Shirakawa-go’s gassho-zukuri and Hida Takayama: walking Gifu’s historic streetscapes

About Gifu

Gifu is an inland Chubu prefecture with Gifu City as its capital, internationally known for the Nagara River cormorant fishing and the Shirakawa-go gassho-zukuri houses.

Main walking areas in Gifu

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Gifu City (Mt. Kinka, along the Nagara River)
• Takayama (historic streets, Miyagawa Morning Market)
• Shirakawa-go (gassho-zukuri village)

Gifu trivia

Shirakawa-go’s gassho-zukuri village is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, with the steep-roofed houses still in everyday use.

Tips for finding smoking areas in Gifu

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=gifu for the Gifu list.