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Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall

4.0

621 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Sakuramachi 178

The Takayama Festival is one of Japan’s three great Hikiyama Festivals and registered a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. This hall has a standing exhibit of yatai, the gorgeous floats that are the festival’s main attraction. It’s on the precincts of Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine, at the center of the festival action. Four of the 11 yatai used in the fall’s Takayama Festival are on display, and they change them annually in March, July, and November. They also maintain a TV room where you can watch a video of the festival, as well as a reference area with festival paraphernalia and documents. It’s a great way to learn about the festival’s history and happenings in detail.

Interesting exhibition of some of the floats used in April and October. Glad we did it but it only takes 20 minutes to view the floats. You are given headphones which enhances the experience.
Takayama Museum of History and Art

4.0

160 Reviews

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Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamichinomachi 75

The Takayama Museum of History and Art in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture has a collection of around 75,000 items relating to folk traditions, of which 900 are on permanent display. There are 14 display rooms with exhibits focusing on how the castle town developed and the unique culture of its residents; topics covered by the displays include the Takayama Festival, “machiya” (traditional wooden townhouses), the creation of the castle town, famous writers and artists that had a connection to the Takayama area, and the famous monk and Buddhist statue carver Enku, who also had a close connection with the Hida area. The buildings in which the Museum is located were originally warehouses, built from Japanese Cypress wood, belonging to the Nagata family of merchants; they are highly atmospheric. There is no charge for entry to the Museum.

One of the few attractons open for Covid. I didnt expect much but was greatly surprised at how long I stayed here. I highly recommend. Quite a bit of English.
Takayama Showa Museum

4.5

136 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Shimoichinomachi 6

"Takayama Showakan is an indoor museum with displays that recreate the retro townscape of the late 1950s and early 1960s. It is located near the Yasukawa Intersection along National Route 158, which bisects the entertainment district of the city of Takayama. Aspects of the life and culture of that era are faithfully portrayed, including old-style candy stores and hostess bars. Looking at the actual advertising boards from that era, visitors feel as if they have traveled back in time. Another feature of this museum is that visitors can touch and handle actual artifacts of the period and ride vehicles that are placed along the ""street."" Of course, photography is allowed. Materials concerned with pro wrestling and World War II give visitors a full sense of what life was like back then."

Dont miss this gem if you are in Takayama. It made our little family of 4 step back in time. You can touch objects, enter recreated rooms and shops and get lost in the past for a bit. If you have...
Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum

4.0

113 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Kakamigahara-shi Shimogiricho 5-1

A somewhat out of the way location. With GPS it was found. The aircraft examples inside are remarkable. The information is quite interesting. I found the space section to be very good. I can’t say...
Gifu City Museum of History

4.0

67 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Gifushi Omiyachou 2-18-1 Gifu Park

Gifu City Museum of History is a historical museum operated by the city of Gifu, located in Gifu Park at the foot of Mt. Kinka. The museum is divided into four areas: prehistoric to medieval times, the warring states period, the early modern and contemporary periods, and traditional crafts. Since the museum deals with history as it affected Gifu, the warring states area is large, given Gifu's connections with the life of Oda Nobunaga, a major figure of that period. Exhibits are designed to depict his influence on Japanese culture. The museum contains several areas for experiential learning, such as one where visitors can try on traditional armor and come directly in touch with history.

Our first stop in Gifu, from Nagoya after alighting at from Meitetsu bus. This Museum is just near the Park that leads to ropeway up Mt Kinka. A mid-sized and nice museum, entry 300 Yen Not many...
Hikaru Museum

4.5

85 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Nakayamamachi 175

This museum is in a residential area of Nakayama-machi, Takayama City, bordered by the Kawakami River and National Route 41. Its exterior really stands out. Made of stone, it’s built to look like a Mesoamerican pyramid with a temple atmosphere. It primarily exhibits ancient artifacts and works of art like Japanese paintings, ukiyoe prints, and crafts. There are lots of displays that kids will like, including realistic models of dinosaurs, fossil replicas, and fossils excavated from Hida. Plenty of other items are on display across their expansive site too, which includes a Noh theater and an outdoor exhibition area.

