Nature Spots in Gifu Area

  • Mt. Kinka
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    Gifu-shi, Gifu Prefecture
    A 329 meter tall mountain located in the center of Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture. Gifu Castle, former home of the mighty samurai Oda Nobunaga, towers at the top of the mountain. The mountain was once called Mt. Inaba, but it came to be called “Kinka,” “golden blossom,” due to the many Japanese Chinquapin trees which grow on its slops and turn the mountain gold with their blossoms in early May. Gifu Park is located at the foot of the mountain and a ropeway travels from here to the top of the mountain in about four minutes. A facility called Squirrel Village, where visitors can see a variety of squirrels living comfortably and freely in natural environments, is located near the mountaintop ropeway station as well as a store and scenic overlook restaurant, and many people visit this popular destination.
  • Nagaragawa River
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    Gifu Prefecture
    A river which flows through the center of Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture and which has been selected as one of the 100 most renowned waterways in the country. The river has been featured in songs by Goro Noguchi and Hiroshi Itsuki and also appeared in a novel by Yasunari Kawabata. A walking path is maintained which leads upriver from the NagarabashiBridge, and during the cormorant fishing season, visitors can watch the action up close from here while Gifu Castle, lit up with large floodlights, looms in the background. Some 400 Yoshino cherries grow on the left bank of the river, and when the trees are in full bloom in early April, crowding the shoreline, the area bustles with visitors come to see the blossoms.
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Kakamiogasecho 7-chome

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  • Itarumehora
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    Gifu Pref. Gifushi Dachibokubora
  • Mt.Ishiyama
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Nakatejikaracho
  • Mt.Miiyama
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Miicho
  • Mt.Arai
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Maedonishimachi
  • Mt.Fudo
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Maedohigashimachi
  • Mt.Nagahira
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Maedohigashimachi
  • Mt.Kakami
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Kakamiyamanomaecho 2-chome
  • Atagoyama
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Matsugaoka
  • Mt.Igiyama
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Unuma
  • Takarazumi Terayama
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    Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Unuma
  • Mt.Gunbu
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    Gifu Motosu-shi Kaminoho
  • Mt.Gomoyama
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Murayama
  • Kagamiiwa
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Nagarafurutsu
  • Mt.Sagiyama
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Sagiyama
  • Mt.Jogamine
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Tsubakibora
  • Mt.Bizan
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Uchikoshi
  • Mt.Dodogamine
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Iwasaki 3-chome

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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