Spots in Seino Area

  • Ogaki Castle
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    3.5
    192 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Kuruwamachi 2-52
    With its unusual four-tier main tower, Ogaki Castle has become a beloved symbol of Ogaki City. Ogaki Castle is famous as having been the headquarters of Ishida Mitsunari (the commander of the Western Army) at the time of the Battle of Sekigahara. In the Castle museum, visitors can view a diorama of the Battle of Kuise-gawa, and Rensho Kinzei-no-Sho (a prohibition jointly signed by the commanders) of the Western Army and Eastern Army immediately prior to the Battle of Sekigahara. There is also an experiential activity zone where visitors can handle matchlock muskets, spears and bows that were actually used during the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Ogaki Castle is located around 10-minute walk from JR Ogaki Station.

    Ogaki Castle is located in the very center of the city, and even if you walk from JR station, it takes only 10 minutes. This castle is unfortunately a reconstruction. So I didn’t enter inside, but...

  • Chiyobo Inari Shrine (Ochobo-san)
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    4.0
    137 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Kaidushi Hiratachousangou 1980
    The main enshrined deities are Taiso-no-Okami, Inari-no-Okami, and Oyagami. Yoshitaka, the sixth son of Minamoto-no-Hachimantaro Yoshiie, at the time of establishing a branch family was granted by Yoshiie that the ancestral spirits be protected forever. After that, their descendant Mori Hakkai opened the village of Suwaki. It was these gods that became the origin of the shrine. It is one of the three major Inari (god of harvest) in Japan, and two million people come to worship here every year. The shrine is said to generate business prosperity. Worshipers purchase sake and fried tofu at a shop near the entrance of the shrine and make offerings to the gods. Along the road leading up to the shrine you’ll find many shops.

    This is a nice small market walk through Kaizu city. It is very intimate with a lot of food markets, small souvenir shops, restaurants, plant shops, clothing shops, arare shops, snack shops, Kushi...

  • Kiso Sansen National Government Park Kiso Sansen Park Center
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    4.0
    103 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Kaidushi Kaiduchouaburajima 255-3
    This park rich with nature is located in Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture. There are flower beds to enjoy seasonal flowers from spring to autumn that add color to the grassy plaza. It has a 65-meter tall observation tower and the “Hall of Water and Horticulture” that introduces the climate and history of the area centered on the Kiso Sansen, or three rivers of Kiso (Kiso River, Nagara River and Ibi River) and their basin. In addition, there is an outdoor center complete with audio equipment that is used for various events such as live performances. The wheelchair rentals and many slopes make it accessible to visitors of all kinds. In the winter, the illumination displays light up the entire park with beautiful colors.

    3年振りにGWの初日に訪れました。 チューリップは終わっていましたが、「春の花」が咲き誇る園内で特に可憐に咲いているネモフィラが目を引きました。 広い芝生広場と大型遊具で家族が楽しめる木曽三川公園センターのシンボルである高さ65mの展望タワーは、木曽三川(木曽川、長良川、揖斐川)の雄大な流れが眼下に広がり、360度一望できるのですが、前回はコロナで閉鎖、今回は耐震工事で上がれず残念! またの楽しみ...

  • The Site of Reversible Destiny Yoro Park
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    3.5
    92 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Pref. Yourougunyourouchou Takabayashi 1298-2 In the Yoroko Park
    This theme park is located in Yoro Park of Yoro District, Gifu Prefecture. It is the realization of a plan over 30 years in the making by globally renowned artist Shusaku Arakawa and the poet Madeline Gins. The park interior is formed from two pavilions, the “Kyokugen de Niru Mono no Ie” (House of Extreme Resemblance) and “Daenkei no Fiirudo” (Elliptical Field), which turn it into an expansive art space that offers a mysterious experience you can enjoy directly.

    I had been wanting to visit here for a while and was quite disappointed. Its unique and interesting for sure, but we were really disappointed at how poorly maintained it was. Moss growing on many...

  • Sunomata Ichiya Castle (Ogaki City Sunomata Historical Resource Center)
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    3.5
    66 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Sunomatachousunomata 1742-1
    The Sunomata Ichiya (“overnight) Castle is said to have been erected in a single night by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1566. On top of its ruins, the Sunomata Ichiya Castle (Historical Resources Museum) was built in 1991. It is a place for learning about Taiko Hideyoshi, particularly his relationship with Sunomata Castle. Approximately 20 minutes by car from Gifu-Hashima Interchange on the Nashin Expressway.

