Experience / Training / Vehicle Spots in Gifu Area

  • Gokurakusha Tourist Rickshaws
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    4.0
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Wakatatsumachi 1-31
    This veteran business has offered a tourist rickshaw service for over 40 years since 1970. They have rickshaw stands at the Kamisannomachi and Yanagibashi intersection and in front of Takayama Jinya's morning market. Climb on, relax, and watch the historic townscape of Takayama roll by. There are three options for each of their courses. You can also customize your course on request, and if you book in advance, they'll pick up from an accessible spot of your choice like your hotel or a station.

    高山市内を人力車で案内していくれる。15.30.60分とコース選択ができるが、古い町並みを回るなら30分コースがお勧めだそう。要所要所で詳しい説明を挟みながら、写真撮影も行ってくれます。おすすめのお店などの情報も頂きつつ、あっという間の30分だった。やっぱりガイドして貰えると充実した観光になるなざと改めて思った。車夫の方スタッフの方親切で親しみやすくて、利用した甲斐がありました。プラスわんこ連れで...

  • Yamamoto Farm
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    Gifu Pref. Nakatsugawashi Ochiai 1336-475
    This fruit orchard amidst Nakatsugawa’s lush natural environment grows produce using as little chemical fertilizer and pesticide as possible. They have grape picking from early August, chestnut gathering from early September, and from early October you can pick apples. Generally, you only need reservations for gathering chestnuts, but if you’re coming in a large group, you’ll need them for grape and apple picking too. It has a private parking lot and also caters to those in wheelchairs and with guide dogs. They sell grapes, pears, apples, and more from their farm stand, and you can purchase them by the kilogram for gifts.

    リンゴ狩りな始まったばかりの時期で陽光という品種のリンゴ狩りをしました。 リンゴ1つ1つが大きく、1個を食べるだけで既に満腹。食べ放題とは言えせいぜい1-2個が限界です。これでお土産もなく800円は割高な印象を受けました。

