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Gifu Is Proud of Its Home-Style Cooking and Hokkaido Its Cra Smanship English Gifu is proud of its home-style cooking and Hokkaido its crasmanship. Home-Style Aomori Akita Cooking Iwate Yamagata Miyagi Hokuriku Shinkansen Niigata Fukushima Kanazawa Tochigi Toyama Gunma Tokai-Hokuriku Expwy Ishikawa Nagano Ibaraki Panoramic Nighttime Meishin Expwy Saitama Fukui Tokyo View from Gifu Castle Yamanashi Tokyo Ayu (Sweetsh) Cuisine Herbal Cuisine Tottori Gifu Chiba Shiga Nagoya Gifu Nagara River is famous for Nagara River cormorant The city of Gifu is known as a treasury of medicinal herbs Kyoto Gifu- Nagoya Shimane Hyogo Kanagawa shing, which has a history going back some 1,300 years. provided by the surrounding natural environment. Herbal Okayama Hashima Aichi Shizuoka Shizuoka Enjoy the exquisite taste of ayu from the crystal clear cuisine prepared using lavish amounts of these herbs can be Hiroshima Osaka river in dishes the city’s restaurants are proud to serve. enjoyed at inns in Nagaragawa Onsen. (Reservation required.) JR Tokaido Main Line Yamaguchi Nara Mie Kagawa Tomei Expwy Tokushima Wakayama Fukuoka Chubu Centrair Tokaido Shinkansen Ehime Kochi Saga Int’l Airport Oita (Centrair) Nagasaki A City of Nagara River Kawaramachi Neighborhood Kumamoto Cormorant Fishing Kagoshima Miyazaki Attractions Ayu Confections Ayu Seaweed Rolls These signature Gifu confections are shaped like the This avorful food consists of tenderly stewed ayu ayu caught in the Nagara River. A variety of types are wrapped in seaweed. Okinawa available, including Turkish delight wrapped in sponge cake dough, roasted rice cakes, and rice biscuits. Getting to Gifu Crasmanship Handcras From Tokyo: Gifu Lanterns Shinkansen (Nozomi) JR Ltd. Exp. 18 min Train Tokyo Nagoya Gifu Gifu is where some of Japan’s best traditional lanterns 1 hr 40 min Meitetsu Ltd. Exp. 29 min are produced. The washi paper is illustrated with beautiful illustrations of owers, birds, and more, and the Highway Bus via Chuo Expwy Bus Tokyo (Shinjuku) Gifu lantern’s soft, elegant light creates wonderful ambience. 6 hr Tomei / Meishin / Chuo / Tokai-Hokuriku Expwys Ichinomiya-Kisogawa IC 25 min Car Tokyo Gifu 6 hr Gifu-Kakamigahara IC 20 min From Chubu Centrair Int’l Airport: Meitetsu Ltd. Exp. μ-SKY Train Airport Gifu 56 min Chitaodan Rd / Chitahanto Rd / Nagoya Expwy / Higashi-Meihan Expwy / Meishin Expwy Ichinomiya-Kisogawa IC 25 min Car Airport Gifu 75 min Gifu-Kakamigahara IC 20 min Gifu Umbrellas Gifu Shibu-uchiwa Gifu’s traditional Japanese umbrellas are produced by hand These traditional fans are made using Mino washi paper and high-quality From Osaka: by fewer than 20 artisans, taking several months to bamboo, with the entire process carried out by hand. Shibu-uchiwa are Gifu Castle complete using a process with over 100 steps. Their beauty, coated with persimmon tannins, and their color deepens with the Shinkansen (Nozomi) JR Ltd. Exp. 18 min Train Osaka Nagoya Gifu like a ower in bloom, is matched by their elegance. passage of time, producing a particular charm that really stands out. 52 min Meitetsu Ltd. Exp. 29 min National Historical Site Meishin / Tokai-Hokuriku Expwys Ichinomiya-Kisogawa IC 25 min Car Osaka（Toyonaka） Gifu 2 hr 30 min Gifu-Kakamigahara IC 20 min From Toyama: JR Takayama Line – Ltd. Exp. 3 hr 30 min Train Toyama Gifu JR Hokuriku / Tokaido Main Line – Ltd. Exp. 3 hr 10 min Special Hokuriku / Tokai-Hokuriku Expwys Car Toyama IC Seki IC Gifu Products 2 hr 40 min 25 min Fuyu Persimmons Gifu is the birthplace of fuyu persimmons. They are notable for their thick esh and rened sweetness, which have earned them the nickname “king of persimmons”. Gifu Convention and Visitors Bureau Tel: +81-58-266-5588 http://www.gifucvb.or.jp/en/ Golden Statue Gifu Convention and Visitors Section of Oda Nobunaga 1-11 Kanda-machi, Gifu-shi Tel: +81-58-265-3984 http://www.city.gifu.lg.jp Gifu City Tourist Information Oce Edamame Strawberries 2nd oor, JR Gifu Station Tel: +81-58-262-4415 These are edamame with a high sugar content, cultivated Strawberries are grown within the city—particularly in areas fed by the Nagara River water system. They boast the Nohime and Minomusume varieties. some of the nation’s highest production volumes. 