Location List

Built in 1900.

Shrine for praying for the safety and prosperity of mining and metal industries.

One of three wild rivers in Japan

You can enjoy seasonal scenes here with cherry blossom, green leaves, colored leaves and snow.

63 meters high and 5 meters wide.

One of three sacred mountains in Japan.

Scenic site where granite was eroded for several thousand years.

Approximately 4 kilometers long.

Pot halls are dotted (national natural treasure) in the canyon.

Prefectural natural treasure.

The temple built in Heian era.

Shichidogaran is a national important property.

Remnants of the old settlements and the buildings that line both sides of the narrow Nakasendo are just as they were in the Edo Period. The town's streets run along the steep ridges of the mountain.

Located deep in the Northern Japan Alps, the Okuhida Hot Spring Villages boast the most open-air hot spring baths of any one area in all of Japan.

Yoro falls has been chosen as one of the Top 100 Waterfalls and one of the 100 Best Spring Water Sites in Japan. It is also famous for a legend that tells the story of a pious son who ladles some w...

Completed in 1832 after 38 years of construction, Gifu’s Great Buddha is 13.7 meters tall, is counted among Japan’s Three Great Buddha Statues, and is the largest in Japan to be made of lacquer.

megaliths for ancient gods

It was founded in 1870 and the distiller of "Hourai sake" loved by writers and artists such as Bokusui Wakayama.

A refined shopping district that gives a sense of nostalgia due to about 40 percent of the houses on the street were built in the Edo Era.

The Nanboku Highway, used to transport salt, textiles, and other goods from Mikawa to Shinshu and Kiso, and silkworm cocoons from Iida to Owari, intersect at this inntown.

Along the Biwa pass there is a monument with a poem inscribed that relates the anxiety of Kazunomiya as she traveled.

To the south of the town, you can see the Kiso River as it flows through the magnificent landscape. The residents of the town are also quite charming.

The Arakawa family has served as the village leader since the Genroku Era in a house where the main building and storehouse are more than 240 years old.

The train line, which traces its roots to the Taisho Period, has many waterfalls and other famous tour spots along its tracks.