    1566年に木下藤吉郎 が一夜にして砦を建てたと 伝えられている墨俣一夜城。 織田信長はこの城を拠点に 美濃を制覇したという。 見た目にも美しい素晴らしいお城。 橋こら見る城は格別な素晴らしさ! 城内はさまざま展示があり 歴史を学ぶことができて良いです。 天守からの風景も良いです。

  • Roadside Station Ikeda Onsen
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
    Transportation
    Gifu Pref. Ibigunikedachou Katayama 1953-1
    Located along Prefectural Route 53, this roadside station is adjacent to Ikeda Onsen. It is characterized by a shopping complex with glass walls that highlight the colors of the timbers , and sells fresh local vegetables and other local products. In addition to a restaurant and a free foot bath, Ikeda Onsen, well known for having a beautifying effect on one’s skin, is a popular attraction. The onsen prides itself on the slippery texture of the water from the natural hot springs. It is recommended that visitors come here to refresh themselves after hiking around Mt. Ontake or Mt. Gifu Kinkazan, and other areas in the lush, green foothills. They hope the station is considered as the center of the town of Ikeda, where they can interact with large numbers of people.

    国内に数ある道の駅。 いったい幾つの道の駅が、この池田温泉ほど、温泉宿=日帰り温泉に隣接しているのだろうか、と、利用してみて思えるほど、温泉と道の駅とを両方満喫したいという人には、もってこいのロケーション。 車中泊をしようとすると、先に道の駅の店舗が閉店するが、温泉は夜でも入れるので、パンフ等を参考に、本館にしょうか、新館の方がよいかと、迷うのも一興だと想像できる。 純重曹泉だという泉質は、宿のほ...

  • Nangu Taisha Shrine
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Fuwaguntaruichou Miyashiro 1734-1
    The Nangu Taisha Shrine—whose enshrined deity is Kanayamahiko, brother of the Amaterasu Omikami—is the keystone shrine of Mino, and is a great, famous home shrine for the Gods of Red and Gold, with particularly fervent worship of both prominent and lowly figures. The 18 structures remaining are representative of temple construction during the Edo period, and were designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The Nangu Taisha Shrine protects a diverse array of treasures, including swords, domaru (armor), train bells, votive pictures, and paintings. It is open to the public only once a year, on November 3rd. Approximately 20 minutes on foot from JR Tarui Station.

    美濃の国の一の宮。「鉱山・金属業の総本宮」として深い崇敬を集めています。 慶長5年(1600年)の関ケ原の合戦で全社殿を焼失しますが、寛永19年(1642年)、将軍徳川家光によって再建されました。 和様と唐様を折衷した独特の「南宮造」と呼ばれる建築様式で、建造物18が国の重要文化財に指定されています。 南宮大社は古く神話の時代、伊耶那美命が火之迦具土神をお生みになられた際にお生まれになられた鉄鉱...

  • Gifu Sekigahara Kosenjo Memorial Hall
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    5.0
    11 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Fuwa-gun Sekigaharacho Sekigahara 894-55

    Beautifully curated museum with excellent translations. Super friendly staff. Highly recommended. Visited today after a bike ride around the area. Was lucky to bump into the curator who was really...

  • Roadside Station Clair Hirata
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    3.5
    31 Reviews
    Transportation
    Gifu Pref. Kaidushi Hiratachounodera 2357-2
    Roadside Station Clair Hirata is located on the embankment of the Nagaragawa River. On weekends only, it serves foods made with the mugwort that Hirata-cho in the city of Kaizu is famous for, including mugwort rolled cake, mugwort soba noodles, and mugwort soft-serve ice cream. In addition, the store sells locally processed goods and fresh vegetables at reasonable prices that have been picked the same morning. The store is always crowded with customers, who want to buy such things as the Clair Four Season Box Lunch, Japanese Broiled Catfish with Sweet Soy Sauce, and Oguri Roman Cider, made with the first local strawberries of the season.

    この道の駅の向かいにある平田リバーサイドプラザが広々として良い。川沿いに縦長に広がる緑地は小鳥の鳴き声にあふれて清々しい。

  • Roadside Station Hoshi no Furusato Fujihashi
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    4.0
    27 Reviews
    Transportation
    Gifu Pref. Ibigunibigawachou Higashiyokoyama 264-1
    Roadside Station Hoshi no Furusato Fujihashi is located along National Route 303, downstream from the Yokoyama Dam. It is located in the Fujihashi District, which is one of Japan’s many famous spots for star gazing, and in the evening, visitors can see the expanse of a star-filled sky. There are two restaurants on the premises: Hoshi no Furusato Restaurant, where the recommended menu item is Shiitake Mushroom Croquettes, and Sobadokoro Fujihashi-an, where the specialty is Tenzaru Soba, cold noodles, made with 20% wheat and 80% buckwheat flour, and tempura with dipping sauce, along with other menu items that make use of famous local ingredients. Another attraction is the Ibigawa River Hot Spring, Fujihashi no Yu, which includes Fujihashi outdoor hot spring bath, whose waters are said to have all kinds of benefits.

