Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Seino Area

  • The Site of Reversible Destiny Yoro Park
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    3.5
    92 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Yourougunyourouchou Takabayashi 1298-2 In the Yoroko Park
    This theme park is located in Yoro Park of Yoro District, Gifu Prefecture. It is the realization of a plan over 30 years in the making by globally renowned artist Shusaku Arakawa and the poet Madeline Gins. The park interior is formed from two pavilions, the “Kyokugen de Niru Mono no Ie” (House of Extreme Resemblance) and “Daenkei no Fiirudo” (Elliptical Field), which turn it into an expansive art space that offers a mysterious experience you can enjoy directly.

    I had been wanting to visit here for a while and was quite disappointed. Its unique and interesting for sure, but we were really disappointed at how poorly maintained it was. Moss growing on many...

  • MALera Gifu
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    Gifu Pref. Motosushi Mitsuhashi 1100
    MALera Gifu is a shopping mall of approximately 200 shops, including clothes, boutique, and food shops, as well as restaurants and entertainment facilities. The large shopping center is home to popular fast fashion brands and with fun events held from time to time it’s a great place for both adults and children. Charging points for electric cars are also available in the parking lot.
  • Yoro Land
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    3.5
    11 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Yourougunyourouchou Yourou 1155-2
    A five-minute drive west from the Yoro Interchange on the Tokai-Kanjo Expressway. This young children's amusement park is situated close to Yoro Falls. Still looking much as it did when it first opened in 1973, visitors can enjoy the park's retro atmosphere as well as attractions such as a Ferris wheel, go-carts, and swing ride. Visitors can also play with rabbits, ponies, and other animals in the petting zoo area. Plus there are realistic railroad dioramas in an indoor exhibition space. During the summer holiday season, the park operates a free pool for guests. The park also holds a variety of seasonal events.

    It is a very small amusement park in Yoro. If you walk from Yoro station to Yoro waterfalls, you pass by this park. As I was there, it was however closed. I am not sure if it is just a seasonal...

  • Ogaki City Moriya Tadashi Art Museum
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    3.5
    16 Reviews
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    Gifu Ogaki-shi Kuruwamachi 2-12
    "This art museum is located a ten-minute walk from Ogaki Station's South Exit. It exhibits works and materials of the Japanese artist Tadashi Moriya, praised in his hometown as an honorary citizen of Ogaki and a recipient of the Order of Cultural Merit. ""The Melody of Rokudan Sounds in Vienna: Brahms and Countess Toda"" is his masterpiece from his prime with the theme of international exchange. It is a historical painting that depicts an encounter between east and west, with the decoration of a koto and smoke from an incense burner to the patterns of chairs and carpets that were popular at the time. This work and other difficult-to-preserve Japanese paintings are not on permanent display, but about 3,300 works are rotated and displayed every two months."

    大垣駅から周辺散策にて寄りました。 大垣市出身の日本画家で特化した 美術館で良かったです。『守屋と思いイタリア展』が開催されていました◯

  • Fujihashi Castle Nishimino Planetarium
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    3.0
    10 Reviews
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    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tsurumi 332-1
    This planetarium facility is located in the Tsurumi, Ibigawa Town, Ibi County. The building imitating a castle houses a planetarium, exhibition facilities and an observation room. In addition to images created using a MEGASTAR-IIB, which projects over 10 million stars, the facility also offers exhibits on celestial bodies and the history of old Fujihashi Village. The Nishimino Observatory and the Fujihashi Historical Folk Museum are located next door.

