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Gifu

Gifu is the capital of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Wikivoyage

Population 400,118 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Japan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Nagara River Fireworks Festival

    July – August

    This is actually two events, each sponsored by a rival local newspaper (the Chunichi Shinbun and the Gifu Shinbun).

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Gifu); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 1 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Chajo 1.6 km, Hosobata 2.4 km, Ginan 3.0 km, Kiridōshi 3.2 km, Nagamori 3.6 km, Tejikara 4.0 km, Nishi-Gifu 4.1 km, Takadabashi 4.5 km, Kasamatsu 4.7 km, Nishi-Kasamatsu 5.3 km, Shin-Kanō 5.6 km, Kisogawazutsumi 5.7 km

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