Spots in Seino Area

  • Forest Space Trails
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Ibi-gun Onocho No , Ushibora
    "These walking paths are located in Ono Town, Ibi County. There are 12 different walking courses in total at the foot of the mountains in the north part of town. These include courses for enjoying nature, such as the ""wooded valley course"" and the ""waterfall tour course,"" along with courses that visit historical sites such as kofun and castle ruins."
  • Ibi Gorge
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawacho
    Ibigawa Town, Ibigun County, is a scenic area centered around an artificial lake formed along the Ibigawa River by the Nishidaira Dam and included in Ibi Sekigahara Yoro National Quasi-Park.
  • Jodaisan Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Miwa (Kamiminamigata)
    This park is located in the Miwa, Ibigawa Town, Ibi County. It offers walking paths around Mt. Jodai and has seven zones centered around things like literature, history, and birdwatching. Visit historical sites like castle ruins and shrines and enjoy watching birds and picnicking.
  • Ibi River History and Folklore Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Kamiminamigata 901-5
    This museum is located in the Kamiminamigata, Ibigawa Town, Ibi County. In addition to housing permanent exhibitions of a variety of folk goods, such as items from the shipping industry, which used to form the basis of trade on the Ibi River, and replicas of floats and ornaments from the Ibi Festival, held in May, the museum also periodically holds exhibitions.
  • Okabe Yana
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tanigumi Nagase 1724-4
    "This river fish restaurant is located in the Tanigumi-nagase, Ibigawa Town, Ibi County. It uses the town's great tradition of ""yanaryou"" (pier fishing). The shop has a structure called a ""yanaba"" (pier) in the Neo River that flows nearby, and the freshly caught freshwater fish are used to create a variety of cuisines, such as shioyaki (grilled fish with salt)."

    鮎のコース料理を食べに行きました。 川のすぐ横に建てた食事場所は、暑い夏も気持ちよかったです! コースは、甘露煮ーフライや刺身 もちろん焼き物ー雑炊まであり ボリューム満点でした!