Visit this place for its amazing architecture. As for what is inside the building, the opinion seems to be divided but its a little bit of everything under the sun from dinosaurs to modern art. There...
Gujo-Hachiman Hakurankan

4.0

61 Reviews

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Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Hachimanchoutonomachi 50

This museum presents an overview of the town of Gujo-Hachiman. Built in 1920, the former tax office has been renovated and now has a Western-style retro atmosphere. Visitors learn about Gujo-Hachiman in sections with water, history, work, and dance themes. The “Dance Corner has a stage where they hold Gujo-odori dance presentations four times daily. It offers the chance to see one of Japan's Three Major Folk Music Traditions for you.

All in JP, but its at least easy to see a mini Gujo dance in case you cant see the real thing As a museum, not super exciting at least to me. It was mostly highlighting how important is water and...
Kusakabe Folk Crafts Museum

4.0

77 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Takayama-shi Oshinmachi 1-52

This is a beautiful building although sparsely furnished it still gives you a sense of life back in the day. We visited in winter so appreciated how cold these places can get! Wouldnt say this was a...
Gero Museum of Hot Springs

4.0

78 Reviews

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Gifu Pref. Geroshi Yunoshima 543-2

This museum is a ten-minute walk from Gero Station. They present both scientific and cultural perspectives on hot springs around Japan. There are five exhibit areas: Science of Hot Springs, Cultures of Hot Springs, Welcome to Gero Onsen, The Room of Dr. Onsen, and Omoshiro Challenge! Hot Springs! You can actually check the salinity and pH of a hot spring and learn about the history of Gero Onsen through valuable photos, materials, a diorama, and more. Books on hot springs are also available. They have a foot bath you can walk in, too.

We went up to the museum to try the foot bath and paid the small entrance fee. We didn’t expect the museum itself to be such a highlight but it was. The man working there was so helpful and even...
Stone Museum Hakusekikan

4.0

35 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Nakatsugawashi Hirukawa 5263-7

The Stone Museum Hakusekikan is famous for having the largest pyramid in Japan, built from 5,500 tons of Hirukawa granite. The Museum offers a wide range of activities, including precious stone hunting, quarrying experience activities, and craft activities that involve making things by hand. The pyramid is a one-tenth scale replica of the Great Pyramid (the Pyramid of Khufu) in Egypt, with a “burial chamber” inside that houses a sarcophagus containing stones from genuine Egyptian pyramids and other commemorative artifacts. The Stone Museum Hakusekikan is located around 15 minutes’ drive from the Ena Interchange of the Chuo Expressway.

6歳の男の子連れです。ピラミッドの中に本格的な巨大迷路があり、とても楽しめます。写真スポットも多く、マイクラ好きもあり、多くの知ってる石があったようでかなり喜んでいました。宝石さがしもとても喜んでいました。駐車場も広くおすすめです。
Shishi Hall (Shishi Kaikan)

4.5

40 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Sakuramachi 53-1

The Shishi Hall (Shishi Kaikan) is a museum in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture that is dedicated to Karakuri. Karakuri are mechanically-operated moving human figures and models that are displayed on the floats that parade through Takayama during the Takayama Matsuri (Takayama Festival), one of the “Three Great Festivals of Japan”; they are controlled using strings, springs and clockwork, etc. The Shishi Hall’s “Karakuri Performance,” in which visitors are able to see how expertly the Karakuri are operated, was selected as a one-star item in the Michelin Travel Guide. There is also a display of approximately 300 ceremonial “lion heads” from all over Japan; as the only exhibition of its kind in Japan, this lion-head display has been designated as an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.

