Mitake Gifu Prefecture 御嵩、岐阜県 Mitake is an old post town on the northern, mountain trade route from Kyoto to Tokyo, known as the Nakasendo 中仙道. In Gifu Prefecture, the Nakasendo highway passes through Ena, Iwamura, Mitake and on to Magome and Tsumago. The journey uphill from Magome to Tsumago is one of the most popular […]
日中友好庭園 Japan-China Friendship Garden, Gifu The Japan-China Friendship Garden, near the south bank of the Nagara River, just north of Gifu Park (Gifu Koen) in Gifu, was built in 1999 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the friendship partnership between Gifu and Hangzhou. The garden is laid out in classic, Chinese style with a keyhole […]
Feather Museum, Seki フェザーミュジアム Japan has some bizarre and quirky museums: a sex museum, a ninja museum, and even a sand museum. The Feather Museum in Seki, Gifu Prefecture in central Japan is another off-the-wall museum in Japan. Exhibits The Feather Museum in Seki, north of Inuyama in Gifu Prefecture, has nothing to do with […]