2016.10 10,000 A town with a rich history, traditional culture, Cormorant Fishing and natural en vironment A National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property Gifu Castlee base from which Oda Nobunaga unied Japan The construction of Gifu Castle, which Ukai is a traditional shing method in sits at the summit of Mt. Kinka, was which cormorant masters use cormorants begun in the Kamakura period by to catch sh. Nagara River cormorant Nikaido Yukimasa, and lord Saito shing has an ancient history going back Dosan occupied the castle during the some 1,300 years to its beginning. Bonres Warring States period. Oda Nobunaga glowing brightly in the inky darkness are took possession of the castle in 1567 reected on the river’s surface, and the and renamed it from Inabayama appearance of cormorant masters dressed Castle to Gifu Castle. With this castle as in traditional attire working in unison with his base, Nobunaga proceeded to the cormorants as they go down the river Cormorant Fishing Viewing unify Japan over a period of about ten in pursuit of sh invites viewers to take Boat Oce and Waiting Area years. The castle fell during a preliminary skirmish leading up to the part in a profound experience. Even small The Cormorant Fishing Viewing groups of visitors can enjoy riding on a Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and was Boat Oce and waiting area razed. The present-day castle was cormorant shing viewing boat, and have been renovated to match chartered boats are available for groups of rebuilt in 1956; it contains a history the historical appearance of the Address: 18 Tenshukaku, Kinkazan, Gifu-shi exhibit room inside and an 15 to 50 passengers. Kawaramachi area. The waiting Tel: +81-58-263-4853 Open: Mar. 16–May 11: 9:30–17:30 observation deck on the uppermost area includes a teahouse and is oor. The Gifu Castle site on Mt. Kinka available for anyone to use. May 12–Oct. 16: 8:30–17:30 Oct. 17–Mar. 15: 9:30–16:30 was designated a national historical Cormorant Fishing Viewing Boat Oce *6:30–16:30 on New Year’s Day only site in 2011. Address: 1-2 Minato-machi, Gifu-shi *Sometimes open late for panoramic nighttime viewing Tel: +81-58-262-0104 Cormorant shing season: May 11 to Oct. 15 Nagaragawa Ukai Museum Cormorant Fishing Viewing Boat Dockyard Ukai no Sato Gifu Castle Museum Mt. Kinka Mt. Kinka Ropeway Japan’s rst museum devoted to cormorant This is the dockyard where traditional Six cormorant shing master homes The old armory and food storehouse Located in the heart of the city, 329 m The ropeway takes about four minutes to shing. Learn about Nagara River cormorant wooden boats for viewing the cormorant sit along the right bank of the Nagara was reconstructed in the sumi-yagura in height. Thickly wooded with virgin get from Gifu Park to the summit of Mt. shing through a variety of exhibits and shing are built. There are no blueprints for River. Here, you can nd the cormorant style of castle architecture in 1975. forest and clusters of ferns, this Kinka. Enjoy the view of the Nagara River experience the attraction of cormorant these boats; instead, they are built through masters dressed in straw coats and Located just west of the main donjon, mountain is home to over 60 species and the city center below as well as the shing even during the o-season. the expert skills of craftsmen who make just special shing caps as well as the it houses historical exhibits from the of birds, including Japanese tits, seasonally changing scenery of Mt. Kinka. two a year. cormorants themselves and, in the Warring States period through the varied tits, and Japanese white-eyes. Address: 51-2 Nagara, Gifu-shi garden, orderly stacks of rewood for Edo period. Address: 257 Senjojikishita, Gifu-shi Tel: +81-58-210-1555 the bonres. Tel: +81-58-262-6784 Hours: May 1–Oct. 15: 9:00–19:00 Open: Mar. 16–May 11: 9:00–18:00 Oct. 16–Dec. 28: 9:00–17:00 May 12–Oct. 16: 8:00–18:00 Jan. 4–Apr. 30: 9:00–17:00 Oct. 17–Mar. 15: 9:00–17:00 *Final admittance is 30 minutes before closing time. *5:00–17:00 on New Year’s Day only Closed: Tuesdays Oct. 16–Apr. 30 (the following *Sometimes open late for panoramic nighttime viewing weekday if Tuesday is a public holiday) and New Year’s (Dec. 29–Jan. 3) Utan Shiroppii Nagara River Promenade This footpath lets you leisurely stroll along the Nagara River for a distance of 1.3 km upstream from the approach to Nagara-bashi Bridge on the northern side. Visitors can see cormorant fishing take place nearby at night. Nagaragawa Onsen Nagaragawa Onsen is an onsen district located near the Nagara River and Mt. Nagara River Kinka, upon which Gifu Castle sits. The For a Limited Time: Panoramic Nighttime Viewing from Gifu Castle water here has been chosen as one of One of the symbols of Gifu City, along with Mt. Kinka Japan’s top 100 hot springs. Enjoy a magnicent panoramic view of the sparkling city lights, and Gifu Castle. Selected as one of Japan’ s top 100 Hot spring type: Simple cool mineral spring which stretch all the way to distant Nagoya, from Gifu Castle at the bodies of water, it is home to numerous sh, including containing iron summit of Mt. Kinka, at an altitude of 329 m.
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