Amazing exhibition of the floats used during processions which are huge and finely decorated. Well worth a visit
Former Imai Family Residence and Mino History Museum

4.0

27 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Minoshi Izumichou 1883

This is the former residence of the Imai family who were wealthy merchants in what today is Mino City. Originally built in the middle of the Edo Period, it was reportedly expanded in the early Meiji Period. As paper merchants and the head of the village, they were extremely wealthy, and the house was the most splendid in the region. The Meiji Period addition included a three-meter skylight. The courtyard has an elegant suikinkutsu, used to make a special dripping sound, and has been designated as one of the Top 100 Soundscapes of Japan. Mino historic museum is at the back. Its Udatsu Kura has displays on udatsu (old roof ridges) and you can learn about Niwaka (an impromptu comic play) in its Niwaka Kura.

Very interesting old residence. Beautiful garden and well kept hidden treasure. Will be back again in the future.
Feather Museum

4.0

27 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Sekishi Hinodemachi 1-17

Ten minutes by car from Seki Interchange on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway, this is the world's first blade museum exhibiting precision cutlery and razor blades. It's run by Feather, a razor blade manufacturer. They have a collection of more than 10,000 items on display, including their Giant Feather razor in the entrance hall. Everyone from kids to adults enjoy the museum, with quizzes and pictures, a precision blade corner, a whole wall full of razor art, and a display on the company's product history.

We have a great time visiting feather museum. Very interesting exhibition, beautiful product exhibition along a timeline and a lot of interactive booth:you can for instance learn the different types...
Mizunami Fossil Museum

4.0

25 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Mizunamishi Akiyochou Yamanouchi 1-47

This museum specializing in rare fossils from around Japan is approximately three minutes by car from the Chuo Expressway's Mizunami Interchange. They exhibit a collection of over 250,000 fossils that help you learn about the Earth's 4.6-billion-year history, including about 1,500 fossil shellfish, fish, mammals, and plants from around the Mizunami area. Among them is a restored skeleton of a desmostylus, a kind of the dinosaur. Their Mizuanmi Fossil Workshop has fossil collecting and model making programs. Bookings are required, and you need to bring certain tools yourself.

瑞浪自然公園内にある博物館で、化石が沢山埋もれている地域なので盛りだくさんの展示物があります。展示内容は旧態依然としたものなので、一度見れば満足できて、再訪しても目新しい感じはないでしょう。
Magome Wakihonjin Museum

3.5

25 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Nakatsugawashi Magome 4253-1

This is a historical archive in Magome, Nakatsugawa City. The building is a reproduction of Wakihonjin (a residence owned by a local influencer offered as lodgings) Yawataya in Magome-juku which was destroyed in a great fire in 1895 and exhibits archives of household effects of the time and visitors can learn about the culture of the Kisoji district in the Edo period.

本陣や脇本陣というのは、江戸時代、身分の高い人たちのお宿だったところです。馬籠宿の脇本陣は、明治２８年の馬籠宿の大火で建物は消失しました。この馬籠脇本陣史料館は、当時の脇本陣の一部を復元したものです。建物の雰囲気とともに、当時使用していた家具や什器もたくさん展示されていて、当時の文化も含めて見学することができました。
Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry

4.5

32 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Kakamigaharashi Kawashimatakehayamachi 1

Located 25 minutes away from JR Owari-Ichinomiya Station by taxi, this pharmaceutical museum is inside Eisai’s Kawashima Plant. It runs various exhibits related to pharmaceuticals including the history of medicine and pharmacology. You can also see precious items such as human-powered pharmaceutical production machinery, signboards, advertisements and Meiji period (1868-1912) medicine. Because there are English explanation panels and captions, even foreign tourists can enjoy and learn. In addition, in the temporary exhibition room, they hold special exhibits introducing materials with themes based on what the curators have researched every year. It is a great place not only for adults, but for children’s research projects.

