10 Activities Riding out to Ankoku-ji Michelle Ishiki Gifu Prefecture's only designated National Treasure, Ankoku-ji, is located in northern Takayama. A great destination for cycl...
Shopping Hazama Sake Brewery Justin Dart Hazama Sake Brewing Company has been producing Ena-san sake for 390 years and received many awards for quality.
Culture Gujo Odori 2025 Yuka Takada Gujo Odori is Japan's largest and one of the most famous dance festivals lasting thirty-two nights, three of which have danci...
Culture Cormorant Fishing in Nagara River Hessel Ukai or Cormorant fishing is a 1300-year old tradition of catching fish with Cormorants. Something Charlie Chaplin called "am...
Culture Momoyama Park Justin Dart Momoyama is a park featuring a children’s science museum, great playground and shrine for fertility.
Culture Magome-juku Justin Dart Magome-juku, in modern day Nakatsugawa City, was the 43rd station on the Nakasendo, a post road that connected Edo (Tokyo) to...
Area Gifu City Michelle Ishiki Gifu City is a city of resilience, history and traditions; a territory desired by rival warlords during the quest to unify Ja...
11 Activities Daikon Hunting in Meiho, Gifu Miwako Tomura We learned about daikon farming in the Meiho region of Gujo in Gifu Prefecture. These photos show you a little bit about how ...
Food Sugimura Justin Dart A cozy little handmade soba shop only five minutes from Nakatsugawa station by foot.
Activities Nakatsugawa Park Justin Dart Nakatsugawa Park is a large green open space for people of all different walks of life to play, relax and exercise.