  • Hida-Osaka Fureai-no-mori
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    Gifu Gero-shi Osakacho Yuya 273-1
    The Fureai-no-mori campground is surrounded by a rich natural environment of green forests with a clear stream full of fish nearby. Lots of people visit from Japan's urban areas seeking to get in touch with nature. They offer an array of hands-on-programs geared towards kids with a theme of laughing, building, and playing with children. Some of these include glasswork, Baumkuchen cake making, and parquetry.
  • Gohohira Shizenen
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    Gifu Kamo-gun Yaotsu Cho Yaotsu 4569-2
    A farm where you can find souvenirs and collect delicacies like matsutake mushrooms and chestnuts. It's about a 10-minute drive from Yaotsu Town Hall in the midst of Gohohira's abundant nature. Upstream from it is Goho Falls where the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi was said to have trained. Chestnut collecting is in season from early September to October, and you can gather a bag with about a kilogram of them to bring home with you. Matsutake mushroom collecting is available from early October to November. For participants of junior high school age or older, the plan comes with a single matsutake mushroom to bring home. All-you-can-eat chestnut rice and matsutake rice is available after the program is finished.
  • WAKU WAKU TAIKENKAN
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    Gifu Kani-shi Shuga 1071-4 Sasayuri Clean Park
    This hand-on learning facility in the Sasayuri Clean Park offers an array of glass crafting programs that include glass blowing, bead making, sand blasting, and glass fusing. They last one to two hours, anyone can participate, and there's something for everyone from four-year old children to adults. With lodging for up to 40 people, a gymnasium, and a day-use bathhouse all on-site, the facility is available for training camps and social gatherings, too.
  • Kiso-sansen Blueberry no Sato
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    Gifu Kaizu-shi Kaizucho Hobikishinden 2 Banwari 341
    About a 20-minute drive from Yatomi Interchange on the Tomeihan Expressway is the Tokai region's largest blueberry farm. The farm ranges over 14,000 square meters and boasts more than 2,000 blueberry trees. Inside the farm is three meters worth of blueberry plants, which allows visitors to enjoy blueberry picking in a spacious space. These blueberries are full of vitamins from the sun, and are known for their concentrated flavor. Blueberry picking season runs from early June to late August. Because the farm is hard to locate via GPS, it is recommended to use the Kaizu City Kaizu Purification Center as a guide.
  • Hiruga no Kogen Kiso Horse Ranch
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    Gifu Gujo-shi Takasucho Hirugano 4670-3654
    A ranch about a 15-minute drive from the Hirugano Kogen Smart Interchange on the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway (only accessible with electronic toll collection (ETC) cards). They care for Kiso-uma, Honshu's only Japanese native horse species, and also run a tourist ranch where you can enjoy horseback riding. Kiso-uma average about 135-centimeter-tall and are stocky with short torsos and a friendly disposition. Since they are gentle, everyone from small children to adults can ride worry-free. Their Hirugano Hoplodge pension on the grounds offers a horseback riding package where visitors can get in a lot of riding on both the day of their stay and the day after.
  • Palmetto Orchard
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kiyomicho Fukuyori
    This orchard is located a 20-minute drive from the center of Hida Takayama. It is surrounded by fresh air and water uses absolutely no agrochemicals, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, or pesticides so that guests can safely enjoy blueberry picking. There are 22 types of blueberries that are usually harvested in the season from early July to mid-August. Because the flavor and size differ depending on the variety, it is fun to look for your favorite kind of blueberry. It is also great because it has a full range of services such as hats, fan, insect repellent spray and sunscreen. You can enjoy yourself without a time limit and eat all you can by just paying the admission fee.
  • Goshikigahara Forest
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Nyukawacho Kute 471-3
    A forested area at the southern end of Chubu-Sangaku National Park, a mountain park that covers the entire Northern Alps, this vast area of approximately 3,000 hectares offers a variety of Japan's representative natural scenery. The tour period is from the end of May to the end of October (subject to change due to snowmelt, snowfall, etc.). Reservations must be made at least 10 days in advance.
  • Kobei-gama Sakuto-kan
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    Gifu Tajimi Ichinokuracho 4-30-2
    This experience facility, adjoining the famous Mino kiln Kobei Kiln, was opened in 1804. You can use the original clay and glaze to experience ceramic making. There are four courses available, being the Hand Rolled Potter's Wheel course that allows you to stack and mold the rope shaped clay using the potter's wheel, the Underpainting course that uses paint on an unglazed container, the Mosaic Tile course that utilizes tiles from Tajimi Kasaharachou to make mosaic tile art, and the Membership course that lets members enjoy ceramic making freely. Because staff with plenty of ceramic experience provide careful assistance, you can enjoy yourself without worry.
  • Shinrin Camping Ground
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    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Tsukechicho Shimabata
    This camping ground is managed by the Forestry Association that promotes forest sustainability and forest productivity. You can enjoy camping in the middle of nature along the Tsukechi River surrounded by vivid forests. The suspension bridge over a clear stream and the Tsukechi River is the symbol of the forest camping ground. About 40 small and large cabins line both sides of the river. Amenity Cabin 2 can take up to 30 guests, and is perfect for groups to utilize. Inside is a multipurpose facility with a tennis court and space for day camping, as well as an outside public bathing house that is open in the evening.
  • Yamanoue Tourist Orchard
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    Gifu Minokamo-shi Yamanouecho 1093-78
    This tourism orchard is located a five-minute drive from Furui Station. You can enjoy safe and secure pear picking, due to cultivation methods using minimal agricultural chemicals. The plateau of the mountain overlooking the Hida River and Kiso River is a land rich in soil where pears and winter persimmons have been cultivated for a long time. Freshly picked pears have a luxurious taste overflowing with freshness and sweetness. You can enjoy picking Kosui pears from mid-August to late August and 20th Century pears from early September to mid-October. It is also close to the Mino-Kamo Interchange and Gifu Seiryuu Satoyama Park.
  • Daini Horaku Orchard
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    Gifu Pref. Enashi Iwamurachoutomida 2338-67
    Heading south from Ena City on National Route 257, you'll find this orchard near the Akechi Railway's Iibama Station. There you can pick Niagara and Red Niagara grapes from early September to early October, Kosui, Hosui, and Niitaka Asian pears from early September to early November, and Fuji apples from early November to early December. There's no time limit, so bring some food and drink and you can make a picnic out of it. They also have a farm stand selling their fruit and prepared products like juice and jam.
  • Hida Takayama Crafts Experience Center
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamiokamotomachi 1-436
    This facility located close to the Hidanosato bus stop, is about a 10-minute ride on the Sarubobo Bus from JR Takayama Station, and is where you can easily enjoy various different experiences. You can easily make Hida folk crafts such as Sarubobo (monkey dolls) and Fuku-usagi (fortune rabbits) with kits that have the parts prepared in advance. The “hand-grilled senbei” course, where you can grill senbei (rice crackers) with a salt or tamari soy sauce flavor in a kiln, is popular with children. No reservations are required, so visitors can participate in the order they apply on the day. The wait is generally from 15 to 60 minutes. Groups of 10 or more can also rent out a kominka (old house) (reservation required).
  • Takara Gallery Workroom
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    Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Hachimanchoushimadani 470-28
    A screen printing studio and shop where visitors can make their own handmade tenugui hand towel located beyond the Igawa Komichi path travelling from the Former Gujo-Hachiman City Hall Memorial Building. The Gujo-Hachiman area is said to be where silkscreen printing was invented, and here you can make your very own design tenugui, a key item used in the famous Gujo Odori summer festival dance, using silkscreen printing, a local Gujo City industry. You can also silkscreen print a tote bag. This establishment has been featured in the Tokai Television program “Switch! Koreari!”
  • Touto Souzoukan
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    Gifu Pref. Tajimishi Honmachi 5-9-1
    This commercial complex at the entrance of Honmachi Oribe Street was the area’s wholesale pottery district until the beginning of the Showa period (1926-1989). In the building that incorporates the image a warehouse in its exterior, there are stores for pottery and miscellaneous goods, an experience corner to overglaze plates and cups, and a corner introducing pieces by young artists. The Tajimi City PR Center on the first floor is lined with many goods such as specialty goods including Mino-yaki pottery for everyday use, Tajimi arare (rice crackers), “Zenmi Suigetsufu” (boiled tsukudani shellfish like food made from dried wheat gluten), Tsuzuhara jam and maple tea, agricultural products, and goods for Tajimi City’s mascot character Unagappa.
  • Romantei (Japan Taisho Village)
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    Gifu Pref. Enashi Akechichou 456
    This retro-modern complex is part of the Japan Taisho Village theme park which reproduces the ambiance of a Taisho Period town. It's five minutes on foot from Akechi Railway's Akechi Station. Their first-floor cafe'scafes thick and rich “Nameraka Pudding is popular. Kawakami Eatery on the second floor serves dishes like fried chicken chunks on rice, a local favorite. They use lots of local ingredients in their value priced lunches and dinners. They also have a variety of “experience programs, like ones where you can try on a traditional yagasuri hakama or do the Dojosukui loach catching dance.