エーザイが経営していて無料で見れる。薬の歴史やこどもたちを連れて行ったらよい。外は薬草の畑があり日常の生活に沿ったものが見れる。
Nawa Insect Museum

4.0

29 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Gifushi Omiyachou 2-18 within Gifu Park

This insect museum in Gifu City, Gif Prefecture is the oldest museum of its kind still in existence. Founded in 1919, the museum is affiliated with the Nawa Insect Research Center established by Yasushi Nawa, who famously discovered the Gifu butterfly (Luehdorfia japonica). The museum possesses more than 300,000 specimens representing 12,000 varieties of insect from around the world. The museum also breeds and researches a variety of insects. The museum is still located in its original western-style Meiji-era building, a registered tangible cultural property. The museum is located a short bus trip headed towards Nagara from either JR Gifu Station or Meitetsu Gifu Station and a two-minute walk from the Gifu Koen Rekishihakubutsukanmae bus stop.

岐阜公園内にある、民営の昆虫博物館。建物は大正7年1918年着工で、国の登録有形文化財に指定されています。展示はバッタやアゲハやカブトムシなど身近なものから、世界中の貴重な昆虫が2フロアに展示されています。こんなに大きな昆虫がいるのか、こんな美しい蝶がいるのか、と改めて自然の大事さなどを考えさせてくれます。おすすめです。
Science World (Gifu Prefectural Advanced Science & Technology Experience Center)

4.0

28 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Mizunami-shi Akiyocho Togari 54

An interactive, activity-oriented science museum, one of only a few in the country, located a 10-minute drive from the Mizunami Interchange on the Chuo Expressway. The museum has very few exhibits, and instead visitors can deepen their interest and understanding of science while having fun participating in the various experiments and creation events the museum holds. Enjoy a variety of experiments and experiences like the museum's hour long science shows combining images projected on a big screen with experiments performed on a stage, and special workshops where you can enjoy an experiment show conducted right in front of your eyes. The museum also holds public courses through which you can explore science more deeply.

サイエンスワールドは巨大な科学館です。コロナの影響でイベントは全て中止、開店休業で他に来訪者はおりませんでしたが、理科の実験を観察するようなコーナーがあり、建物が広く開放感が有りました。入口付近に目の錯覚を起こす絵がたくさん有り、同じ長さなのに、どちらかの線が長く見えるようなものですが、観察しました。
Mino-Washi Museum

4.0

27 Reviews

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Gifu Pref. Minoshi Warabi 1851-3

This museum is located about 20 minutes from the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway Mino Interchange via National Route 156 and Prefectural Route 81. The museum introduces from various perspectives the world of Shisai style paper patchwork, with its traditions and hidden possibilities for the future, and history and techniques of Mino washi traditional Japanese paper passed down in the Mino area. The first exhibition room introduces the production areas of washi paper throughout Japan, history of washi, and papermaking technology. In the second exhibition room, they give concrete suggestions about practical uses of washi paper in everyday living spaces. In addition, you can also have a “papermaking experience” using authentic tools and natural ingredients in the workshop.

Nice Museum located in Mino City, Gifu Prefecture. But i think it should have more papers and paper exhibits on display. They had very few.
Hida no Sato

Leisure / Hobbies

Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamiokamotomachi 1-590

This facility is located close to the Hida no Sato bus stop, about a 10-minute ride on the Sarubobo Bus from JR Takayama Station. This open air museum consists of Hida no Sato, a removed and restored old valuable kominka (old house) with a gassho (large thatched roof) style, and its sister facility Folk Village. In the museum, there are 30 kominka, representative of Hida, and they form the landscape of an old agricultural mountain village. Each kominka exhibits old everyday tools, and there are demonstrations of straw craft and Hida quilted clothes. Sangaku Museum in the Folk Village displays historical materials of mountain climbing, and plant and animal specimens.

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Gifu Areas

Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.