  • Uohatsu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tanigumi Nagase 2028-1
    "This restaurant is located along Nishimino's Momiji Road in Taniguminagase and specializes in sweetfish cuisine. Menu items include the ""ayu feast"" which lets you enjoy pickled fish, sweet-simmered fish, fried fish, ikizukuri, and charcoal-grilled shioyaki. The restaurant also has pier seating where you can enjoy meals while looking at the Neo River. It is open from the end of April until early November."
  • Ibigawa-cho Tanigumi Insect Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tanigumi
    This museum is located along Nishimino's Momiji Road in Tanigumitokuzumi, Ibigawa Town, Ibi County. It houses a number of insect specimens from around the world, including the Japanese luehdorfia, which is designated as a natural treasure. In addition, the adjacent Tanigumi Station has an exhibit of preserved train carriages.
  • Takenaka Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tanigumi
    This park is located along Nishimino's Momiji Road in Taniguminare, Ibigawa Town, Ibi County, and was established by the previous president of the Tanigumi Odori Preservation Society, Yoshio Takenaka. Cherry trees are planted along the mountain's slope, allowing visitors to enjoy beautiful scenes during foliage season and when the trees are in bloom.
  • Gifu Kodomo no Kuni
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Yoro-gun Yorocho Taka Bayashi 1298-2
    This children's park is located inside Yoro Park in the Takabayashi area of Yoro Town, Yoro County. The extensive facility offers a variety of outdoor play areas and play sets built to take advantage of the natural terrain, including a ball area and relaxation area, along with indoor play sets, an outdoor stage, and a Children's House with a library. The outdoor pool facilities are also open during summer vacation.
  • Tarakyo Forest Park
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Kamishiduchoushimotara 871-1
    This two-and-a-half-kilometer gorge in Kamiishizu-cho, Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture is one of the 33 top places to view the autumn colors in the Hida and Mino regions. During that season, trees such as Japanese zelkova and konara oak take on striking colors, and it's sometimes called “Ichinose Arashiyama. A suspension bridge and boardwalk let you view the autumn colors reflected in the river more closely. When the fresh green of spring appears, the azaleas, yamabuki roses, and wisteria all come into bloom, and in summer you can swim in the river.
  • Sekigahara Marblecraft Co. Ltd.
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Prefecture Fuwa-gun Sekigahara Town Sekigahara 2700
    This is a stone carver's gallery and shop. They offer a beautiful line of items, mainly made of marble and granite. Their attractive collection includes gravestones, stonework crafts, artistic sculptures, and more. You can get a cup of tea and enjoy some of their sculptures at their Cafe Marble. Their homemade cheese cake, hamburger steaks, and rice omelets are popular, and many guests come just to eat at the café.
  • Daikokuya (Kuruwamachi Shop)
    Shopping
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Kuruwamachihigashi 2-14
    This tofu shop about a ten-minute walk south of JR Ogaki Station was founded in 1916. They use Fukuyutaka soybeans raised in Gifu Prefecture, Ogaki underground water and the shop's historic techniques to make tofu that's rich and delicious. Their most popular product, known as “Ogaki wa Mizu no Miyako Jumangoku Tofu, is good both warm and chilled. Their No. 1 Ogaki certified brand “Basho Mizu Tofu is popular too, as are their sweets like creamed tofu and pudding. They hold tofu making classes at their workshop.
  • Yontori
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Higashitogawachou 1-15
    This Japanese restaurant located near Ogaki Castle is approximately seven minutes on foot from JR Ogaki Station. Founded in 1929, the veteran shop uses Okumino-kojidori chicken, a local Gifu brand. Plain boiled or steamed the traditional flavor of the chicken shows through. In addition to enjoying cuisine such as their Taste of Gifu multi-course meal with carefully selected local ingredients, they sell an Okumino-kojidori bento lunch box with chicken and ground meat on rice, as well as a seasonal bento lunch box. You need reservations during the day. In the evening they offer hot-pot dishes and kaiseki banquet cuisine you can enjoy with rare wines.
  • Cheesecake Princess
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Nishitogawachou 2-45
    A cheesecake specialty shop offering over 20 varieties of cheesecake at any given time from among a selection of more than 100. The shop’s cheesecakes are made with select ingredients and include fruit cheesecakes, vegetable cheesecakes, Japanese-style cheesecakes, and seasonal cheesecakes. The shop’s cheesecakes were originally made just for the family’s owner—crafted without the use of excessive additives or chemical compounds, these cheesecakes are safe and healthy to eat for adults and children. Particularly recommended is the “Hana Yori d’Anje,” a delicately sweet and melt-in-your-mouth unbaked cheesecake served in a masu wooden sake cup from Ogaki, a city which boasts the largest production of masu cups in the country. Visually appealing as well, this cheesecake variety makes for a popular souvenir.

    行く前から地元の有名店と聞いてチェックしていたので行ってみたかったです。 とても可愛らしくて美味しかったです。 また行きます。

  • Coco Cafe
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Fuwagunsekigaharachou Sekigahara 811-39
    A café located a five minute walk from the Site of Ishida Mitsunari’s Encampment Aimed at tourists visiting the historic site; the café serves items inspired by the samurai and military commander among other things. Open from 9:30 a.m., here you can enjoy a breakfast set which includes coffee, toast, and a salad. The café’s special “Battle of Sekigahara Curry Lunch” is made with Sekigahara-grown Koshihikari rice and, inspired by Tokugawa Ieyasu, supreme commander of the Eastern Army, uses Hatcho miso as the secret ingredient. The café also sells original merchandise, and the café’s cute soaps, decorated with caricatures of the various commanders involved in the battle drawn as animals created by the owner, make a perfect souvenir.
  • Boulangerie Un Pain
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Shopping
    Gifu Pref. Kaidushi Hiratachousangou 894-1
    This bakery is right near the large southern torii gate to Chiyobo Inari-jinja Shrine in Kaizu City. Its name means a loaf of bread in French, and as the name implies, each and every item is prepared with the utmost care. Their genuine baguettes are famous, made with authentic ingredients and methods. They offer different freshly baked items daily. Their crispy croissants with fresh cream inside, brioches made with fresh local eggs, and kouign-amann all come recommended.

