Gifu

Registered Tangible Cultural Properties

Asai Gun and Ammunition Store and Main Building

Discover the Asai Gun and Gunpowder Shop, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kamioka, Hida City. Explore this rare Japanese-Western fusion building from the early Showa era in a town renowned for Nobel Prize-winning physics research.

Suga Family Residence, North Storehouse

Discover the Suga Family North Storehouse (Suga-ke Jūtaku Kita-gura), a beautifully preserved Meiji-era dozo earthen storehouse registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in Gero City, Gifu Prefecture. Experience authentic Japanese architecture featuring white plaster walls and black lacquer accents in the historic Hagiwara district.

Hobo Family Main Building

Discover the Hobo Family Residence, a nationally registered cultural property in Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture. This historic waki-honjin (secondary inn) preserves authentic Edo-period architecture along the Nakasendo highway, offering visitors an uncommercialised glimpse into Japan's historic post-town culture away from tourist crowds.

Yoshida Family Residence Main Building

Discover the Yoshida Family Residence (Former Komatsuya), a beautifully preserved Edo-period inn at Ota-juku on Japan's historic Nakasendo highway. This registered cultural property in Minokamo, Gifu offers a rare glimpse into traditional Japanese travel culture.

The Front Gate and Wall of the Imao Family Residence

The front gate and wall of the Imao Family Residence in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property that preserves the legacy of the Imao family, who served as personal physicians to the Tsubouchi hatamoto clan since the late Edo period. Discover this stately architectural ensemble along the old Nakasendo highway.

Imao Family Residence Rice Storehouse

The Imao Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, is a traditional kura storehouse registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2007. Part of a six-building estate along the historic Nakasendō highway rest stop of Shin-Kanō, it preserves the architectural heritage and prosperity of a prominent family in this Edo-period post town.

The Inner Gate and Wall of the Imao Family Residence

Discover the Imao Family Residence Middle Gate and Wall (Imao-ke Jutaku Chumon oyobi Hei), a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture. This traditional wooden gate and wall stand within a historic compound along the former Nakasendo post town of Shinkano.

Imao Family Residence

Discover the Imao Family Residence Annex, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture. Part of a six-building compound along the historic Nakasendo highway's Shinkano post town, this elegant annex showcases traditional Japanese domestic architecture and the legacy of a prominent local family.

Imao Family Residence Yakushido

The Imao Family Residence Yakushido in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, is a Buddhist hall dedicated to the Medicine Buddha, located within the compound of a family that served as official physicians to the Tsubouchi feudal lords. Registered as a national tangible cultural property in 2007, it uniquely embodies the harmony between medical practice and spiritual devotion in traditional Japanese culture.

Shirakawa Bridge

Discover Shirakawa Bridge, a rare Taisho-period steel suspension bridge spanning the Hida River in Shirakawa Town, Gifu. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property and a JSCE Civil Engineering Heritage site, this century-old pedestrian bridge offers scenic views and a glimpse into Japan's modern engineering history.

Nagaya Seizaemon Residence Main Building

Discover the Nagaya Seizaemon Residence in Seki, Gifu — a registered tangible cultural property dating back to the 17th century. This grand shoya dwelling reveals Edo-period rural life in the mountains of northern Mino.

Hida Region Archaeological Materials (Ema Osamu Collection)

Asai Gun and Ammunition Storehouse

Asai Gun and Gunpowder Store Wall

Ashiaraidani No. 1 Sabo Dam

Azusawa No. 1 Sabo Dam

Azusawa No. 3 Sabo Dam

Azusawa No. 2 Erosion Control Dam

Isajiro Family Residence Upper Room

Isaji Family Main Building