    光秀ゆかりの地でしたので、「光秀ランチ」(1000円)を食べてきました。2種類のコロッケ・つけ出し・だし巻き・お新香・サラダ・デザート・ご飯・味噌汁。種類豊富でいろんな味を楽しめました。

  • Japan Line Unuma Forest
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    Gifu Pref. Kakamigaharashi Unuma Ishizan
    A park located a 20 minute walk from JR Unuma Station. The park encompasses Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park and the Place of Scenic Beauty-designated Kisogawa River. The park’s Furosato Chobo no Oka and mountaintop observatory areas offer sweeping views of the Nobi Plain and Inuyama Castle. Also a popular destination for enjoying night views, the Furusato Chobo no Oka lookout, located close to a parking area, often bustles with people. There is a children’s library called Mori no Honya-san located in the park, making it a popular destination for families with children as well.
  • Masu Kobo Masuya
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    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Nishitogawachou 2-8
    This is the directly operated store of the masu (wooden square shape sake cup) maker Ohashi Ryoki, and is located a 15-minute walk from JR Ogaki Station in Gifu Prefecture. Including masu used as congratulatory cups from a traditional size of three shaku (about 54 ml) to one go (about 180 ml), they sell many drinking sets such as their Apollo Wine Masu that is suited for drinking wine, wine coolers and a masu mug coated with a urushi coating. They also manufacture and sell everyday goods including magazine racks and eco humidifiers using traditional masu making techniques. Their “Goukaku Shimasu” (you will succeed) and “Goukaku Masu Strap” (success sake cup strap) created as lucky charms are highly recommended.
  • Dream Factory Hida
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Sakuramachi 52
    This experiential facility for making senbei rice crackers is a walk from JR Takayama Line’s Takayama Station toward Hachiman Shrine in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture. There are a wide variety of flavors to choose from, including tamari (thicker soy sauce often made without wheat), sesame, spicy and salt. You can make senbei with different shapes, from standard round ones to those with unique shapes like hearts. The finished senbei are evaluated and bagged to be taken home. There are three courses, each with a different number of senbei you can make, so you can choose the one that matches your confidence and time.

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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.

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