Destination
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Gifu
Travel plans
Quiet Hida: Furukawa's Canals & Takayama's Folk Crafts — 2 Days
The Hida the crowds skip
Water Towns of Gifu: Gujo Hachiman, Mino & Yoro Falls — 2 Days
Spring water, paper and a 400-year dance
Gifu City: Cormorant Fishing & the Blades of Seki — 2 Days
Torchlit fishing, then 700 years of steel
Gero Onsen Retreat: One of Japan's Top Three Hot Springs — 2 Days
Slow down into the beauty bath
First-Time Hida: Takayama's Old Town & Shirakawa-go — 3 Days
The old town in a day, then the thatched valley
Gifu travel guides
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Gero Onsen Guide 2026: One of Japan's Top 3 Hot Springs
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Gifu Cormorant Fishing 2026: Ukai on the Nagara River
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Gujo Hachiman Guide 2026: Gifu's Water Town & Dance
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Shirakawa-go Guide 2026: The UNESCO Thatched Village
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