    藤橋城の下には芝生広場があり、ゆっくり出来るほか、お城の中にはプラネタリウムもあるため、徳山ダムに行った寄り道には最適♪

  • Yoro Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Yoro-gun Yorocho Taka Bayashi 1298-2
  • Kamagatani Park
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    Gifu Ibi-gun Ikedacho Fujishiro 910
    "This park is located in Fujishiro, Ikeda Town, Ibi County. The cherry trees, planted to prevent landslides, are like a deep haze when they bloom, which gives the name ""Kamagatani"" (Misty Valley). Famous for the approximately 1,500 cherry trees of numerous varieties, such as wild and Yoshino, that bloom there in the spring, this spot is also featured as one of the top 33 cherry blossom spots in Mino and Hida."
  • Kami Ishizu Midori no Mura Park
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    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Kamishiduchoukamitara Mae gakujin 1-1
    A public park located a 20 minute drive from the Sekigahara Interchange on the Meishin Expressway. The park’s vast grounds encompass a variety of facilities, and here visitors can enjoy fishing, barbecuing, and other outdoor activities. The park also has children’s playgrounds as well as a full array of facilities for golf, tennis, and other sports. The park holds toy making classes for children and has lodging facilities for sports camps and group training events, and people of all ages can make use of the park’s facilities as suits their needs. The park also holds events. The park is closed from December 29 to January 3.
  • Ono-cho Rose Park
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    3.5
    6 Reviews
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    Gifu Pref. Ibigunonochou Kanou 650
    This rose garden is about 35 minutes from the Meishin Expressway's Gifu Hashima Interchange. It's in Ono Town, one of Japan's leading rose growing areas where they opened in 1997. They have 150 varieties and 2,000 rose bushes that bloom one after another from May to November with their varying flowering seasons. You can really take your time and relax here, with features like its rose arches, playground equipment, and benches. They hold a Rose Festival every year in May when the blossoms are most abundant, with a photo contest and growers selling their seedlings.

    冬なのに、綺麗に咲いていました。皆で散歩しながら、香りを楽しみ、花を愛でながら歩けました。かなりの距離を散歩できました。

  • Fujihashi Museum of History and Folklore
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    3.0
    3 Reviews
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    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawa Cho Tsurumi
    A 90-minute from the Ogaki Interchange on the Meishin Expressway. This eye-catching outdoor museum consists of five thatch roofed homes surrounded by greenery which were moved here from Tsurumi and restored. Inside the buildings, there are exhibits on local folk customs and daily tools such as papermaking equipment, saws for cutting Japanese horse chestnut trees, and wooden articles, and visitors can see and experience the homes and tools people actually used as part of their daily lives in the area. A modern recreation of the tower of Fujihashi Castle stands on the other side of the road which also has a folk customs exhibit as well as a planetarium facility for visitors to enjoy.

    山村に住む人達の生活にスポットを当てたようなものがメインテーマです。 この地域ならではの苦労が伺えるので興味ある方はいかがでしょうか。 入館料は大人500円、小中学生250円、幼児100円

