Up in the Japanese Alps, Takayama is a small town in Gifu Prefecture, ideal for a getaway from Nagoya (150 km) or Kanazawa ...

Visitors are rushing to Japan at the moment as the weak yen is making the normally big-budget destination more affordable.

Near the exact center of Japan, mountainous Gifu Prefecture has abundant hot springs, preserved villages like Shirakawa-gō, and traditional arts such as sword making. Gifu is a landlocked ...

Gifu Prefecture—Reaching new heights, the “cafe in the sky” here has set up a helipad to attract customers from neighboring Aichi Prefecture. Sitting on top of a 500-meter mountain ...

At an Okuhida hot spring resort in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture ... earth is caviar offered at a hot spring resort deep in these mountains in the first place? “We raise sturgeon for caviar using ...

GIFU--A lottery ticket that costs 500,000 yen ... the nighttime display in a relaxed atmosphere from the top of the mountain, away from the hustle and bustle of the riverside.

Families of victims of the 2014 Mount Ontake eruption have climbed the 3,067-meter mountain, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the eruption, which left ...

Situated in the centre of Japan, Gifu is characterised by imposing mountains and crystal clear rivers. Historically, it has been a region where the northern and eastern cultures of Japan merged and ...