A street of old two-story wooden houses with dark lattice fronts in Takayama, snow along the curb and a street lampA narrow river between snowy banks in light snowfall, wooden houses with snow-covered roofs and a wooded hillside behindThe gable end of a large thatched farmhouse with dark timber and paper-screen windows, green trees and forested hillside around it

Gifu

Gifu: What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

The Gifu pages start with Takayama, which has three bases. The old town, Takayama Jinya and the two morning markets are 10 to 15 minutes on foot from JR Takayama Station, and the markets close at noon.

Hida Folk Village is about 10 minutes by Sarubobo Bus, Shirakawa-go about 50 minutes by Nohi Bus, and the Shin-Hotaka Ropeway about 80 minutes by car.

Places in Gifu