Location: Gifu Prefecture
Top Things to do in Gifu Prefecture
The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Gifu Prefecture, Chubu
Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県, Gifu-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu.
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1. Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry
2. Hikaru Museum
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4.5 based on 83 reviews
HIKARU MUSEUM is located in the city of Takayama. The building is reminiscent of the remains of Maya civilization,and there are exhibition rooms of art,history and natural history. It has about 2,000 works of art,including the national treasure "Tachi :Long Sword forged by Yasutsugu",and in particular a lot of contemporary calligraphys of TESHIMA YUKEI and his pupils. In the field of Modern japanese paintings,it has art works of Taikan, Shoen, Kiyokata and others. In the field of Ukiyo-e, it has "Thirty-six views of Mt.Fuji" by Hokusai, "The Fifty-three stations of the Tokaido highway" by Hiroshige and many handwriting ukiyo-e works. In Western paintings, art works of such as Van Gogh, Monet and Renoir. It has historical materials around the world mainly Maya and Inca. It has also natural history materials and exhibits fossils in the Hida area and dinosaur models.
3. Maruhon Suribachi-kan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
4. The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By ISR_TR
We drove for hours just to pay our respect to Chiune Sugihara - a noble man who stood up in the darkest days of mankind, because his conscience didn't let him turn away as most of the others did. Every man or woman should know the story of Sugihara, and this museum should have been located in Tokyo or in another major Japanese city. I wonder why the museum is in such a remote place (not even his birthplace). I hope that it's not because the Japanese authorities are still ashamed how they punished Sugihara because of the noble things he did.
5. Takayama Showa Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 135 reviews
Reviewed By judysM4786LI
A fun interactive museum from the Showa period(post WW11)-great for oldies as it is a walk down memory lane.Packed with items-somewhere different to waste a bit (or a lot) of time
6. Taruipia Center
7. Earthquake Fault Observation Museum
8. Takayama Festival Floats Exhibition Hall
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4.0 based on 616 reviews
The Takayama Matsuri (Festival) is regarded as one of the three most beautiful festivals in Japan. (along with Chichibu Matsuri in Saitama Prefecture and the Gion Matsuri in Kyoto.) The focus of the festival is the magnificent floats which are pulled through the strees of the town. The Takayama Matsuri actually composed of two festivals: the Spring Festival in which 12 floats take part, and the Autumn Festival which features 11 floats.The Takayama Festival began about 350 years ago as a simple village ceremony. Since Takayama is in Hida, the center of Japan’s timber producing region, the town grew as an important distribution center for the area, attracting large numbers of sake brewrers, cloth merchants, woodworkers, and other craftsmen.
Reviewed By JoseGGoncalvesR - Lisbon District, Portugal
You have two venues in one ticket. The first one is the floats exhibit, extraordinary!! Do not miss it. This century old floats are used in a autumn festival, beautifully crafted. The exhibit is changed every so often; you are given an audio guide. There is a second museum with small scale reproductions of Japanese landmarks; with such painstakingly detail!. On the back is an ancient active shrine.
9. Gero Onsen Gasshomura
10. Enku Horado Memorial
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