It is now easier to reach Gifu prefecture from Europe with direct flights from Helsinki to Nagoya. View on euronews ...

Up in the Japanese Alps, Takayama is a small town in Gifu Prefecture, ideal for a getaway from Nagoya (150 km) or Kanazawa (130 km). Long isolated in the mountains, this town in western Japan has ...

Gifu Prefecture—Reaching new heights, the “cafe in the sky” here has set up a helipad to attract customers from neighboring Aichi Prefecture. Sitting on top of a 500-meter mountain ...

Surrounded by Japan’s highest mountains, whether you travel by car or by train, get ready to be mesmerized by the breathtaking views of nature as you get closer to Gifu. Stroll around the old ...

A monk named Enku is believed to have sculpted some 120,000 in Gifu Prefecture ... We see where he practiced shugendo—rigorous mountain spiritual training; and where he stopped to create ...

Spacious restaurants with mountain panoramas and roadside stalls ... The section of the Nakasendo road of the Gifu prefecture ends at Magome, but just over the border in the Nagano prefecture ...

Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2025 shows Gassho-zukuri houses covered with snow in Shirakawa-go, Japan. HONG KONG, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) ...

An old stone-paved road in dappled sunlight. We take a walk on the Kisoji, a mountain road connecting Nagano and Gifu Prefectures. A key route during the Edo period, today it attracts visitors ...

Visitors are rushing to Japan at the moment as the weak yen is making the normally big-budget destination more affordable. While the Japanese are famed for their polite and welcoming nature, the ...