Best Road Trips in Gifu, Japan

The Grand Outdoors

North Gifu
Central Gifu
Southeast Gifu
Southwest Gifu

3days

Escape the city crowds and retreat to the Japanese countryside of Gifu where you can easily drive around to enjoy nature and culture to your heart's content.
There are many hidden spots of breathtaking wonder accessible only by car.
First, please enjoy a virtual road trip experience around Gifu through these 360° videos!

Introduction of collaboration

The 360°videos on this website are brought to you by a collaboration between Gifu Prefecture and Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
The filming and editing technology developed by Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. for the Gifu travel simulation game "Fuuraiki 4" was used in the production of these videos.

Traffic Safety

ROUTE 1

From Gifu-Hashima Station

Recommended course for visitors from Tokyo or Osaka/Kyoto.
Gifu-Hashima Station is a shinkansen station located between Tokyo and Osaka, and is extremely close to the highway interchange which makes it a very convenient starting point for a road trip.

Day1

1: Gifu-Hashima Station

Approx. 15min

2: Chiyoho Inari Shrine

Approx. 20min

3: Yoro Park

Approx. 20min

4: Historic Sekigahara Battlegrounds

Approx. 50min

5: Gifu City

Day2

Approx. 20min

6: Seki Blades

Approx. 15min

7: Udatsu Wall Historical District

Approx. 30min

8: Monet’s Pond

Approx. 40min

9: Gujo Hachiman

Day3

Approx. 50min

10: Amidaga Falls

Approx. 60min

11: Miboro

Approx. 20min

12: Shirakawa-go

Approx. 60min

13: Hida Takayama

ROUTE 2

From Central Japan International Airport

Recommended course for visitors from Central Japan International Airport.
This 3-day course departs from Central Japan International Airport and takes you to the abundant nature of the Japanese countryside, away from the crowds and traffic jams of city life.