While paying for lunch at Hirajin, I ask off-handedly if the restaurant has a long history. The wooden building, whose backside overlooks the Yoshida River, doesn’t look particularly old, but a small ...

GUJO, Gifu Prefecture--Gujo city’s iconic, all-night dance festival returned to the streets on Aug. 13 for the first time in four years, drawing thousands of revelers from inside and outside the ...

The dance "Gujo Odori" is a tradition said to date back about 400 years. It's a quintessential summer sight in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture, and has been designated an Important Intangible Cultural ...

Gujo Hachiman Castle is a mountain castle located in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture. This castle is known as one of Japan’s most beautiful wooden castles. In recent years, it has also been called Gifu ...

Travelers who stray off the beaten path in Japan can find quiet moments in nature, fresh cuisine and immersive cultural experiences. I found my zen in Gifu Prefecture, an underrated gem in the ...

The Gujo Odori, one of Japan's largest Bon dances, is a spectacle with the scores of revelers, as well as the live festival music and clacking geta wooden clogs. For more than 400 years, it has been ...

On July 13, the Gujo Odori dance festival started in the city of Gujo, Gifu Prefecture. The festival is a national important intangible folk cultural property, and considered to be one of Japan's ...