Complaints about naked and unruly visitors have led to a ban on bathing, except for feet, at a popular open-air riverside hot ...

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 prefecture ...

A former town mayor who resigned over 99 sexual harassment allegations has been elected as a town councilor, officials said Monday, sparking anger and shock online. Hideo Kojima, 75, stepped down in ...

Daytime high temperatures in the area stretching from Kyushu to the Tohoku region are expected to hit at least 35 degrees, and even top 40 degrees in Saitama Prefecture, on July 21.

A week after the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake, the Shimoyama area in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, was still cut off, with a road along a cliff overlooking the Sea of Japan having been gouged out ...

Positioned atop Mount Kinka looking down on the southern bank of the Nagara River, Gifu Castle was where warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534–82) began mapping out his campaign to unify Japan. Although he ...

GIFU -- The Gifu Municipal Government will start providing free accommodation to five new drivers of fixed-route buses each year from April in a bid to alleviate a serious driver shortage, officials ...

Bringing together the Hida mountains and the pure Nagara River, Gifu Prefecture sits between Tokyo and Osaka. Its landscapes and samurai history shape its food culture. Local food here is rooted in ...

Chubu Centrair International Airport is the primary transport hub for traveling to central Japan, from where you can easily travel to Gifu and Nagano as well as other highlight destinations in the ...

GIFU -- Two residents of this central Japan prefecture came in close contact with individuals infected with the coronavirus's omicron variant, Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta announced on the night of Dec. 1.