Everything for your trip to Gifu in one place: model itineraries, where to stay, culture experiences, anime pilgrimage, events & festivals, attractions. Open any page for access, highlights and typical dates.
🗺 3 days, 2 nightsWinterChubu & Hokuriku ・ 9 stops ・ January・February
A winter-only route that starts at Kenrokuen with its yukitsuri snow supports, takes in the snow-covered gassho-zukuri villages of Gokayama and Shirakawa-go and the light-up, and ends in Hida-Takayama. You travel from Kanazawa to Shirakawa-go and from Shirakawa-go to Takayama by highway bus.
🗺 5 days, 4 nightsAutumnChubu & Hokuriku ・ 15 stops ・ October・November
An autumn route that starts at Narai-juku and Matsumoto Castle, then takes in the fall colors of Kamikochi, the hot springs of Okuhida and the Shinhotaka Ropeway, Hida-Takayama and Gero Onsen before ending in Nagoya. You travel from mountain foliage down to city foliage, losing altitude as you go.
🛏 4 neighborhoodsChubu & Hokuriku
Around Takayama Station・Around the Old Town (Sanmachi)・Okuhida Onsen Villages・Hida-Furukawa
🏺 6 placesTokyo & Around ・ Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Chugoku & Shikoku ・ Kyushu
In the regions where artisans have handed down their skills, you can try pottery, indigo dyeing, gold leaf application, Edo Kiriko cut glass and papermaking with your own hands. From Mashiko and Arita ceramics to Edo Kiriko in Tokyo, Kanazawa gold leaf, Mino washi and Tokushima indigo, workshops and public facilities around Japan welcome first-timers.
🎬 6 placesTokyo & Around・Chubu & Hokuriku ・ Ochiai, Miyagawa, Hida City, Gifu・Kamikita, Furukawa, Hida City, Gifu・Honmachi, Furukawa, Hida City, Gifu
Makoto Shinkai's anime film about a high school boy living in Tokyo and a high school girl living in a mountain town who begin switching places in their dreams. The Hida Furukawa area of Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, is introduced on Hida City's official tourism site as the town that served as a model for the film, and Shinjuku City introduces the Otokozaka stone steps at Suga Shrine as a place that appears in the film.
🎬 3 placesChubu & Hokuriku ・ Tajimi, Gifu
Set in Tajimi, home of Mino ware pottery, this work follows high school girls who throw themselves into ceramics and grow along the way, and it began as a free comic distributed in the city. Tajimi, Gifu, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 2 placesChubu & Hokuriku ・ Honmachi, Takayama, Gifu・Kamisannomachi and nearby, Takayama, Gifu
A school mystery about an energy-conserving high school boy who joins the Classics Club and solves everyday mysteries with his curious clubmates. Takayama, Gifu, the setting of the story, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and its old castle-town scenery, including the Old Town, is the highlight.
🎬 2 placesChubu & Hokuriku ・ Wakaba-cho, Kasamatsu, Hashima District, Gifu・Minato-machi, Kasamatsu, Hashima District, Gifu
An anime about Oguri Cap, who appears at a local Tracen Academy and aims for the central stage with her trainer, based on the career of the real racehorse Oguri Cap. Kasamatsu in Gifu, linked to Oguri Cap, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
🎬 2 placesChubu & Hokuriku ・ Ogimachi, Shirakawa Village, Gifu
A mystery set in the mountain village of Hinamizawa, where the everyday life of a boy who moved from the city and his friends begins to unravel around the village festival. Shirakawa Village in Gifu is selected for the 88 Anime Spots, and the highlight is Ogimachi with its World Heritage gassho-style village.
🎬 1 placeChubu & Hokuriku ・ Gifu, Gifu
A coming-of-age mystery about a high school boy and girl who aim to live as unremarkable "ordinary citizens" but keep getting drawn into mysteries around them. Gifu City in Gifu, the setting of the story, is selected for the 88 Anime Spots.
January–FebruaryChubu & Hokuriku ・ Shirakawa-go
Usually a few days in January–February (fully reservation-only)
2027 (41st): 4 days, Jan 11 (Mon, holiday), Jan 17 (Sun), Jan 24 (Sun) & Jan 31 (Sun)
AprilChubu & Hokuriku ・ Takayama
Every year April 14 and 15
2027: Apr 14 (Wed) – Apr 15 (Thu), 2 days
August
OctoberChubu & Hokuriku ・ Takayama
Every year October 9 and 10
2026: Oct 9 (Fri) – Oct 10 (Sat), 2 days
ExperienceChubu & Hokuriku ・ Takayama
An open-air museum in Takayama where more than 30 buildings, including thatched- and shingle-roofed farmhouses relocated from across the Hida region, are arranged like a village. It's about 9 minutes by Sarubobo Bus from the Takayama Nohi Bus Center, making it easy to combine with sightseeing in Takayama's old town.
Famous single tree
Famous single tree
Mountain & highland
Frozen waterfall & iciclesChubu & Hokuriku ・ Okuhida, Gifu
❄ Best season: Late Dec – Late Feb
Snowy villageChubu & Hokuriku ・ Shirakawa-go
❄ Best season: Late Dec – Early Mar
Snowy villageChubu & Hokuriku ・ Takayama
❄ Best season: Mid Jan – Late Feb
Frozen waterfall & icicles
♨ OnsenChubu & Hokuriku ・ Gero, Gifu
♨ Day use Adults ¥470, elementary school students ¥180, preschoolers ¥100 (as of October 2026)
♨ OnsenChubu & Hokuriku ・ Takayama, Gifu
♨ Day use Adults ¥700, children ¥500 (as of October 2026)
🎆 AugustChubu & Hokuriku ・ Gifu, Gifu
🎆 Early August (Saturday, August 8 in 2026)
🎫 Combo ticket
🎫 Combo ticketChubu & Hokuriku ・ 5 consecutive days (in 2026, usable from April 15 to November 10)
From ¥24,500
Monthly temperatures, rain and what to wear are in our weather guide.
Itineraries, intercity routes and travel passes that cover several prefectures are listed under each of them.
