Park / Green Space Spots in Gifu Area

  • Gifu Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Pref. Gifushi Omiyachou 1 in the ground
    This municipal park is operated by Gifu City. Built around the remains of Gifu Castle, a National Historic Site, it has a Japanese garden designed with Oda Nobunaga in mind and an excavation information office at the site of his former residence. Visitors can learn about Oda Nobunaga and his role in Japanese history. Other facilities on the grounds include the Gifu City Museum of History, Kato Eizo and Toichi Memorial Art Museum, the Ryurei-shiki Kashoken Tearoom, and the Nawa Insect Museum. You can also access the ropeway that will take you to the summit of Mt. Kinkazan.
  • Gifu Park General Information Center
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    3.5
    10 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Gifu-shi Omiyacho 1 Chinai
    "The entrance to Gifu Park that has been developed as a ""park where you can hear Nobunaga's heartbeat"" spreads out around the base of Mt. Kinka at the center of Gifu. During the Waring States period, the Gifu lords Saito Dosan and Oda Nobunaga are said to have lived on the land that comprises the approximate 20 hectares of the park. Beyond the main entrance that is modeled after the Waring States period, there is a statue of Oda Nobunaga in his younger days with Gifu Castle in the background, and a lot of tourists take commemorative photos here. Beyond the entrance, there is an information center patterned after a samurai residence that provides information about downtown, where restrooms and rest areas are located, and also about restaurants."

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  • Kakamigahara City Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Pref. Kakamigaharashi Nakamonzenchou 3-1-1
    This municipal park is operated by Kakamigahara City. The area was once home to Gifu University's agricultural and engineering departments, but it passed to the city and has been re-purposed as the park you see today. It's dotted with small ponds, crossed by streams, and has lots of lawn area. They have places for the kids to play too, like their Jyabu-Jyabu Pond in summer. There's also a large playscape and health-building exercise equipment in the plaza. There is a library on the premises, and it's a great place for a rest.
  • Nagara Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Pref. Gifushi Nagara Shiroyuki 1466 - 10
    This park in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture is located between Nagara Bridge and Ukai Ohashi Bridge. It features a space equipped with athletic playground equipment including an “antlion pit,” as well as and an area where you can play miniature golf. Flower beds planted with seasonal flowers have been installed at the flower terrace and along the paths through the park, creating beautiful sights to enjoy. The food corner offers light fare such as blended coffee and soft-serve ice cream. The park also hosts many events including Tai Chi classes, plant and flower classes, and Sequoia Forest concerts.
  • Kagamihara Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi
    An urban park where children can play in a naturally lush environment located three kilometers north of the Unumanishi-machi intersection on National Route 21. Park facilities include a traffic square modeled after a miniature city with traffic lights and railroad crossings, and children can play using pedal powered go-carts and bicycles while learning about traffic and proper traffic manners. A popular destination for prefectural residents to rest and relax, other facilities include an adventure square with playground equipment, a relaxation square where you can listen to birds singing and the burble of a stream, and a spacious natural grass lawn.
  • Kashimori Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Gifu-shi Kamikanoyama
    In the center of Gifu, this park with an abundance of nature spreads out from Surugayama and Kamikanoyama. Inside the park, there is a viewing platform where you can see a sweeping view of the city, and a promenade is also maintained, allowing you to enjoy admiring plum and cherry blossom trees in the spring, green leaves in the summer, and beautiful fall colors in autumn. This is one of the venues for the Gifu Plum Festival that takes place annually in March.
  • Cosmo Park Hashima (Shimin-no-Mori Hashima Park)
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Hashima-shi Takehanacho Marunouchi 6-1
    This relaxing park with seasonal flowers and trees is about a 15-minute drive from Gifu Hashima Interchange. The roughly two-hectare site features about 40,000 plants and trees like camellia, cherry trees, wisteria, and sasanqua. It has one of the city's best equipped playgrounds, with swings, monkey bars, and a playscape with a roller slide, cargo net, rope swing, and lots more. Galaxy Square in the southern part of the park has a fountain with water shooting up from the ground and falling from the arches which is a popular spot with kids especially during summer vacation.
  • Manabi no Mori
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Nakahibaricho 10-4
    "A roughly 300-meter row of ginkgo and metasequoia trees in the Manabi no Mori park on the former site of Gifu University. It is also known as ""Winter Sona-Street"" due to its ties with a tree lined lane that's a shooting location for the South Korean Drama ""Winter Sonata."" The ginkgo trees turn yellow all at once in November, attracting lots of visitors. Its December illumination event is a Kakamigahara winter tradition that lets you take in the romantic atmosphere of 200,000 LED bulbs."
  • Japan Line Unuma Forest
    Travel / Tourism
    Gifu Pref. Kakamigaharashi Unuma Ishizan
    A park located a 20 minute walk from JR Unuma Station. The park encompasses Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park and the Place of Scenic Beauty-designated Kisogawa River. The park’s Furosato Chobo no Oka and mountaintop observatory areas offer sweeping views of the Nobi Plain and Inuyama Castle. Also a popular destination for enjoying night views, the Furusato Chobo no Oka lookout, located close to a parking area, often bustles with people. There is a children’s library called Mori no Honya-san located in the park, making it a popular destination for families with children as well.
  • Sohara Nature Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Pref. Kakamigaharashi Soharakitayamachou 1
    This Kakamigahara City park and off the beaten track plum blossom spot can be reached by taking the Northern Fureai Bus's Kawashima Line to the Sotoyama-cho bus stop. It's a ten-minute walk from there. The beautiful natural environment changes with the seasons, and it's a nice place to take a stroll while listening to bird song and the sound of the park's waterfall. A nature trail starts at Ibuki no taki Falls at the foot of Mt. Gongen and the view from the summit is excellent. The park's spring-fed streams and pond support lotus flowers and aquatic plants, and about 50 plum blossoms come into bloom in the early spring, some with red blossoms and some with white. Visit in autumn to take in the colored leaves in this season.
  • Gifu Memorial Center
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    3.5
    27 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Gifu-shi Nagarafukumitsu Ono 2675-28

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  • Gifu Family Park
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Kitano Kita 997 Deyashiki 31
  • Oasis Park
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Kawashima Kaseda Machi 1564-1
  • Gifu Park
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Tsubakibora
  • Ondori Hi Ke Oka Park
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Nakagawara 1-chome 97
  • Sakaigawa Ryokudo Park
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Yanaizucho Saba Genban
  • State-owned Kisosansen Park Kasada Hiroba Kakamigahara Outdoor Field
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Kawashima Kaseda Machi
  • KAKAMIGAHARA PARK BRIDGE
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Nakahibaricho 30-1
  • World Freshwater
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Kawashima Kaseda Machi
  • Chayashinden Athletic Field
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Chayashinden

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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