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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

02:27 The city of Takayama is located in Gifu's Hida region, surrounded by many peaks topping 3,000m.

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 ...