    この辺りはツーリングに訪れるライダーがとても多いようで、道の駅はライダーで溢れ返っていました。この道の駅の駐車場はとても広くバイク用の駐車エリアもありますが、自動車用のエリアもバイクでいっぱいでした。道の駅には、特産物販売所やレストランの他に、有料施設で徳山民俗資料収蔵庫と温泉がありました。日中に訪れたので、星のふる里を体験できなかったので、夜に訪れてみたいものです。

  • Tokuyama Dam
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    4.0
    23 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ibigunibigawachou Kaiden 448
    In addition to being one of Japan’s top rockfill dams in terms of total water and bank volume, the Tokuyama Dam is a dam constructed to be coexistent with nature. The dam is open for viewing everyday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. However, use of fire is strictly forbidden, and you must take all your trash with you. Descriptions of the Tokuyama Dam are provided in the Forestry Learning Hall. (Reservations required.)

    色んな面で規模が大きく、総合的に日本一のダムのようです。ダム件そせぅの為、沈みゆく徳山ダムを舞台にした日本映画「ふるさと」でも有名です。ダムむ向う時期まで歩いて渡れますよ。少し走ると徳山会館があって、ダムの歴史の勉強が出来ると共にレストランでは名物のダムカレーが頂けます。

  • MALera Gifu
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Pref. Motosushi Mitsuhashi 1100
    MALera Gifu is a shopping mall of approximately 200 shops, including clothes, boutique, and food shops, as well as restaurants and entertainment facilities. The large shopping center is home to popular fast fashion brands and with fun events held from time to time it’s a great place for both adults and children. Charging points for electric cars are also available in the parking lot.
  • Anpachihyaku Baien
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    3.5
    18 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ampachigunampachichou Sotozenkou 3208
    "AnpachiHyakuBaien is a park located about a 15-minute drive from the Gifu-Hashima Interchange on the Meishin Expressway. The 3.9-hectare park contains more than 1200 plum trees of 100 different varieties, the largest number of varieties anywhere in Japan. It is open from late January to late March, so that visitors can see the early blooming winter red plum and the late-blooming Kaiun and Rinshi plums over a long period of time. From mid February to mid March, a sort of ""plum festival"" is held, with food booths featuring udon noodles, rice dumplings in a sweet teriyaki sauce, and bean jam desserts. Visitors can also buy fresh vegetables in Anpachi Town, processed agricultural products, and specialty items and view an exhibition of miniature bonsai plum trees."

    154種1200本以上の梅が楽しめる施設です、2月初めに訪れましたが数本の開花のみでした。それでも数組の来園者がありピーク時は結構な人手になるでしょうね。駐車場は無料ですが台数は多くないようです

  • Sekigahara Daishonyu-do (Stalactite Cavern)
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    3.0
    19 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Fuwagunsekigaharachou Tama 1328-3
    With its stalactite and stalagmite formations, Sekigahara Daishonyu-do (Stalactite Cavern) is a real natural wonder. Visitors can view rainbow trout swimming in the clear water that gushes out from the cave, and there is an abundance of Paleozoic fossils to be seen. The area around the Cavern is full of natural beauty in every season of the year. Besides the spring cherry blossom, the wisteria are in full bloom around May 10 each year, and the autumn foliage is a sight for sore eyes; the autumn foliage season starts around mid-October, but the best time to see the leaves is from around mid-November until early December.

    何でもない、只の小規模な鍾乳洞でした。7月-8月は無休らしいが、普段は水曜日は定休?日らしい。駐車場も完備されていて小規模だが、それなりには楽しめる。但し、料金は京都の社寺並のぼったくり、大人700円、子供300円、幼児まで有料?で200円・・・子供と幼児くらいは無料にしてやれよ!

  • Roadside Station Yashagaike no Sato Sakauchi
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    3.0
    13 Reviews
    Transportation
    Gifu Pref. Ibigunibigawachou Sakauchihirose 306
    Roadside Station Yashagaike no Sato Sakauchi is located at the western edge of Gifu Prefecture, on the border between Gifu and Shiga Prefectures. Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers and favored with fresh air, it contains an information service, a restaurant, and a sales area where local agricultural, forest, and river products are available for purchase. The restaurant is unusual in featuring dishes made with ostrich meat, including ostrich roasted on a ceramic grill or the ostrich hamburger meal. In addition to enjoying delicious, low-fat, low-calorie ostrich meat, visitors can enjoy other flavors typical of the Sakauchi area, including sweet-sour, potassium-rich passion fruit.

