched roof home-shaped knickknacks and sarubobo lucky amulet dolls make perfect souvenirs. The shop’s crepe sarubobo dolls can be found no place else and come in a variety of colors, so you can choose your favorite.
Masuen Bunsuke

4.0

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 1915

Masuen Bunsuke serves simple flavored Shirakawago cuisine. Housed in a building with gassho-zukuri (steep sloping roof) architecture, it's like something out of a folk tale. While gazing out at the seasonal scenery, guests enjoy cuisine with a focus on fresh water fish. They harvest the char, red spotted trout, and rainbow trout they raise in spring water from their 14 fish ponds and prepare it while fresh. Along with home-grown rice, homemade miso, and the best wild vegetables, you'll love the down-home flavors of Shirakawago.

It is a beautiful and very nice place, we came here for our lunch and its very happy with it, they have traditional foods and the quality are perfect. The owner are warmly welcome and very friendly...
Keichan Suginoko

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Ogawa 1311

Keichan is a regional dish from the Hida and Gero areas of Gifu Prefecture, and Suginoko is a great place to try it. The shop is five minutes south of JR Gero Station by car via Prefectural Route 440 along the Hida River, near the Masuda Highway overpass. Their superb keichan consists of chicken thigh meat cooked with cabbage and their secret sauce in a Genghis Kan grill pan. It goes great with rice and Japanese shochu, and we recommend finishing off the meal by mixing in fried yakisoba noodles. There are also a variety of other local dishes on their menu such as Gero’s konyaku gelatin sashimi and Hida beef grilled with miso.
Baden Baden

4.0

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Kouden 1268 Sankeikaku 1F

A European style restaurant located in the Suimeikan hot spring hotel. For breakfast, the restaurant serves sweet fresh fruit juices and tomato juice as well as original dishes made with Hida ingredients. For lunch, you can enjoy a casual course meal or the restaurant’s “Premium Burger” set meal made with Hida beef and limited to just 20 customers a day. For dinner, the establishment offers seasonal meals, a variety of course meals made with Hida beer, and a premium dinner course which includes a flambé dessert, perfect for special occasions and anniversaries. Here diners can enjoy dishes incorporating an abundance of Hida ingredients enwrapped in a quiet and soothing atmosphere.

The food was high quality but small portions and quite expensive in the evening. Lunchtime is much better value if you’re able to secure a tasty burger. The wine is very expensive (again more so in...
Gero Hot Spring Footbath Village Yuamiya

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Yunoshima 801-2

Located beside Gero Onsen Shrine on Gero's onsen street, you can snack on this shop's original sweets while soaking in a foot bath. Their Ontama Soft is a fusion of Gero Onsen slow-cooked egg and soft serve ice cream, and their warm Honwaka Pudding is heated in a hot spring. They also carry a variety of merchandise like Onsen Cosmetics made with Gero Onsen's beautifying hot spring water, products with Hida beef, traditional Hida district handicrafts and folk items, standard souvenirs like small goods made with antique cloth, and Yuamiya original merchandise.
Enzo

4.0

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Mori 971-39

A restaurant located in front of Gero City Hall which offers a variety of dishes made with Hida beef. In addition to standard teishoku set meals, the restaurant also serves steaks, sukiyaki, misoyaki, Hida beef teishoku set meals, and much more. You can also enjoy the restaurant’s own take on the tomato-don, a local Gero dish, which consists of Hida beef served over rice with tomatoes and egg on top; as well as a pork tomato rice bowl which combines tomatoes and rice with clean-tasting Hida Nattoku pork. In addition, the restaurant serves keichan chicken stir fry, another local Gero dish. One more nice thing about this establishment; it’s open until 23:00.

We visited Enzo while we were in Gero Onsen for vacation. It was a little away from the main drag, so we were the only customers. We ordered Hida Beef Hamburg, Hida Beef Houba Miso set, and Hida Beef...
Genki na Yasaikan

Shopping

Gifu Pref. Onogunshirakawamura Ogimachi 2495-3 Village Seseragi Park parking lot side

This direct sales stop has an exterior with characteristically simple rustic gassho (large thatched roof) architecture. It is located a 50-minute bus ride from JR Takayama Station, and is situated at the entrance to the world heritage site of Shirakawago from the Hietsukyo Gassho Line. It sells mainly locally-grown vegetables and processed goods, richly preparing the flavors that represent Shirakawago throughout the year including spring mountain vegetables, summer vegetables, autumn chestnuts, and the winter specialty, “akakabura naga-zuke” (radish pickled without removing leaves). In addition, it sells interesting products filled with care such as steamed cake using local ingredients, onigiri rice balls and butterbur shoot miso.
Hououza Theater

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Mimayano

This theater where local kabuki is performed is located right next to the Mimayano bus stop on the Nohi Bus for Nakatsugawa from the JR Takayama Main Line’s Gero Station. The view from all seats is good because of their terrace-like arrangement on both sides of the passageway. The village plays called “Mimayano no Shibai” that have been loved since the Edo period (1603-1868) were designed important tangible folk cultural properties by Gifu Prefecture together with their original scripts. It has a history going back to the Edo period, with amateur kabuki performances performed with festivals of Hie-jinja Shrine and Kumano-jinja Shrine. The splendid paintings on sliding-door panels created by Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926) period painters are also a must-see.
La Vita e Bella

5.0

16 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Geroshi Mori 1001-3

An authentic Italian cuisine restaurant located in the Gero Onsen hot spring district a 10 minute walk from JR Gero Station. The owner aims to make use of skills cultivated through training in areas throughout Italy combined with ingredients primarily from Hida to serve healthy, delicious food. Particularly recommended is the tomato and mozzarella cheese spaghetti, a classic Italian dish which is made with locally-grown tomatoes. The restaurant has counter and table seating areas as well as booths. Diners sitting at the tables on the west side of the restaurant can enjoy a superb view of the Hida River below along with their meal.

Had the set menu- 5 course. 3 choices of pizza and 4 of pasta or meat/fish at extra cost. Wine was good and reasonable. Half bottle of a nice Sardinian Red cost the same as s glass in the hotel...
Gero Furusato Rekishikan

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Gero-shi Mori 1808-37

A museum in Jomon Park, about a 15-minute drive from Gero Station, with restored pit dwellings from the Jomon and Yayoi periods. It provides a fine overview of the history of Gero City, with exhibits and a public gallery on the first floor, and a permanent display ranging from ancient times to the present day. They offer experiential programs that deepen learning and enhance the displays. These include making magatama, a common ancient accessory, items with animal motifs, Jomon period instruments, and authentic Jomon pottery. Visitors apply the patterns without the aid of modern tools.
Seiyozen-tokoro Maeda

4.5

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Gifu Pref. Hidashi Furukawachoukanamorichou 11-5

This Japanese and Western style restaurant a two-minute walk from JR Hida-Furukawa Station specializes in Hida beef steaks. This is a great place to dine on genuine Hida beef in a Japanese atmosphere. Their popular Hida Beef Mini Sirloin Steak set meal featuring a small, high-quality sirloin steak with seasonal tempura vegetables and more served in cute bowls comes highly recommended. They also have popular steak course meals for spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as well as fun dishes like their Hida-Furukawa Tasting Tour series with offerings tied to local place names.

This small restaurant has English menus and the most amazing food. It is so good, we are tempted to go there again tomorrow rather than trek into Takayama. It closes at 8:30 so you need to get there...

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Gifu Areas

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.