    美味しいパン屋さんでした。種類はさほど多くないですが、どれも丁寧に作って理、美味しいパンです。お店の雰囲気も良かったです。

  • Takaya Inari-jinja Shrine (Well at Takaya Inari-jinja Shrine)
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Takayachou 3
    A Shinto shrine located in a shopping arcade area not far from the JR Ogaki Station’s south entrance rotary. A well is located at the shrine which was built to replace a turtle pond which once stood in front of Ogaki Station. Ogaki City is well-known for the abundance of clean water which wells up from under the ground in the area. As one would expect, the waters of the well here are also extremely clear and clean, and the well has even been selected as one of Ogaki’s 20 best water-related sites by the city. In part because the well was built through donations by local residents, the well is extremely well-maintained. There are also many trees and green plants growing around the well, making it a great place to stop, take a break, and cool off in the middle of a hot summer day.
  • Tanakaya Senbei Sohonke (Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Honmachi 2-16
    Located in the city of Ogaki in Gifu Prefecture, Tanaka-ya Senbei is a shop founded in 1859 that specializes in Senbei (rice crackers). The founder learned to make Senbei in Osaka, and invented Ogaki Senbei, which contain miso. This recipe has been handed down through the generations, to produce crackers that achieve a hard gloss without the use of eggs. The miso flavored with a Koji leavening agent has its own special sweetness and scent and melts in one’s mouth. It sells three types of crackers, the thick and round, one-folded with a balance of hardness and sweetness, and twice-folded, that is famed as the hardest in Japan. The shop also offers Tamahodo, wafers that come in a variety of flavors.
  • Imoniichan no Mise
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Shopping
    Gifu Pref. Kaidushi Hiratachousangou 1984
    Chiyobo Inari Jinja Shrine, popularly known as Ochobosan, is one of the Japan's three great shrines dedicated to the god Inari. Located along the path that leads to the shrine is Imo Niichan, which specializes in Daigakuimo (glazed sweet potatoes). Customers can enjoy freshly made Daigakuimo while watching them being cooked on a large griddle. The combination of the thick, shiny, slightly crispy coating and the warm, tender sweet potato is a treat not to be missed. Anyone who eats her quickly understands why this uniquely delicious flavor brings in so many regular customers. Daigakuimo are available in four sizes, ranging from small to extra-large. The restaurant also serves Oni Manju sweet buns with sweet potates (white or black sugar) and Imokenpi (strips of hard candy sweet potatoes).

    お千代保稲荷の脇道にあるお芋菓子店。 平日でも普通に人が並ぶ人気店かと。 自分も同じくして並んで看板商品の「大学いも」と芋菓子を購入。 大学いもは大きな鉄板でその場で作っており、熱々ホクホクで別腹にすんなりと入ってしまいました。 おやつ変わりにはちょうど良いです。

  • Ogaki Sunflower Field
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Hiramachi
    Take the Meihan Kintetsu Bus Hashima Line from Ogaki Station on the JR Tokaido Main Line, get off at the Sugue bus stop, and walk eight minutes. A 2.7 hectare, formerly fallow field planted with some 120 thousand sunflowers. The best time to view the flowers is from mid-August to early September. Sunflowers are planted here at two different times each year, ensuring visitors can enjoy viewing the flowers for an extended period of time. During the Sunflower Festival, the flowers are also lit up at night. An elevated rail line used by the Tokaido Shinkansen is located nearby, and if you are very lucky, you just might get to see a rare “Doctor Yellow” Shinkansen train jetting by decked out in a yellow livery similar to the sunflowers.

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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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