    福井県との県境にある夜叉ケ池にまつわる伝説の地である坂内地域にある道の駅で、自然資源が豊富な地域なので、野菜やジビエを活用した料理や特産品が名物です。レストランでの鹿肉料理がオススメです。

  • Roadside Station Tsukimi no Sato Nanno
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Transportation
    Gifu Pref. Kaidushi Nannouchouhazawa 673-1
    Roadside Station Tsukimi no Sato Nanno is located along National Route 258 in the foothills of the Yoro Mountain Range. It is the largest roadside station in the prefecture, and it boasts a location that offers a view of the entire Mino Plain. It has a full range of facilities, including shops that sell local souvenirs and agricultural products, a restaurant that serves light meals, and a footbath fed by the hot spring that feeds Nanno Onsen. The reasonably priced light breakfast served in the Tsukimi Chaya is available even on weekends and holidays, and the exact ingredients vary with the season. At the drink station, visitors can taste Croquette Burgers made with the Hida beef. This roadside station has been featured on live radio broadcasts.

    広いテーブルでゆったりと座れるレストランです。 特に何か特徴があるとは思えないですが以前は使えなかった paypay での支払いができるようになっていました。

  • Ogaki City Folk Museum
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    3.5
    31 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Ogaki-shi Marunouchi 2-4
    "This museum opened on October 9th, 1985 in commemoration of the 350th anniversary of Toda (who became lord of the Ogaki Domain) entering the castle. It exhibits historical materials related to Ogaki in honor of former Ogaki lord Toda. The main exhibited items include materials related to Lord Toda, a picture folding screen of the battle at Sekigahara (reproduction), and Ogaki festival ""Chosen Yama"" materials."

    大垣駅から歩いて大垣城をみて、その近くにあります。新春凧展が開催されていて 色々な凧がありました。また、館内には 人が少なくゆっくりと観ることができました◯

  • Ibigawa Onsen Fujihashi no Yu
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Gifu Pref. Ibigunibigawachou Higashiyokoyama 207
    A natural hot spring bath facility located in Roadside Station Hoshi-no-Furusato Fujihashi. The facility’s simple alkaline hot spring waters are said to ease nerve and muscle pain. The facility has a variety of baths, including a footbath and jacuzzi, as well as a private, reservable family bath. In addition, the Fujihashi area is one of the best places in Japan for astronomical observation, and at night, bathers can enjoy a star filled sky from the facility’s outdoor bath. The bathhouse has an adjoining restaurant and also offers services such as ashi-tsubo foot massage on Wednesdays. The bathhouse is closed on Thursdays and facility hours differ in the January and February period and the March through December period.

    滋賀県長浜市木ノ本から、もしくは岐阜県揖斐川町から、徳山ダム方面に向け国道を走る走る走る、とようやく到着。道の駅併設しています。 日帰り温泉施設は数あれど、入浴料だけで無料で貸切風呂が使えるのは珍しいです。事前に予約がベストです。ハンディキャップをお持ちの方、乳幼児をお連れの方などにお勧めです。 泉質はアルカリ性単純温泉のようで、少しヌルヌルする以外に特徴はありませんでしたが、山の澄みきった空...

  • Tanigumisan Kegonji Temple
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ibigunibigawachou Tanigumitokudumi 23
    Tanigumisan Kegonji Temple located at the end of Prefectural Route 251, Tanigumitokuzumi, Ibigawa Town is a temple which was established in 798. It is the 33rd pilgrim stamp office for the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage. Since being granted names for a mountain and a temple by Emperor Daigo, it has attracted worshippers for about 1,200 years, and has been affectionately called Tanigumisan as a temple for fulfilling and completing a goal. It is also known as a famous place for cherry blossoms and fall foliage.
  • Chisui-jinja Shrine
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Kaizu-shi Kaizucho Aburajima
    A shrine dedicated to the loyal retainers of the Satsuma domain who undertook flood control work on the orders of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the middle Edo period. Since ancient times, the Nobi Plain has seen damage from the of the Kiso, Nagara, and Ibi rivers that run through it. The Satsuma domain during the period was the next most powerful in Japan besides the Edo Shogunate, and they completed the work they were given with great sacrifice. The shrine honors the deified form of the head of the project, Hirata Yukie Masasuke Ushi-no-Mikoto. Today, the shrine participates in various programs linking Gifu and Kagoshima. It's also known for improving the love luck of patrons.

    木曽川、長良川、揖斐川と大きな川を治水工事を行った薩摩隼人はスゴイ。江戸時代の治水工事の技術で大きな犠牲を払ったことを後世に伝えている。

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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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