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岐阜県 · Art & museums

Gujo Odori

郡上市中濃

A dance held on thirty nights of the year, its rhythm made by clogs striking the stone street - the pavement as instrument.

岐阜県 · Art & museums

Kamioka Mine

飛騨市飛騨

A town built around a mine, its company housing stepped up the slope beside the tunnel mouths.

岐阜県 · Art & museums

Tarumi Railway

本巣市岐阜

A single track following one valley, so track, river and cherry trees line up and the journey becomes the viewing.

岐阜県 · Art & museums

Gifu Great Buddha

岐阜市岐阜

A great Buddha of bamboo, sutra-covered paper and lacquer - built not of bronze or wood but of paper.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Nameless Pond (Monet's Pond)

岐阜・中濃

A pond in the grounds of Nemichi Shrine at Itadori in Seki. The spring water is clear, and water lilies and koi make it look like a painting.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Tsukechi Gorge

東濃

A gorge at Tsukechi in Nakatsugawa, chosen among Japan's hundred finest forest-bathing woods, with clear blue water.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Ena Gorge

東濃

A gorge formed by damming the Kiso River, named in 1920 by the geographer Shigetaka Shiga.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Shin-Hotaka Ropeway

飛騨

A ropeway in the Okuhida hot-spring district of Takayama, rising to 2,156 metres in a double-decker cabin.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Tenku no Yuho-do (Gifu no Machu Picchu)

西濃

A hamlet and path in the hills of Ibigawa, with tea fields stepping down the slope.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Itadori Campsite

岐阜・中濃

A campsite on the Itadori River in Seki, known for its seats built out over the water.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Yamanoue Nashikari (Yamanoue Kanko Kajuen)

岐阜・中濃

A visitor orchard in Minokamo, running since the Taisho era, with white pear blossom in spring.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Suhara Himawari no Sato

岐阜・中濃

A flower field along the Nagara River in Mino, with nemophila in spring and sunflowers in summer.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Enbara River's Fukuryusui

岐阜・中濃

A river of about eight kilometres in Yamagata. Groundwater rises into it, and moss clings to the rocks.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Otaki Stalactite Cave

岐阜・中濃

A limestone cave in Gujo, cut by groundwater into Paleozoic limestone, with a waterfall inside.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Yoro Park / Yoro Falls

西濃

A 32-metre waterfall in Yoro. A legend of filial piety attaches to it, and it is among Japan's hundred finest falls.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Itadori River Horado Kanko Yana

岐阜・中濃

A fish weir at Horado in Seki, the only place on the Itadori River where you can try weir fishing.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Hida Great Stalactite Cave

飛騨

A limestone cave at Nyukawa in Takayama. At 900 metres, with 800 metres to walk inside.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Amidaga Falls

岐阜・中濃

A waterfall of about 60 metres in Gujo, among the largest in the Tokai region, with a path behind it.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Sekigahara Battlefield

西濃

The site of the battle of 1600. Among the fields stand the monument to the decisive ground and the camp sites of each commander.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Goho Falls

岐阜・中濃

Five waterfalls in Yaotsu. The three that fall in a chain drop 80 metres in all.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Fujimidai Kogen

東濃

Uplands at 1,739 metres across Nakatsugawa and Nagano, with a ridge of bamboo grass.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Kamaga Falls

岐阜・中濃

Three linked falls in Gujo, named for basins that look like cauldrons.

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Bokka no Sato

岐阜・中濃

A theme park on the Hirugano uplands in Gujo, with flower fields, animals and craft workshops.

岐阜県 · Regional selections

Iwamura Castle Ruins

東濃

The site of a 713-metre mountain castle in Ena, counted among Japan's three great mountain castles.