Gifu
Takayama
2025年9月11日
History of Takayama City About 450 years ago, in 1585, the warlord Kanamori Nagachika was granted the province of Hida — which corresponds to present-day northern Gifu Prefecture — by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Kanamori Nagachika built Takayama Castle in what is now Takayama City and developed a castle town laid out in a grid pattern modeled […]
Shirakawa-go
2025年9月11日
Highlights, Access, and Ways to Enjoy Shirakawa-go Located in Shirakawa Village, Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Shirakawa-go is a gasshō-zukuri (thatched-roof) settlement nestled among steep mountains — a “living World Heritage Site” where people still reside today.Its large thatched roofs embody the wisdom of life in a snowy region, and the village reveals completely different faces […]