The Gujo Odori, one of Japan's largest Bon dances ... nights from July to September in Gujo-Hachiman, a village located deep in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture. The main event is the all-night ...

This is the Gifu ... Hachiman are the baskets of fresh-picked "sansai" (mountain vegetables) and "takenoko" (bamboo shoots) that appear in front of shops (and sometimes homes too)—available for a ...

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 ...

Near the exact center of Japan, mountainous Gifu Prefecture has abundant hot springs, preserved villages like Shirakawa-gō, and traditional arts such as sword making. Gifu is a landlocked ...

Travelling during Japan’s mild ... then rinsed in the freezing rivers. Gujo-Hachiman in Gifu prefecture. Gujo-Hachiman’s rivers are its defining feature, and that afternoon we take the ...