Hida Furukawa (Hida City, Gifu Prefecture)
Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Hida Furukawa (Hida Furukawa-cho, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture) is a townscape that strongly retains the atmosphere of a small castle town and merchant town in the Hida region. Its charm lies in its white-walled storehouses, lattice-doored houses, and rows of willow trees along an old irrigation canal (the Seto River). The town's atmosphere, which has continued since the Edo period, and its artisanal...
