As overtourism strains Japan’s major cities, Gifu Prefecture offers travelers a slower, more intimate way to experience the country’s culture.

MITAKE, Gifu Prefecture--The Cultural Affairs Agency is instructing a temple here to preserve 440-year-old graffiti discovered in its building last year. The graffiti was found scribbled on the wall ...

Eating together and making conversation, snack time connects people. For those living away from home, hometown tastes bring ...

Nippon Ichi Software and FOG have revealed more gameplay details on Fuuraiki 4, showing how players will be able to explore Japan’s Gifu prefecture with a motorcycle in the upcoming adventure game ...

Located in central Honshu, Gifu Prefecture is an off-the-beaten-track destination perfect for history buffs, lovers of the great outdoors and foodies. One of only eight landlocked prefectures, Gifu’s ...

As the industry experiences more large-scale bankruptcies, the search is now on for ways to survive. Read more at ...

MIZUNAMI, Gifu Prefecture—Water in wells and reservoirs have plummeted to alarming low levels in an area near tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line, ...

On May 17, Michelin published the Michelin Guide Aichi-Gifu-Mie 2019, the company's inaugural guide to Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures in Japan's central Tokai region. A total of 68 restaurants across ...

For those who are frequent travelers, or had trips planned for the spring as well as summer of 2020, recent events have been frustrating, if not leading to mind-crippling ennui. While those with ...

Gifu Prefecture, where the game is set, has one of the highest proportions of forested land in Japan, and is rich in natural sights such as Nagara River, one of the country’s three major clear water ...

Local residents in the city of Seki, Gifu Prefecture, are on edge after animal remains were found buried in a flower bed, the second such occurrence in the prefecture this month. According to local ...

In October, a tourist from Spain was attacked by a bear in the Gifu Prefecture. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...