  • Green Wood Sekigahara
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Gifu Fuwa-gun Sekigaharacho Imasu 2048
  • Aikawa Mizube Park
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    Gifu Fuwa-gun Taruicho
    "This park located in Tarui Town, Fuwa County is on both sides of the Aikawa River. From late March through about early May, over 300 koinobori (carp streamers) can be seen ""swimming"" in the sky above the river. In addition, about 200 Yoshino cherry trees are in bloom from around late March through early April, so you can enjoy the unique sight of intermingling cherry blossoms and koinobori."
  • Sekigahara War Land
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    Gifu Pref. Fuwagunsekigaharachou Sekigahara 1701-6
    The Sekigahara War Land is a 33,000 squre meter resource center imagined as an amusement park, in which the Battle of Sekigahara is re-enacted, realistically depicting the battle with 240 lifesize figures spread across the wide grounds. With a reservation for the lounge, you can hear historical interviews for free. And you can enjoy some steak made with Hida beef or Omi beef in the adjacent restaurant. Five minutes by car via Sekigahara Interchange on the Meishin Expressway.
  • Kamagatani Sports Park
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    Gifu Pref. Ibigunikedachou Yamahora 367-1
    Kamagatani Sports Park is situated on the slopes of the Kamaga-tani Valley. In the center of the park there is a roofed rest area and a pond; the park is also equipped with wooden play equipment for children, with the 55 meter-long jumbo roller slide being especially popular with kids. There is also a large lawn area on which visitors can enjoy playing disc golf, etc., and a 780 meter-long jogging track circuit. There are cherry trees growing in the park, so in the cherry blossom season visitors can bring a groundsheet and sit on the lawn to admire the cherry blossom.
  • Tsukimi no Mori
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    Gifu Kaizu-shi Nannocho Hazawa
    "A 20-minute drive from the Ogaki Interchange and the Kuwana-higashi Interchange. This park, located not far from Roadside Station Tsukimi no Sato Nanno, is a picturesque destination which has been included in the Japan's Top 100 Most Beautiful Moon Views as well as the Japan Nightscape Heritage lists. The park is lit up until 9:00 p.m. every Saturday night (note that the park's Suisho no Yu bathhouse is closed and thus the lights on the walking path leading to it are not turned on during this time). Visitors can enjoy seasonal flowers and plants, including cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea blossoms during the rainy season, and fall foliage in autumn. In winter, the park also offers satsuma mandarin orange picking, a local specialty product. The ""Stairway to the Moon"" located inside the park consists of 258 steps in all. At the ""Moon Square"" at the top of the steps, visitors can see Gifu Castle, JR Central Tower, Mt. Ena, and Mt. Ontake. Gifu Prefecture's only satsuma mandarin orange farm is located nearby, and in winter visitors can purchase these oranges at the aforementioned Roadside Station Tsukimi no Sato Nanno."
  • Ogaki Park
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    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Kuruwamachi 2-53
    A 10-minute walk south from the south entrance of JR Ogaki Station. Located in the center of Ogaki City, this is believed to be the oldest urban park in the prefecture. Established in 1959 and built around the Ogaki Castle tower, facilities include a large grass lawn, dirt square, and play square with the largest playground in the city. The waters of the park's dolphin fountain pond are shallow and safe even for toddlers to play in, and the park is a popular place for families with children to play in the water in summer. There are some 200 cherry trees spanning 30 varieties in the park and the grounds bustle with visitors come to see them when they bloom in the spring. During this time, the Ogaki Castle tower is also lit up at night.
  • Ogaki City Suitopia Center/Children Science Plaza/Water Pavilion/Cosmo Dome
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    Gifu Ogaki-shi Murohonmachi 5-51
    "A five-minute drive from the Ogaki or Ogaki-Nishi Interchange on the Meishin Expressway. A lifelong learning space focused on Ogaki, the ""water capital,"" consisting of a variety of integrated cultural facilities such as a culture hall and learning center. The learning center is home to facilities such as the Children Science Plaza, a science museum which looks at the mysteries of space and the power of the planet and nature; the Cosmo Dome, a fun computer controlled planetarium; and the Water Pavilion, a place where you can learn about the wonders of water in a fun way."
  • Hibino Goho Memorial Art Museum
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    Gifu Anpachi-gun Godocho Godo 1220-1
    An art museum housing 283 leading works of the late Hibino Gojo, a master of contemporary Japanese calligraphy. He has received numerous awards, including the Japan Art Academy Awards and the Minister of Education Awards. Exhibitions are held twice a year with a late April to late May spring exhibit and a November autumn exhibit. From late June to early July, the Godo Town Art Exhibition features genres as varied as painting, sculpture, calligraphy, and photography.
  • Kaizu City Swimming Pool
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    Gifu Kaizu-shi Kaizucho Kayano 204-1
    A public pool located about a 10-minute walk from Kaizu City Hall. It has a heated pool with eight 25-meter lanes, a shop that sells swimwear and swimming caps, and a gym equipped with a variety of exercise equipment. Fun for both kids and adults, in addition to swimming lessons for children four years and up, there are also lots of fitness classes like yoga and hula dancing. The outdoor pool and water slide open for summer, and it gets crowded with families during summer vacation.
  • 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.

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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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