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Ochiudo

This café is housed in a gassho-style building. The warm hospitality of the owner and his wife, coffee brewed with natural water, and free refills of zenzai (sweet bean soup) are well received. The set menu that includes curry with zenzai and a drink is highly recommended. Incidentally, this café was featured in the 566th […]

Area: Shirakawago and Gifu

Activities: グルメ and 喫茶店/カフェ

Shirakawago

Sobadokoro Nomura

You can enjoy freshly made buckwheat noodles using locally grown, aromatic buckwheat flour. Rice with maitake mushrooms is also available for an additional 200 yen.

Area: Shirakawago and Gifu

Activities: グルメ and うどん/そば

高山

高山陣屋

サムライ映画の大掛かりなセットのように見えてしまう高山陣屋は、江戸幕府(1603〜1868年)の代官所の遺構で、敷地面積は約10,000㎡。かつて郡代所・代官所は日本全国で六十数か所あったが、その中で高山陣屋のみ主要な建物が現存している。江戸時代の建築技術、文化、生活様式、役所業務などを知ることができる貴重な史跡として高く評価されており、「ミシュラン・グリーンガイド・ジャポン」でも上から二番目の「二つ星」に位置付けられている。

Area: 高山 and Gifu

Activities: 観光 and 史跡

Shirakawago

Wada Family Residence

This is the Wada family residence, a prominent family that prospered in the niter trade during the Edo period and was the feudal lord of the area. It is the largest gassho-zukuri house in Shirakawa-go, and its elegance and beauty makes it one of the pillars of Shirakawa-go. Although it is more than 300 years […]

Area: Shirakawago and Gifu

Activities: 観光 and 史跡

Shirakawago

Ogi-machi Castle Ruin Observation Area

This observatory was built on the site of the castle of Ujikatsu Yamashita, a vassal of the Uchigashima Tameji clan who ruled this area in the 15th century. The front of the observatory is a precipitous cliff.

Area: Shirakawago and Gifu

Activities: 峠 / 展望台, 景色, 史跡, and 観光

Shirakawago

Irori

Irori is a local restaurant housed in a gassho-zukuri building with a nostalgic Japanese atmosphere, including a fireplace inside the restaurant. The “Yakitofu Set Meal,” which features Shirakawa-go’s specialty “Gassho Tofu” grilled on an iron plate and served with homemade sauce, is most recommended. The restaurant also offers a wide variety of dishes using locally […]

Area: Shirakawago and Gifu

Activities: 日本料理 and グルメ

Shirakawago

Deai (Encounter) Bridge

This 107-meter-long suspension bridge connects the Seseragi Park parking lot to the Hagicho village with its rows of Gassho-zukuri buildings, and spans the Shogawa River. The bridge offers a clear view of the Gassho-zukuri houses and the contrast between the mountains and the clear stream, as well as the fresh greenery and autumnal leaves. However, […]