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# Gifu

A prefecture in the Chubu region of Japan, with its capital at Gifu City.

## Overview

Gifu is a first-level administrative division of [Japan](/en/places/japan.html) in the Chubu region. Its area is about 10,621 km2 and its population about 0.0 million (2024), with its capital at Gifu.

## History

Comprising Mino, Hida and Tono regions; in the Sengoku era Saito Dosan and Oda Nobunaga's Inabayama (Gifu) Castle was a springboard to national power. In the Edo period Hida was governed by the Takayama magistrate's office.

## Geography and industry

Shirakawa-go (World Heritage), Takayama's old town, Gero Onsen, Gifu Castle, Seki cutlery and Mino washi paper are famous; Hida woodworking and agriculture (Hida beef) are distinctive.

## Transport

[Tokaido Shinkansen](/en/concepts/jp-shinkansen-tokaido.html) stops at Gifu-Hashima; the limited express Hida links Takayama with Nagoya.

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